Apex Mountain
Scorsese and De Niro initially rejected; De Niro reconsidered specifically as box-office star. Raging Bull perhaps broader career peak, with Goodfellas and Godfather Part II discussed.
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- Scorsese and De Niro initially rejected; De Niro reconsidered specifically as box-office star. Raging Bull perhaps broader career peak, with Goodfellas and Godfather Part II discussed.
- Nolte’s seventies hype / early-eighties 48 hours preferred; Lange no; Lewis Natural Born Killers agreed.
- 1991 Oscar-nominated face-biting joking apex; Fred Thompson film run yes, explicitly separate from Senate career.
- Cape Fear location itself proposed as having its peak through this movie, despite odd vacation branding.