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Frank Chambers (Creator/JackNicholson) drifts into a dusty town in rural California, looking for a good meal. At a diner there he finds Cora (Creator/JessicaLange), a beautiful woman who is married to an old Greek immigrant named Nick. Frank and Cora have a passionate affair. Cora's stuck in a rut, and she wants to start over. They could start a new life together if they could just get rid of Nick. Can Frank and Nora get away with it?

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Frank Chambers (Creator/JackNicholson) drifts into a dusty town in rural California, looking for a good meal. At a diner there he finds Cora (Creator/JessicaLange), a beautiful woman who is married to an old Greek immigrant named Nick.Nick (Creator/JohnColicos). Frank and Cora have a passionate affair. Cora's stuck in a rut, and she wants to start over. They could start a new life together if they could just get rid of Nick. Can Frank and Nora get away with it?
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Ossessione was not the first adaptation of The Postman Always Rings Twice. It was the second.


Directed by Creator/BobRafelson, featuring a screenplay by Creator/DavidMamet, and released in 1981, this second film adaptation of ''Literature/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice'' is best remembered for Nicholson and Lange's table scene.

Compare [[Film/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice1946 the 1946 version]] with Creator/LanaTurner, and ''Film/{{Ossessione}}'', the 1943 Italian version that was actually the first adaptation of Cain's novel. Both the 1946 and 1981 versions are currently owned by Creator/WarnerBros, with the 1946 version being part of the [[UsefulNotes/TedTurner Turner Entertainment]] library, and the 1981 version being inherited from Creator/{{Lorimar}}.

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Directed by Creator/BobRafelson, featuring a screenplay by Creator/DavidMamet, and released in 1981, this second English language film adaptation of ''Literature/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice'' is best remembered for Nicholson and Lange's table scene.

scene.[[note]] The first two adaptations were the 1939 French film ''The Last Turning'', directed by Pierre Chenal, and the 1943 Italian film ''Film/{{Ossessione}}'', directed by Creator/LuchinoVisconti.[[/note]]

Compare [[Film/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice1946 the 1946 version]] with Creator/LanaTurner, and ''Film/{{Ossessione}}'', the 1943 Italian version that was actually the first adaptation of Cain's novel.Creator/LanaTurner. Both the 1946 and 1981 versions are currently owned by Creator/WarnerBros, with the 1946 version being part of the [[UsefulNotes/TedTurner Turner Entertainment]] library, and the 1981 version being inherited from Creator/{{Lorimar}}.



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Directed by Bob Rafelson, featuring a screenplay by Creator/DavidMamet, and released in 1981, this second film adaptation of ''Literature/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice'' is best remembered for Nicholson and Lange's table scene.

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Directed by Bob Rafelson, Creator/BobRafelson, featuring a screenplay by Creator/DavidMamet, and released in 1981, this second film adaptation of ''Literature/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice'' is best remembered for Nicholson and Lange's table scene.

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Compare [[Film/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice1946 the 1946 version]] with Creator/LanaTurner, and ''Film/{{Ossessione}}'', the 1943 Italian version that was actually the first adaptation of Cain's novel.

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Compare [[Film/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice1946 the 1946 version]] with Creator/LanaTurner, and ''Film/{{Ossessione}}'', the 1943 Italian version that was actually the first adaptation of Cain's novel.
novel. Both the 1946 and 1981 versions are currently owned by Creator/WarnerBros, with the 1946 version being part of the [[UsefulNotes/TedTurner Turner Entertainment]] library, and the 1981 version being inherited from Creator/{{Lorimar}}.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Of the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Snyder Snyder-Gray]] murder.
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''Literature/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice'' was adapted for a second time in 1981. What's best remembered is Nicholson and Lange's table scene.

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Released in 1981, this second film adaptation of ''Literature/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice'' was adapted for a second time in 1981. What's is best remembered is for Nicholson and Lange's table scene.
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Frank Chambers drifts into a dusty town in rural California, looking for a good meal. At a diner there he finds Cora, a beautiful woman who is married to an old Greek immigrant named Nick. Frank and Cora have a passionate affair. Cora's stuck in a rut, and she wants to start over. They could start a new life together if they could just get rid of Nick. Can Frank and Nora get away with it?

''Literature/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice'' was adapted for a second time in 1981. What's best remembered is Creator/JackNicholson and Creator/JessicaLange's table scene.

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Frank Chambers (Creator/JackNicholson) drifts into a dusty town in rural California, looking for a good meal. At a diner there he finds Cora, Cora (Creator/JessicaLange), a beautiful woman who is married to an old Greek immigrant named Nick. Frank and Cora have a passionate affair. Cora's stuck in a rut, and she wants to start over. They could start a new life together if they could just get rid of Nick. Can Frank and Nora get away with it?

''Literature/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice'' was adapted for a second time in 1981. What's best remembered is Creator/JackNicholson Nicholson and Creator/JessicaLange's Lange's table scene.
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''Literature/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice'' was adapted for a second time in 1981. What's best remembered is JackNicholson and JessicaLange's table scene.

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''Literature/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice'' was adapted for a second time in 1981. What's best remembered is JackNicholson Creator/JackNicholson and JessicaLange's Creator/JessicaLange's table scene.
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''ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice'' was remade in 1981. What's best remembered is JackNicholson and JessicaLange's table scene.

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''ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice'' ''Literature/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice'' was remade adapted for a second time in 1981. What's best remembered is JackNicholson and JessicaLange's table scene.
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*HotterAndSexier: The 1946 version couldn't feature sex scenes; this one could and did.

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