The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981 film) the "charged chemistry" between Nicholson and Lange, and stated that Nicholson admitted that he was smitten with his co-star, remarking that she was a "big consensus movie sex bomb". The film was nominated by the American Film Institute in 2002 for the AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions list. The star of the 1946 version, Lana Turner, expressed her disapproval of the remake. She especially disliked how the studio "turned it into such pornographic trash", and admitted that although she did not watch the remake, she had seen advertisements and blurbs on television that made her sick. The Postman Always Rings Twice
Frances (film) Keaton, Liza Minnelli, Susan Sarandon, Cybill Shepherd, Sissy Spacek, Meryl Streep, Natalie Wood and Tuesday Weld. "This is a role every actress waits all her life for," said Hawn. Jessica Lange had wanted to play the role since reading Farmer's memoirs in the late 1970s. She tried to interest Bob Rafelson and Bob Fosse to make the film but neither were interested. Then she says Clifford called her directly offering the role. (Clifford had edited Lange in "The Postman Always Rings Twice".) "She was very high-strung and had overpowering elements in her personality of self-destruction, but she was a real