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The Postman Always Rings Twice | 
 enlarge | Director: Bob Rafelson
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Michael Lerner, John P. Ryan
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 9537
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Hifi Sound, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 122 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.6
MPN: WARD00673D
ISBN: 079073219X
UPC: 012569067325
EAN: 9780790732190
ASIN: 079073219X
Theatrical Release Date: March 20, 1981
Release Date: August 20, 1997
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A married waitress passion for a drifter leads to murder in this sizzling remake. Filmographies. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/07/2004 Starring: Jack Nicholson Chuck Liddell Run time: 123 minutes Rating: R Director: Bob Rafelson
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In The Postman Always Rings Twice, Jack Nicholson teamed up again with his Five Easy Pieces and King of Marvin Gardens director Bob Rafelson for this 1981 version of James M. Cain's hardboiled novel of lust and murder. This version takes a much grittier (and sexually explicit) approach to the material than the slick 1946 MGM version starring John Garfield and Lana Turner. Nicholson plays Frank Chambers, a drifter who happens upon a roadside diner run by Cora Papadakis (Jessica Lange) and her swarthy Greek husband, Nick (John Colicos). Sparks fly, and before you can say l'amour fou, Frank and Cora are making the beast with two backs on the kitchen table. One thing leads to another and they conspire to murder Nick. The movie is still a little too cold and distant to fully convey a hot-blooded passion that leads to murder, but it is a strangely haunting and disturbing film nevertheless. The screenplay is by David Mamet, the photography is by the great Sven Nykvist (Ingmar Bergman's cinematographer), and watch for Anjelica Huston in a supporting role. --Jim Emerson
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 "No Need to Pre-Sift the Flour" December 26, 2008
Phoebe Stogstill (Forsyth, Mo USA)
I had seen the Turner/Garfield version of this movie many times and was curious as to what modern film makers would make of it. Well, it is an entirely different spin on things. Both are doozies in their own right. No matter what you remember about this movie--and I am drawn to the diabolical plottings of human beings on paper or celluloid, the scene you will remember is the "table" scene. It was the first time I had seen anything that graphic on film, and it was superbly acted by Lange and Nicholson. There was also a wave of nostalgia for the costuming, so magnificently done, down to the hosiery in two parts, and the hats on the heads. Beautifully diabolical.
 Not Cropped September 6, 2008
T. Gramse (HUNTINGTON STATION, NY USA)
I hated this film on first vewing because I was used to the John Garfield version and I felt the sex in this one was just too perverse, especially the scene immediately following the 'accident". The movie has really grown on me since then, though, and it has become one of my favorite "new" film noirs. As for the DVD being in full screen: it is indeed in full screen, but it is not cropped. Instead, the transfer shows information on the top and bottom which would have been masked off in the theater. You can see that this is so by looking closely at the trailer included on the disc. You can get the same framing as the trailer if you have a newer TV with an adjustable picture ratio (16x9 +1)
The Postman Always Rings Twice. Jack At His Best! June 16, 2008
Donna Roach (Malvern, Arkansas USA)
A movie you will want to watch over and over. Jack and Jessica Lange at their acting best. A drifter and a frustrated wife of a roadside diner owner. Set in the depression era, watch Jack and Jessica burst into flames on the screen.
A must see movie!
 David Mamet's first screenplay May 3, 2008
Richard Ross
Frank Chambers (Jack Nicholson) is a drifter who manages to scam his way into the lives of married couple Nick (John Colicos) and Cora (Jessica Lange). Nick owns and operates a small diner in the middle of nowhere and his wife Cora is the cook. Nick falls for one of Frank's schemes but nonetheless offers him a job and a place to stay. Frank is immediately attracted to Cora and decides to stay on as a mechanic behind the diner. Cora is initially cold to him and refuses his advances while Nick likes Frank a great deal and invites him into his home to talk and drink all night. Frank waits for the day when Nick leaves town on business to make a move on Cora. He tries to whisk her away to Chicago but she is resistant and the trip ends with her returning home. Frank feels burned by her and isn't interested when she tries to get him to help her kill Nick. " They hang people for that" he tells her. Cora continues that Nick is worth a lot of money that the two could run off with and make a life for themselves. Frank takes some convincing but agrees to act as lookout while Cora kills Nick in their home. The attempted murder doesn't go smoothly since Nick is not really dead and he emerges a changed man who wants to keep Frank and Cora even closer than before. The two decide to try again and make a life for themselves but they have now drawn the attention of cops and lawyers who have them pegged for murderers who are hoping to collect on the hefty life insurance policy. The film is actually a little long and boring in spots. Nicholson is pretty good but this is not one of his best performances and Lange is quite sexy. Colicos is the most sympathetic character and actor Michael Lerner plays a lawyer who represents Frank as the story progresses. Anjelica Huston, Nicholson's lover at the time, has a very brief role as a lion tamer in a traveling circus that Frank has an affair with. The script has none of the usual Mamet dialogue and in fact was changed drastically in spots by director Bob Rafelson. The biggest example of this is the first time Frank and Cora have sex. The scene is very brutal and plays like a rape that Cora doesn't entirely consent to at first. This scene also sets the standard for the rest of the sex scenes. There is practically no nudity only brief flashes but regardless the scenes are quite explicit. The film is okay but a little long and pointless all leading up to a dumb ending. Still fans of Nicholson or Mamet might want to check it out as a curiosity.
The Postman Rings Twice & maybe more! February 29, 2008
Been There, Done That (Heart of Texas USA)
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Very, very much the classic "Nicholson". Jessica Lang is supremely sexy, beautiful, and the combination of the two of them just explodes on the screen, Both are truly wonderful actors and, although a remake of the original, it is better by far.
There are only a few movies that I would put in the same category along with it: Casablanca, The African Queen, and The Great Escape. In short, I loved it and probably have seen the movie about 50 times. It is indeed a classic!
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