In the print version of The Ledge Cressner mentions that he'd offered various debtors of his the opportunity to risk the ledge before in exchange for their slates being wiped clean and only one had the courage to actually make the attempt but gave up after a few minutes. Adapted Out: The short story Quitters Inc has Dick actually giving the company's card to another unhappy smoker some time after his own ordeal, but the film apparently thought that would be too much after all he was forced to endure.Well here it's the cat that goes through the painful demonstration. Adaptation Species Change: In the short story Quitters Inc the animal they electrocute in the beginning is a rabbit.It has nothing to do with the manga and anime of the same name.Ĭat's Eye contains examples of the following tropes: Without General to protect her, Amanda ends up being endangered by the threat she has been warning General about throughout the film: a miniature troll living in her bedroom wall that has been trying to steal her breath. She becomes so paranoid of General that she resorts to putting him in an animal shelter and scheduling him to be put down. Amanda's mother is suspicious of General after having been told by her own mother that cats are rumored to steal children's' breath. She names the cat "General" and decides to keep it as a pet. It discovers the residence of Amanda (Barrymore), the girl who has been telling the cat to help her earlier in the film. General - The cat jumps out of the train when it reaches Wilmington, North Carolina.and leaves New York by hopping on board the Staten Island Ferry. During the climax of the segment, the cat escapes Quitters, Inc. And every time Dick gives in to temptation, Donatti threatens to torture his family with a variety of horrific methods, each one worse than the last (the cat is seen demonstrating one of these tortures, an electrified floor, early in the story). Dick is to be watched by Donatti's goons 24/7. Vinnie explains this is due to the company's rather "radical" methods of persuasion. Dick learns from the company president, Vinnie Donatti, that the company has a 100% success rate in curing addiction. Meanwhile, longtime smoker Dick Morrison ( James Woods) is persuaded to try the company by a friend to curb his addiction to cigarettes. Before anymore information can be learned, the cat is picked up and taken by Junk, an employee of Quitters, Inc. The cat sees a vision of a little girl begging it to protect her from something. After narrowly escaping a certain rabid dog, the cat hides in a tobacco truck and ends up in New York City. In the film, a stray tabby cat links together three tales of suspense and horror: Drew Barrymore appears in the film's last segment in one of her earlier film roles. Teague had previously directed another Stephen King adaptation in Cujo. Cat's Eye is a 1985 anthology film produced by Dino De Laurentiis, directed by Lewis Teague and based upon short stories by Stephen King (the first two of which are part of the Night Shift collection, while the third was written by King for this movie).
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