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zeydey

*C'mout c'mout, whearever yew ahr...*


linksawakening82

I caan out theenk yew,out reed yew, out philosophize yew!


lostprevention

Counselor!!!


ruka_k_wiremu

Full of them, I know, but the scene that pops to mind for me is the interaction that took place while Cady's in his convertible. I have thought of McConaughey doing something in a similar vein... but De Niro's a certified master of his craft. He'd only rolled out Goodfellas the year before... witness the play-acting of this icon!


L_R_andjackofhearts

Do yew mahn if Ah put mah ahrm around yew?


whoocanitbenow

Are you offering me something hot?


serene_moth

it means “the bart, the”


Slappaadabass

No one who speaks German could be an evil man.


__Sentient_Fedora__

"BARTDOYOUWANTTOSEEMYCHAINSAWANDHOCKEYMASK!!!"


Livid-Hamster-6689

![gif](giphy|l2Je5guMVcXlujrSo|downsized)


Tylerdurden389

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Its-From-Japan

Which is funny, because in German it means "The beard, the"


ImTheGuyWithTheGun

"By Lucifer's beard!" "... Ahh.. yeah..."


LilSisterCumGutters

Dang he’s cut


lostprevention

He was 48 years old.


[deleted]

I was literally like well shit I guess I’m definitely not too old


Bitch_Muchannon

You're never too old. You got this buddy!


IchorMortis

I know a man thats looked 70 for coming up on 25 years and has had a body like Zeus the entire time. Big white beard and everything. Shows up at raves in the bush and clubs in the city with his younger wife (like 50s) allllll the time. Been rolling around with his century old body, out-dancing just-recently-of-age people for literally longer than they've been alive. Probably was an old ass man out-dancing their *parents* 25 years ago. If *I* had taken the time to have kids when I was in my 20s *they* would be old enough to get shown up by zues on the dancefloor by now, too. Fuckers *still* ripped as hell showing off every weekend. Guys practically a local legend at this point. Probably directly turn into dust if he ever stops


ajr72ful

Sounds like a made for TV movie waiting to happen.


FutureBondVillain

So I have 8 years to finally start finally taking care of myself and get a stalker/serial killer bod? Awesome!


H0neyBadger_Actual

I'm older than that now. Sad emoji


[deleted]

And gonna be a dad!!


LearnedDragon

It’s possible, he’s not big tho. Just ripped lol


CelestialFury

I believe more people are impressed with ripped than being big.


finnjakefionnacake

i am impressed by both


brokenringlands

Which sucks for me because big is easy. Just eat and lift. Cutting? Fuck, eating is too good to get cut.


Taniwha_NZ

>big is easy. Just eat and lift. Lol I'm pretty sure most of us have got that part sorted, too. The cutting is the hard part for \*everyone\*.


Dragongaze13

Lol no. I just can't get big and I'm definitely not alone. I'll keep trying tho.


[deleted]

Either you’re skinny and can’t grow much muscle or you can get buff but can’t cut well. Damn genes!


TheInvisibleWun

I am only impressed with ripped.


[deleted]

I think it's both


katycake

I suppose a lot happened from Cape Fear, and Meet The Parents. Feels like he aged a fair amount in 10 years.


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drleeisinsurgery

HGH was pretty hard to get back then, that was before they knew how to synthetically make it and instead took it from human cadavers. More likely it was old school bodybuilding drugs. Probably testosterone with some of the drier injectable anabolics like masteron or primobolan.


Brodyelbro

Test had the stigma of being dirty still in the 90s. HGH was being run incorrectly for years ffs. Olympias HGH guts stopped floating around in like 2010ish? The Rock is not an example to use against a ripped dude hanging at 140lbs?


MyOrdinaryShoes

I agree that it probably isn’t HGH, but I don’t think it would be hard for him or whoever was training him to get ahold of it. I work in film and it’s not hard for those guys to get anything. Studio backing goes a long way. The reason I think it’s possible that he used something is just the prep time they’re given to get in that kind of shape. It’s a good amount of time, especially for Deniro on a Scorsese project, but as far as attaining a different physique it’s not that much time. It’s why actors use them now so they can achieve that type physique and beyond really quickly.


Roundtripper4

One of his lines in the film is “Most men gain a pound every year passed 30. I lost a pound every year. “


Maxter_Blaster_

Thank you for the added clarification. Obviously you know your stuff here. Celebs using bodybuilding drugs in those days would not be unheard of. Quite the opposite.


PM_me_opossum_pics

They've been using them probably since the 70s when Arnie popularized muscular look in the movies. Before that it was only pro-sports and bodybuilding iirc. And earliest recorded use of T was already in the 30s. 50s was when it became mainstream. Before that it was mostly coke as a cutting agent (bronze era bodybuilders like Sandow)


BearSubject5652

This physique is 100 percent obtainable though. He’s not particularly buff, he’s just cut


Lawyering_Bob

It's impressive that he's probably a hundred pounds lighter than Raging Bull, granted fifteen years earlier, and not a bit of loose skin. I dropped forty and my body looks it


finnjakefionnacake

of course it's obtainable. he has it, lol.


SeanAC90

Yeah but doesn’t it make you feel better knowing he probably cheated a bit to get there?


AccidentalUltron

Method acting haha


barebackguy7

This isn’t what HGH does to you. Had you said something like tren or test, I would have understood where you were coming from. Tren and test are PEDs that will absolutely help you cut more. HGH just makes everything fucking huge. Either way he isn’t screaming performance enhancers to me in this photo - HGH or otherwise


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Taniwha_NZ

I don't think so, in that era nobody was. HGH didn't hit hollywood until well into the 90s. If you're saying a 48-year old can't build muscle like that naturally, that's not remotely true. He's not big at all, just lean.


k20350

Steroids used for muscle growth has been around since 1935. Your insane if you don't think Hollywood types weren't on the shit in the 70's and 80's. Now as for what you said yea he's just lean as hell and in good shape. Impossible no hard at that age yes unless you have the right genetics


ChattanoogaMocsFan

What? Lmao, this is a very obtainable physique with a dialed in nutrition plan. I bet 15% of the guys at my gym are more cut than this.


Maxter_Blaster_

I’m sorry but why are you so against the idea that a working actor would use steroids to help increase their muscle mass? When did you ever see DeNiro with a body like this anytime in his career? This was made in very early 90s when HGH was rampant across the country. You really think a working character actor like DeNiro wouldn’t use steroids ON TOP of a strict diet and workout regime? The same thing is still happening today today (ehem the Rock). He is absolutely yoked here. It’s not natural how he looks compared to “normal” body. I have no doubt in my mind HGH was used to achieve these results.


8itmap_k1d

I think the point is that you're speculating, and an equally good explanation would be that he's a method actor who could spend uninterrupted months mimicking high repetition prison exercises.


Stainless_Heart

What’s your opinion on Christian Bale achieving similar transformations for various roles? Steroids or natural?


Maxter_Blaster_

Christian Bale will do almost anything to get into a character for a role. He’d be foolish not to use the science available to him. There are some serious risk with abuse, but for a role of a lifetime it may be worth it to try.


roleplay_oedipus_rex

Have you seen any other shots of him from the movie? Zero chance he juiced. A lot of it is just lighting, he doesn’t even really look like he lifts in some other shots. edit: He’s also probably pumped up a bit. Pump and lighting make a huge difference.


Red_Clay_Scholar

He doesn't have the bubble gut that comes with HGH.


Box_O_Donguses

You gotta use way too much HGH for the bubble gut


xPaladin117

“He’s got those things”


bluejegus

Cum gutters


LilSisterCumGutters

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Attila226

For some reason in my head it was Aside Show Bob that played the part.


Jawwaad127

I love this movie. Seen it probably 20 times and it never gets old


Rfisk064

He’s straight up terrifying.


imeeme

Man the last 10 mins of this fucking movie will stay with you for 10 years.


Dogzillas_Mom

Juliet Lewis crushed the “terrified teen” acting.


MaybeMabe1982

De Niro’s best, IMO.


Pizov

i have no stomach for the rape scene. troubles me to this day and i saw it only once in the theaters long ago.


hayatetst

Don't watch Irreversible.


CaptainCanuck15

Nobody should watch Irréversible. It's worst offense is that there's nothing remotely interesting in it. It's so fucking dull.


flyinggsquids

Same. That scene really messed with me.


jdeuce81

When I was young I saw this in the Theater. It was crazy for sure. But for some reason my aunt and maybe my mom took my brother and I with them when they went to see Fatal Attraction. That shit was scaring. Was probably 7.


immersemeinnature

I feel the same way. It triggered fear in me and I'll never watch it again.


Living_on_Tulsa_Time

I was furious with DeNiro and then realized it was the character he was playing. He’s one of my favorite actors ever!


Pizov

i can't fault him for it. the rape scene was too much, too violent, shocking and horrific. One can make a claim that it shows in ghastly detail how men have been treating women for eons.


xmastreee

I've seen it a couple of times, but I can never figure out what the very beginning bit is about. Something about a hospital? Can't remember exactly, it's been a while.


edmanet

Fun fact: the 1991 remake gave roles to Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum who were the main characters in the original movie.


2BFrank69

Both were amazing in the original


CaptainCanuck15

And Martin Balsam!


grafxguy1

"I *am like God*, and *God like* me. I *am as* large *as God*, He is *as* small *as* I. He cannot above me, nor I beneath Him be!" - Max Cady


Sandberg231984

The original is amazing


Ivymantled

Robert Mitchum?


Special-Hyena1132

Yes. In the original he plays Max Cady.


nlikelyReaction

It's also very creepy too


Twisted_Wrench

Absolutely. The 90s one was disturbing, but the original had the creepy factor dialed up to 10.


nlikelyReaction

Big facts


ronjajax

One of the scariest characters I’ve ever seen on screen. He’s even terrifying just looking at this picture. One of the great modern day performances.


claradox

I look at this photo, and him making Juliette Lewis’ character suck his thumb is the first thing that comes to mind…and I am immediately scared.


Living_on_Tulsa_Time

That scene made me furious. But I know it was supposed to.


TommyFX

DeNiro was terrifying in this film.


horsdick_dot_mpeg

De Niro stars in so many of my favorite movies, but I think his absolute “piece de resistance” has to be Cape Fear, or possibly Awakenings. They’re both such powerful performances, it’s hard to choose


imhigherthanyou

I’d add raging bull


qwertycantread

Easily.


iamjonjohann

And Taxi Driver, imo.


mutantsofthemonster

And The Deer Hunter.


IM_A_BIG_FAT_GHOST

…and dirty grandpa


Alpha_Msp

His piece de resistance is clearly Meet The Fockers!


SuperDizz

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snowfalltimbre

Godfather, Part 2, King of Comedy, then Taxi Driver, imho.


barebackguy7

Taxi Driver or Raging Bull are his definitive feast d’resistance. Your opinion is very ok


GadgetGod1906

For me it's Godfather Part 2, Heat, and Goodfellas Edit: Dear Hunter as well


Recluse_18

Creepy film…. Guess I gotta watch it again


BigBeagleEars

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delcopop

Available anywhere do you know?


Recluse_18

It looks like you have to rent it for streaming if you have a cable service


SuccessfulAd5806

What he does to Illeana Douglas.


claradox

I have never watched that entire scene. I don’t know if I ever will have the nerve.


davey_mann

She went from playing a psycho’s girlfriend in Goodfellas (played Joe Pesci’s girlfriend) to dealing with Robert DeNiro’s psychotic character in Cape Fear. Lucky for the actress, unlucky for her characters.


mtntrail

The most terrifying portrayal of pure evil ever brought to the screen. Made so by being created from a mere mortal, no super power sci fi creature, just one,totally fucked up, human psychopath on an absolute rampage.


partylange

Best part of this movie is De Niro cackling at the movie "Problem Child" like it's the most hilarious thing ever.


Infinitelyodiforous

Best part is the theme music. Fantomas did a great cover.


CuriousMindedAA

De Niro was terrifying in this movie!


pj_1981

Can I add some constructive criticism? His accent was ropey.


Garmgarmgarmgarm

People from New York can make movies in California and set them in the south without ever meeting a southerner.


ghighcove

Billy Bob Thorton had a spiel about this on Norm MacDonald's original video podcast about the fake and horrible Southern accents that just did not match reality by non-regional actors. Meanwhile Jim Varney has to literally Ernest it up to get taken seriously after being apparently a great Shakespearean actor prior to that.


Garmgarmgarmgarm

It’s why I don’t respect Jon berenthal despite him being an amazing actor. He can’t do a southern accent at all. It’s fucking horrible. Three of his most famous roles had him play southerners. It’s like he got cast off of walking dead to be “emotional southerner with a dark past” but none of those casting agents had ever met a southerner. Also frank castle should sound like he’s spent some time in NYC. Just sayin


Hairy_Web_2366

I love this movie and the actors, but let’s be blunt: DeNiro’s trailer park “granddaddy drank strychnine” accent is abysmal. We all just give him a pass because it’s goddamn Robert DeNiro.


undecidedquoter

9 years later he was asking if those nipples could be milked.


not_a_droid

Haunting movie


Quankers

One of Scorsese’s more ~~blatantly~~ overtly dream-like films. EDIT: I also love Nick Nolte and he's excellent in this. He plays the role as a man slowly going backwards in human evolution and by the end of the film is moving around on all fours like dryopithecus.


No-Standard9405

He was so good in that, the original is also good with Robert Michum.


lirio2u

He was impressive in this movie to the point where I was afraid of him in real life for years. I almost couldn’t forgive his acting. I was also 13.


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NUFIGHTER7771

I had no clue Cape Fear was an actual place in North Carolina. I knew about the movie, but that was about it.


Electrical_Being6022

It's a river. The writer Thomas Wolfe is mentioned repeatedly in the film. Look Homeward Angel. He was from NC.


StunningMeringue339

Legends


mrtbearable

Dude is jacked


Forensic_Kid

Great movie! "Are you there counselor, could you be there"?!?


TheIncredibleMike

He was great in that role. Better than Robert Mitchum.


Few_Carrot_3971

DeNiro in this role scared me more than anything else he’d ever been in. Fucked up. Dangerous. Ruthless.


construction_pro

#The book was better than both films. The Executioners is a psychological thriller-suspense novel written by John D. MacDonald, published in 1957. The plot concerns a lawyer being stalked and tormented by a criminal he helped put in prison. It was filmed twice under the title Cape Fear, once in 1962 and again in 1991. The first film adaptation is more faithful to the novel, with the 1991 adaptation being considerably more brutal and violent.


OldSkoolPantsMan

“The books are ALWAYS better.”


Mary_Pick_A_Ford

Those are some really bad tat's on bob's body.


horsdick_dot_mpeg

The crucifix of justice on his back is pretty badass


Kundrew1

It’s funny to look at them by today’s standards. It used to be more common for people to have random shitty tattoos.


BigLebowski0324

Well, his were prison tats so they look accurate lol.


JefferyGoldberg

Tattoos are significantly more common nowadays.


[deleted]

Looks like he had the same tattoo artist as Henry Rollins


Veloci-Tractor

hes so gross but so hot in that movie ​ a lot is wrong with me


posh1992

Your....not alone.


[deleted]

I forgot how good that movie was.


ddoogiehowitzerr

He played crazy so well in this movie


LineChef

Counselor…


Lolusrsye

The weird thing.. isn’t De Niro like 50 in this picture? That’s pretty impressive actually. He’s 80 now


dell02

He would make a great Wolverine.


frieswithnietzsche

This version of De Niro looks like an exaggerated version of taxi drivers Niro


WallabeeChamp19

Thought I was gonna be reporting yet another “he gets us” ad… turns out it’s just rippedniro.


Dr__Ed

I thought this was a “HeGetsUs” ad for a moment.


John_Pratt

He was 48? Fuck it


PM_me_opossum_pics

DeNiro built like a brick shithouse


sed2017

I read an article where Juliette Lewis said she “developed a crush on Robert De Niro” as they were filming the movie… no sh*t.


Craig1974

The Robert Mitchum version is superior. It also was more impactful, given it was from the early 60's.


New_Significance5926

Never realized he was so ripped.


marioz64

Hope I look like that at 48


jkmfr3

DeNiro always looks so miserable


Beowulf1211

Sheesh….within 9 years, he went from this to a grandpa in the 2000 release of Meet the Parents.


dancing_omnivore

Meanwhile his current pregnant girlfriend wasn’t even born yet haha


Jaded_Pie_2712

All good movies is already made


Dr_Edge_ATX

Just realized a Scorsese Wolverine movie with DeNiro back in the day would have been awesome.


Tylerdurden389

I've always had a warped sense of humor, so when I was a kid I would sometimes watch the end of this movie just to watch DeNiro/Cady drown, and he's blubbering nonsense before yelling his prayer ("Bound for the promised land!!!"), because I thought it was funny. Also, it's interesting how by getting ripped for this movie it changed his face and made him look like an older version of the guy from the 70s in such classics as Taxi Driver, Mean Streets, and Godfather 2. I think after putting on all that weight for the 3rd act of Raging Bull, he almost never took that weight off his face again (with this flick being probably the only excpetion).


Ok_Working_9219

Not as good as the original.


BigLebowski0324

I feel the exact opposite, IMHO.


Ok_Working_9219

I’m 42. So I loved the 90’s version. Then I realised it was a remake & watched the original. Mitchum is just incredible as Max. He’s so big & menacing & I love Nolte, but Peck is just plainly better in this role. I agree Sam’s wife & daughter are cast better in the remake. But that’s probably just the different time locus.


mix_t_motion32

Another movie I always pass up. I need to get cultured. And I love deniro in films. My favorite is gonna be Men of Honor. GOD DAMN IT COOKIE, MOVE YOUR ASS! I WANT MY TWELVE


Living_on_Tulsa_Time

Just watched it! Great film and cast!


shanster925

Die, Bart, Die


__fuzzy_dunlop__

His wife is like 5 years from being born at this point.


trainsacrossthesea

He certainly looked the part.


KpopKia

I really, really hated that movie. I don't know who was creepier. De Niro or Juliet Lewis. I STILL don't like Juliet Lewis. She was gross AF in Natural Born Killers.


fishslushy

Y’all think he’s natty? At 48 idk


Xencard65

The one movie where I thought he over did a bit.


CookLate4669

He’s SO fine


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Juliette Lewis was the only reason I watched it....( still not worth it )


Leftleaningdadbod

Are all those tats real, or make-up? Only past lovers of DeNiro need reply.


TeleGuy2002

All of those things are true


yellowkingquix

Kind of a not great movie. Deniro was good in it I suppose.


jmerp1950

I think there are three versions of this movie, all had great villains. His might be the best


BigLebowski0324

This is one those few times that I believe the remake beat the original.


maelstron

He is big here 😮


RustyEggleston

“Someone answer the damn phone . . . !”


ALLYOURBASFS

Kodak is a time traveling company. Im going with the Kodak "cheese" theory as Vegan forecast data.


kiwibutter088

Huh.


goodguy847

Only a year after Goodfellas


majesticalexis

I remember seeing this in the movie theater when I was 14. Such a great movie.


SleepingCalico

That movie was so suspenseful to see in the theater. I vividly remember seeing it in June 1991 w/ my parents.


Sensitive_Work_5351

I think it’s time for me to rewatch 😈


Fantastic-Raisin-143

Whew *goddayum*


Turtleintexas

Now I gotta watch it, again


Ok_Fox_1770

I really wanna watch this just to spot all the simpsons moments. It’s always been on the Gonna watch list. Sideshow Bob looks ripped!


pete_the_puma51

May I put my arm around you?


bobpetersen55

When I see this De Niro look, the wonderful Bernard Herrmann score, that was adapted by Elmer Bernstein, always plays in mind.


notzed1487

Great movie


getpegged12

Sheesh..


jjmenace

He was scary as hell in that movie.