Cape Fear

Answers

1. Cady was like the hawk that flew across the screen in that they were both predatory animals.

2. B, Give yourself a couple of bonus points if you recognized where the incorrect answers came from - Con Air (A), Dead Man Walking (C) and The Green Mile (D).

3. We counted five, but only four were mentioned by name - Tropic of Cancer, Plexus, Nexus and Sexus.

4. Aggravated Battery

5. Because Sam hid an important piece of evidence that could have kept him out of prison.

6. It could have been lost anywhere, but the correct answer is "a movie theater in New Essex, North Carolina" based on where it was last seen.

7. It reminded him that he was human during his incarceration.

8. Sam told Tom that he heard Max say, "You're gonna learn about loss."

9. Broadbent and Denmeyer

10. It was because of the sixth amendment. He said there was no way he could serve the law in that capacity.

11. He told Sam that he learned how to get in touch with his feminine side.

12. His forearms

13. Truth and Justice

14. Lori

15. He got the proceeds from the sale of his mother's farm when she passed away.

16. False, she was already drunk when he remarked; "You gotta stay sober. If you ain't sober, then you're taking your chances." She also didn't realize that he was referring to himself with the latter part of that statement.

17. Yes

18. A

19. It was obvious that her injuries weren't caused by a fall down a
flight of stairs.

20. He discovered that Max broke the neck of an inmate he worked with because the inmate kept complaining about his cigar smoke. He also discovered that Max bit the inmate's tongue out.

21. There were a couple of reasons. She heard Sam talking to Lori on the phone in their bedroom, and because Sam had a prior history of infidelity.

22. Because she only saw the back of his head in the movie theater. She saw him again when she looked out her bedroom window, but it was too dark outside and he was too far away.

23. "Where do you think I'm from?"
and "If I (tell) you, you gonna get
mad at me?"

24. True, she thought he was her new drama teacher. What about the ticket agent, you ask? He did lie to her about having a wife and daughter, but he didn't claim to be someone else.

25. No

26. A tank top and a pair of panties

27. She smiled

28. Silesius

29. He told him to read the book between Esther and Psalms in the Bible (The Book of Job).

30. "American by birth. Southern by the grace of God!"

31. Because there would have been a conflict of interest. Max got to Heller before Sam did.

32. Booker T. Washington

33. Heller petitioned the ABA for Sam's disbarment on the grounds of Moral Turpitude.

34. He wanted Sam to have a gun that was right for the size of his hands.

35. "To gut him and eat his liver."

36. Because Kersek told him that Max's death would be justifiable if he broke into his home.

37. She told him because she felt sorry for him after he made up a story about Sam being his lawyer in a case that involved the death of his daughter and his injured wife.

38. Pepto Bismol

39. Before

40. False, Sam took the gun with him when he fled his house.

41. He reminded his Lieutenant of Force Majeure, an unforeseeable act of God that canceled all promises and obligations.

42. He strapped himself to the underside of the Bowdens' car when they left New Essex.

43. Max turned to face the camera whenever he spoke to the judge at Sam's mock trial.

44. The flare that melted in his hand.

45. Because that's where traitors were sent.

46. The gun was lost.

47. Danielle said, "Things won't ever be the way they were before he came. But that's all right because if you hang onto the past you die a little every day. And for myself, I know I'd rather live. The end."

Directed by Martin Scorsese, 1991

1. The film began with a couple of blurred images, one of which seemed to define Max Cady's (Robert De Niro) character. What are we referring to?

2. Max spent fourteen years of his life in which of the following penitentiaries?

A. Alabama's Feltham Penitentiary
B. The Georgia State Correctional Facility
C. Louisiana State Prison
D. Louisiana State Penitentiary

3. Max became a force to be reckoned with during that time, not only physically, but intellectually as well by reading anything he could get his hands on. He never did say who his favorite author was, but that distinction probably belonged to Henry Miller. How many of his books were referenced in the film?

4. What crime was Max convicted of?

5. Why did Max blame Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) for his incarceration?

6. Here's a question we know you'll like. Let's say you were searching eBay one day for a couple of cigarette lighters to add to your collection and came across the one that Max used to light up the first cigar he smoked. Where would the person who was selling it say they found it, assuming it was lost?

7. "An evil or wicked action, habit or characteristic." That's one definition of the word "vice." Max thought he had only one - the cigars he smoked. He also believed that his habit helped him in some way. Tell us how.

8. What was Tom (Fred Dalton Thompson) referring to when he told Sam, "That would hardly qualify under the terrorist threat statutes"?

9. What was the name of the law firm that Sam worked for?

10. Why did Sam leave the job he had in the Public Defender's office?

11. What did Max say he learned "From the get-go" in prison?

12. The words Vengeance is mine and My time is at hand were tattooed on what part of Max's body?

13. What did the Bible and the knife that were tattooed on Max's back represent?

14. Who was Max talking to when he described himself as an animal?

15. Where did the $30,000 that was in Max's savings account come from?

16. File this question under the category of: You can't say he didn't warn her. True or False: The reason why Lori (Illeana Douglas) disregarded the advice she was given was because she thought Max was joking.

17. When Lori asked Max why he was sent to prison, he made up a story about hitting a sheriff at a protest march. But that wasn't the first answer he gave her. First he joked, "I hacked my wife up into 52 pieces." Did he quote Lori word for word when he repeated the punch line to one of her jokes?

18. Fill in the blank: Lori's incessant giggling stopped when Cady __________ .

A. Broke her arm.
B. Exclaimed, "I've got you now, bitch!"
C. Ripped a chunk of flesh out of her
cheek with his teeth.
D. Shoved her face into a pillow.

19. No one bought the story that Lori made up in the hospital. Tell us why.

20. What did Claude Kersek (Joe Don Baker) discover about Max from the conversation he had with a C.O. at Statesboro prison?

21. Why did Leigh (Jessica Lange) think her husband was cheating on her?

22. Leigh didn't recognize Max when he returned her dog's collar despite having seen him prior to that. Do you remember why?

23. When Danielle (Juliette Lewis) asked Max where he was from, he answered her with two questions of his own. What were they?

"I am like God,
and God (is) like me."

24. True or False: Max was honest about who he was with everyone he met - everyone except Danielle. Their meeting was the only one that occurred under false pretenses.

25. When Danielle allowed Max to put his arms around her he did more than that. The two engaged in some other intimate physical contact. The question we want you to answer is, did she back away after he kissed her on the lips?

26. What was Danielle wearing when her father asked her to put some clothes on?

27. Danielle did something that enraged her father after he repeated the words, "Did he touch you?" What was it?

28. Who did Max quote when he exclaimed, "I am like God, and God (is) like me. I am as large as God, (and) he is as small as I"?

29. Where did Max say Sam would find the meaning of the word "commitment"?

30. There were two bumper stickers on the back of the car that Max drove. One read, "You're a VIP on Earth. I'm a VIP in Heaven." What did the other one say?

31. Why didn't Lee Heller (Gregory Peck) help Sam?

32. Fill in the blank: The judge (Martin Balsam) that granted Max a restraining order against Sam quoted __________ when he said, "I will let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him."

33. What did Heller petition the ABA for?

34. When Sam told Kersek that he wanted a gun, Kersek suggested a .38 snub-nosed special. What did he base that recommendation on?

35. Complete the answer to the following quote:

Sam: "I know the plan. It's premeditated.
It makes me an accomplice, an accessory,
an abettor. It's also excessive force."
Kersek: "The only thing excessive we
could do to Cady would be…"

36. Why did Sam want Max to think he went away with his family for a few days?

37. How did Max get a ticket agent (Linda Perri) to tell him what flight Sam was on?

38. Fill in the blank: Kersek thought he was talking to the Bowdens' maid (Zully Montero) when he mentioned that his father loved to drink a mixture of Jim Beam and __________ while he was on duty.

39. When did Sam notice that one of his piano wires was missing, before or after Graciela was strangled to death?

40. True or False: Sam's fingerprints were found on the gun that was wrestled away from Kersek.

41. What did Sam remind Lt. Elgart (Robert Mitchum) about when he called him from a pay phone?

42. How did Max find the houseboat that Sam kept in Cape Fear?

43. What would Sam have been referring to if he remarked, "Why do you keep addressing someone who only exists in your mind?"

44. Max had a threshold for pain that seemed to rival Michael Myers. How was it displayed when he told Sam's wife and daughter that his mission in prison was to become more than human?

45. Why did Max think Sam belonged in the Ninth Circle of Hell?

46. Max sang, "I'm bound for the Promised Land" as he disappeared beneath the waves. But what if he managed to free himself from the pole he was anchored to? That certainly would have been within the realm of possibility given his resourcefulness and sheer determination. If that happened, Sam could have tried to crush his skull in with another rock, but it's doubtful that anything other than a bullet to the head would have stopped him. Did he have that option, or was the gun lost?

47. What was the film's final line of dialogue?