Cat People (1982 film)

Cat People
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPaul Schrader
Screenplay byAlan Ormsby
Based onCat People
1942 film
by DeWitt Bodeen
Produced byCharles W. Fries
Starring
CinematographyJohn Bailey
Edited byJacqueline Cambas
Music byGiorgio Moroder
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • April 2, 1982 (1982-04-02)
Running time
118 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$12.5 million[2]
Box office$21 million[2]

Cat People is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Paul Schrader and starring Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, and Annette O'Toole. It is a remake of the 1942 RKO Radio Pictures film of the same name. Giorgio Moroder composed the film's score (the second Schrader film to be scored by Moroder, after American Gigolo), including the theme song, which features lyrics and vocals by David Bowie. Wilbur Stark and Jerry Bruckheimer served as executive producers.

  1. ^ "CAT PEOPLE (X)". British Board of Film Classification. 1982-04-20. Archived from the original on 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2013-07-05.
  2. ^ a b "Cat People Box Office Data". Archived from the original on 2016-04-11. Retrieved 2008-01-29.