From
the macabre imagination of Stephen King comes this trio
of terrifying tales.
In the first episode, a New York man has trouble giving
up cigarettes. He turns to a shady self-help operation
whose hotheaded owner outlines a litany of incrementally
harsh penalties for those who cannot resist having
another puff.The second story centers on Cressner,
a mobster who works Atlantic City. His wife has been
having an affair with a tennis pro, so Cressner forces
the athlete to walk the ledge around his apartment
high-rise. If the athlete can complete one lap along the
overhang, he gets to be with Cressner's wife forever.
A young girl, in the closing narrative, has difficulty
sleeping. Though her parents suspect the family cat of
wrongdoing, the girl knows better -- especially after
she spots a foot-high troll coming out of her bedroom
wall...
Three wry and shocking Stephen King
short stories are linked by a stray cat which roams from
one tale to the next. The stories feature James Woods
attempting to quit smoking by any means necessary,
Robert Hays being forced to circle a building's
hazardous ledge, and Drew Barrymore threatened by a tiny
gnome.
"Cat's Eye" began during the
film adaptation of author Stephen King's "Firestarter,"
also a Dino De Laurentiis production.
De Laurentiis solicited King to write
another vehicle for actress Drew Barrymore. King
returned with an idea about a girl and the pet cat that
guards her from a mischievous troll.
Because this material did not warrant
a feature-length project, King adapted two short stories
from his anthology "Night Shift" --
"Quitters, Inc." and "The Ledge" --
to comprise "Cat's Eye."
After a string of hysterical tests,
the Feds grant Sobel permission to observe Vitti as a
patient and, much to the dismay of Sobol's wife Laura
(Lisa Kudrow), as a house guest. However, Sobel has
problems of his own. He's suffering from a severe
identity crisis after the death of his father, and
Vitti's presence in his suburban New Jersey home has the
psychiatrist acting crazy too. In an effort to
straighten Vitti out, Sobel decides that the solution is
to find him a real, honest job. Vitti tries his hand at
several ill-matched professions, and finally finds his
dream job as a technical advisor on a SOPRANOS-like
cable television show. Everything is going smoothly
until Vitti starts to take the show a little too
seriously, calling his former mafia cohorts to the set.
A raucous comedic event that uses the chemistry between
De Niro and Crystal to great effect, ANALYZE THAT is yet
another knee-slapping gem from director Harold Ramis!! |
- Attractive Retail Box
- Rating:
PG-13 (MPAA)
- Starring:
Drew Barrymore, Candy Clark, Robert Hays, Alan King,
Kenneth McMillan, James Woods
- Directed By:
Lewis Teague
- Release Information:
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- Theatrical Release Date: April 12,
1985
- DVD Release Date: September 2, 2003
- Run Time: 93 minutes
- Production Company: Warner Home
Video
- Package Type: Snap Case
- DVD Features:
- Encoding:
Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only).
This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other
countries.
- Aspect Ratio(s):
- Widescreen anamorphic - 2.35:1
- Available Audio Tracks:
- English (Dolby
2.0 Surround)
- French (Dolby
2.0 Surround)
- Available Subtitles: English,
Spanish, French
- Language:
English
- Dubbed:
French
- Closed Captioned:
Yes
- Special Features:
- Feature Length Audio Commentary by
Director Lewis Teague
- Cast/Director Film Highlights
- Theatrical Trailer
- Interactive Features:
- Scene Access
- Interactive Menus
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