Jack Nicholson list of goals. In researching the role, Nicholson visited a Los Angeles hospital to see how cancer patients coped with their illnesses. Nicholson's next film role saw him reunite with James L. Brooks, director of "Terms of Endearment", "Broadcast News", and "As Good as It Gets", for a supporting role as Paul Rudd's character's father in the 2010 film "How Do You Know". It had been widely reported in subsequent years that Nicholson had retired from acting because of memory loss, but in a September 2013 "Vanity Fair" article, Nicholson clarified that he did not consider himself retired, merely that
Cat People (1942 film) Cat People (1942 film) Cat People is a 1942 American horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur, produced by Val Lewton, and starring Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph and Tom Conway. The plot focuses on a Serbian fashion designer in New York City who believes herself to be descended from a race of people who shape shift into panthers when sexually aroused or angered. DeWitt Bodeen wrote the original screenplay, which was based on Lewton's short story "The Bagheeta", published in 1930. In 1993, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library