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	VH1.com : Movies : Person : Glenn Shadix : Biography
		He made his film debut with a bit part in the 1981 film remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice, but most of his time in the '80s was spent on-stage.
		He was cast in two of Lehmann's films: the black comedy Heathers, as funeral orator Father Ripper, and the suburban satire Meet the Applegates.
		After appearing in some of the biggest cult films of the early '90s, Shadix increased his exposure by guest starring on the popular television sitcoms Seinfeld and Cheers.
	www.vh1.com /movies/person/57044/bio.jhtml (468 words)

	Turner Classic Movies - Movie News
		The Warner Video DVD of The Postman Always Rings Twice is a fine-looking transfer of the glossy black and white film and includes a few worthwhile extras.
		Though MGM secured the rights to pulp novelist James M. Cain's hard-bitten murder romance, The Postman Always Rings Twice in 1934, it wasn't until 12 years later that the film finally made it to the screen.
		In typical noir fashion, it's not just the lovers scheming murder who display a hazy morality in Postman.
	www.turnerclassicmovies.com /MovieNews/Index/0,,66544,00.html (697 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
		One of the final five choices was The Postman Always Rings Twice, a delicious 1946 romantic potboiler that ranks as a hallmark of the film noir style, as well as the crown jewel in its director's long and mostly forgotten career.
		The Asphalt Jungle (come on: Where the Boys Are over The Asphalt Jungle!?!?), but instead I'll just use it to once again reiterate how pleased I am to finally have The Postman Always Rings Twice on disc looking so great and sounding so good.
		Theatrical trailers are included for both the 1946 version of the film and its 1981 remake (starring Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange in the Garfield and Turner roles).
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/postman1946.php (1305 words)

	The Postman Always Rings Twice
		< The Postman Always Rings Twice" is a wonderfully put together film, as Rafelson does a splendid job delving into the characters and their relationships, as well as examining the problems associated with forbidden love.
		"The Postman Always Rings Twice", written by James Cain (b.July 1, 1892 in Annapolis, Md.), was published in 1934, when he was 42, and it was his first novel.
		Maybe some of you remember a 1981 film starred by Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange, which I always loved.
	www.expreso.co.cr /centaurs/posts/bio/postman.html (692 words)

	The Postman Always Rings Twice Movie Review at Hollywood Video
		An introduction to the film by USC historian Richard Jewell places Postman in the context of the era, the style of MGM and the lineage of blonde bombshells, among other things, but the only other "extras" are the requisite photo gallery and trailers for both the original and 1981 versions.
		Perhaps Garfield's best-known and most highly acclaimed films, aside from Postman, were Tortilla Flat, in which he co-starred with Spencer Tracy, and the rally-the-troops star gala Hollywood Canteen.
		Though he was patriotic (turned down by the Army twice because of a heart problem), he ultimately was persecuted by the House on Un-American Activities Committee in what actor James Cromwell calls "the effort to rid Hollywood of liberal Jews" and died at 39—the victim, his daughter says, of literal heartbreak.
	www.hollywoodvideo.com /movies/movie.aspx?MID=1225&Tab=Awards (833 words)

	The Postman Always Rings Twice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1934 novel by James M. Cain that was made into three movies.
		When asked for an explanation, Cain stated that the manuscript had been rejected by 13 publishers prior to being accepted for publication on his 14th attempt, so that when the publisher asked him what he wanted the work to be entitled he drew on this experience and suggested "The Postman Always Rings Twice".
		The 1981 remake, based on a screenplay by David Mamet and directed by Bob Rafelson, starred Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Postman_Always_Rings_Twice (447 words)

	Vintage Crime/ Black Lizard The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
		The story of a young hobo who has an affair with a married woman and plots with her to murder her husband and collect his insurance, The Postman Always Rings Twice is a benchmark of classic crime fiction and film noir.
		First published in 1934 and banned in Boston for its explosive mixture of violence and eroticism, The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic of the roman noir.
		Cain& famous first novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice, was published in 1934 when he was forty-two, and became an instant sensation.
	www.randomhouse.com /vintage/blacklizard/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0679723250 (351 words)

	The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
		The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) is one of the best film noirs of all time - and one of the earliest prototypes of today's 'erotic thrillers.' The screenplay (by Harry Ruskin and Niven Busch) was based on the controversial first novel/pot-boiler (1934) of the same name by notorious writer James M. Cain.
		This dark melodrama was the third screen adaptation of James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice - the previous two were Pierre Chenal's Le Dernier Tournant (1939) (French) and Luchino Visconti's first feature - the unauthorized Ossessione (1942) (Italian) with the setting transferred to Fascist Italy.
		The social milieu in which they live is frustrating for Cora - her husband penny-pinches whenever he can, and he is twice her age.
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	clocks : Crime Novels : American Noir of the 1930s and 40s : The Postman Always Rings Twice / They Shoot Horses, Don't They? / Thieves Like Us / The Big Clock / Nightmare Alley / I Married a Dead Man (Library of America)
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		James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice is a literary masterpiece with its spare prose invoking a savage, sexy, desperate world.
		It inspired no less than three great movies: Luchino Visconti's classic Ossessione, in 1942; the 1946 remake, starring John Garfield and Lana Turner and directed by the extraordinary Tay Garnett; and Bob Rafelson's underrated 1981 version with Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange.
	clocks.mybookcenter.com /n_1883011469.htm (433 words)

	Foster on Film - Double Indemnity
		James Cain wrote the novella after he’d already used the plot in his novel The Postman Always Rings Twice (replace the sleazy insurance man with a rough drifter and the two stories are close to matching).
		The first Postman film came out two years after Double Indemnity (a second version with Jack Nickolson and Jessica Lange came out in 1981).
		The Foster on Film web site was created and is maintained by Matthew M. Foster.
	home.comcast.net /~fosteronfilm/double.htm (871 words)

	The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
		The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) is one of the best film noirs of all time - and one of the earliest prototypes of today's 'erotic thrillers.' The screenplay (by Harry Ruskin and Niven Busch) was based on the controversial first novel/pot-boiler (1934) of the same name by notorious writer James M. Cain.
		The film was advertised with posters that described the illicit passion between a drifter (Garfield) and a married-unsatisfied waitress (Turner) in a roadside cafe: "Their Love was a Flame that Destroyed!" Their killing of the woman's husband ultimately leads to their mutual destruction in unexpected ways.
		This fatalistic film from director Tay Garnett is best known for one of the hottest portrayals of a sultry and seductive femme fatale - it is one of Lana Turner's finest performances.
	www.filmsite.org /post.html (2604 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Double Indemnity at Epinions.com
		Just as actual events influenced the making of this film, Double Indemnity has influenced numerous movies based on the same premise, the most notable of which are 1946's The Postman Always Rings Twice and 1981's Body Heat.
		Under the masterful direction of Billy Wilder, the film moves swiftly through the noir elements of greed, passion, weakness, suspicion and tragedy by way of a brilliant cast, stellar acting and striking photography.
		A brooding, darkened city is the dim backdrop for the action of the film, drawing attention only to certain symbolic objects for effect.
	www.epinions.com /content_38994808452 (826 words)

	The DVD Journal Quick Reviews: Ossessione
		Though Hollywood tried it twice (in 1946 with John Garfield and Lana Turner, and again in 1981 with Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange), and both versions are not without their pluses, Visconti's Ossessione stands as the best adaptation of The Postman Always Rings Twice.
		The picture also came under fire in America, but for different reasons: It was an unauthorized version of James M. Cain's pulp novel The Postman Always Rings Twice, and due to copyright problems Ossessione was kept out of circulation in the U.S. until 1975.
		Visconti makes sure that even the most unsympathetic characters in Ossessione have plausible motivations, as the film takes pains to create sympathy for these downtrodden people who feel murder is their only solution.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/o/ossessione.q.shtml (803 words)

	Ossessione
		Ossessione is the second of, to date, four film adaptations of James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice.
		Critics point to the subject matter (The Postman Always Rings Twice, and other similar books were very popular in Italy at the time), the use of setting and the characterisation.
		Neo-realism is often said to have been born with Ossessione - the manifestos of Zavattini and Barbaro came out just before the film.
	www.st-andrews.ac.uk /~basement/reviews/ossessione.html (580 words)

	Postman Always Rings Twice / Dark Passage / Bad and the Beautiful Movie: Postman Always Rings Twice / Dark Passage / Bad and the Beautiful DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		Postman Always Rings Twice / Dark Passage / Bad and the Beautiful Movie: Postman Always Rings Twice / Dark Passage / Bad and the Beautiful DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		The film also features Anjelica Huston, who was romantically involved with Nicholson at the time.
		DARK PASSAGE: Bogart and Bacall headline a wild tale of an escapee from San Quentin who has his face surgically altered to allow him the freedom to find his wife's murderer.
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	Postman Always Rings Twice, The, 1981, USA, One Sheet.
		The Postman Always Rings Twice, the 1981 Bob Rafelson re-make of the classic 1946 John Garfield & Lana Turner crime film noir classic (based on the classic James M. Cain novel) starring Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Anjelica Huston, and Christopher Lloyd and features artwork by R. Casaro.
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	CANNES 1998
		Two later Hollywood adaptations confirmed the longevity of The Postman Always Rings Twice: Tay Garnett's film noir version in 1946 and Bob Rafelson's hit at the 1981 Cannes festival.
		When Giuseppe de Santis and Luchino Visconti collaborated on the latter's neorealist classic Ossessione (Italy, 1942), the film could not be shown in the United States due to copyright problems, although it was only loosely based on Cain's original.
	www.filmfestivals.com /cannes98/best/regarus4.htm (77 words)

	Michael Lerner
		After several small film roles, Lerner gained notice for his performance as Katz, the Machiavellian lawyer, in Bob Rafelson's "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1981) and as World Series "fixer" Arnold Rothstein in John Sayles's "Eight Men Out" (1988).
		Jowly character player who honed his skills with San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre before making his film debut in "Alex in Wonderland" (1970).
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/detail/id/190420 (708 words)

	The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
		The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) is one of the best film noirs of all time - and one of the earliest prototypes of today's 'erotic thrillers.' The screenplay (by Harry Ruskin and Niven Busch) was based on the controversial first novel/pot-boiler (1934) of the same name by notorious writer James M. Cain.
		This dark melodrama was the third screen adaptation of James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice - the previous two were Pierre Chenal's Le Dernier Tournant (1939) (French) and Luchino Visconti's first feature - the unauthorized Ossessione (1942) (Italian) with the setting transferred to Fascist Italy.
		A fourth, present day re-make, with cruder sex scenes between drifter Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange, was director Bob Rafelson's 1981 rendition.
	www.filmsite.org /post.html (2604 words)

	Mamet, David. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		He also wrote screenplays for The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), Hoffa (1992), the film version of Glengarry (1992), and many others.
		He came to public attention with such plays as Sexual Perversity in Chicago (1974) and American Buffalo (1975), later achieving success with the corrosively brilliant Glengarry Glen Ross (1983; Pulitzer) and Oleanna (1992).
		His work, often dealing with the success and failure of the American dream, is noted for its sharp, spare, compressed, often profane, and muscularly insightful dialogue.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ma/Mamet-Da.html (298 words)

	ipedia.com: The Postman Always Rings Twice Article
		The 1946 film starred Lana Turner and John Garfield as the deviant couple, Cecil Kellaway, and Hume Cronyn.
		The 1981 remake, based on a screenplay by David Mamet and directed by Bob Rafelson, starred Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange.
		Cain was not credited as the author of the story.
	www.ipedia.com /the_postman_always_rings_twice.html (228 words)

	DVD Times - Ossessione
		Cain, of course, was a writer of pulp fictions, many of which were translated onto the big screen, prompting at least three classics: Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce with Joan Crawford and another adaptation of The Postman Always Rings Twice, this one made in 1946 and starring John Garfield and Lana Turner.
		Luchino Visconti’s first feature, Ossessione, also stands as the first Italian neo-realist film, spearheading a movement created as much by circumstance (World War II) as it was by the ideologies of directors such as Roberto Rossellini and Giuseppe De Santis (one of the writers of Ossessione as well as an assistant director).
		Exemplified by their non-professional casts, location shooting and hard-hitting storylines, many of the neo-realist films of the forties still stand up today as immensely powerful pieces of cinema.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=55638 (1545 words)

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