Cat's Eye
Short description
Cat's Eye is a horror anthology built around three stories by Stephen King, linked by a stray cat that wanders from one tale into the next. In the first, a man tries to quit smoking through a program whose methods prove more dangerous than his habit. In the second, a wealthy man forces his wife's lover onto a narrow ledge high on a building. The third follows a young girl who believes something menacing is coming after her at night, and the cat becomes her only protection.
Lewis Teague directed the film, his fifth feature after The Lady in Red, Alligator, Fighting Back and Cujo. King wrote the screenplay, and Dino De Laurentiis and Martha De Laurentiis produced. The cast includes Drew Barrymore as the girl, James Woods, Alan King, Kenneth McMillan, Robert Hays and Candy Clark, with 28 credited cast members and 110 credited crew.
Made for about 7 million dollars, the film took in roughly 13 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds 6.3 out of 10 from around 30,000 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 6.7 from a much smaller base of 764 votes. A critics' rating of 5.6 from 28 reviews places it below the audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- In the "The Ledge" segment, Kressner briefly looks through a July 1976 issue of "Penthouse" magazine. It was in this issue that Stephen King's story "The Ledge" was first published.
- The scene with the drawbridge was filmed near Highway 421 in Wilmington, North Carolina. A year later, the same bridge appeared in the film "Maximum Overdrive," which Stephen King directed from his own screenplay.
- The studio ordered the prologue to be cut from the film, which explained the cat's motivations, considering this introduction "too silly." As a result, many viewers never understood what connected the three stories.
- The film combines three stories. Two are from the collection "Night Shift" – "Quitters, Inc." and "The Ledge." The third, unifying story, "The General," was written specifically for the film.
- The song "Every Breath You Take" (1983) by The Police is heard several times throughout the film. The filmmakers could not afford to use the original due to the film's low budget, so a cover version was used.
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