Freedom

Film Details:

• Film Title: Cape Fear
• Film Year: 1991
• Character Name: Max Cady
• Cinematography: colorFilm
• Scorsese Cameo? false

Here is more information about the costume and how it informs the character:

• Clothing Articles: Red Hawaiian shirt with palm tree sihouette print, white pants
• Hairstyle: Greasy
• Props: Fancy car, white captain's hat, Evian
• Costume Style: Casual Dress
• Facial Hair? false
• Bare Chested? true
• Tattoos? true
• Headwear? true

• IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101540/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
• Other Source: De Niro costume exhibition at the American Moving Image Museum circa 2002 (via Vogue)

Bob’s longtime costume designer Rita Ryack has a choice quote regarding the flashy Hawaiian shirt Max Cady dons upon “accidentally” running into Nick Nolte’s character Sam Bowden: “…of the neon-bright Hawaiian shirt that De Niro wore in Cape Fear, ‘I found it in some gruesome strip mall in Fort Lauderdale…and now I see that shirt everywhere.’ (Vogue). In the same vein of loud colors and patterns signifying brash, unhinged characters, Bob’s Max Cady uses his wardrobe as a free man to intimidate Nolte, and virtually everyone else.

Did you know? Gregory Peck (the original Sam Bowden in the 1962 film) appears as Cady’s lawyer for approximately 5 minutes. It was his last role before his death in 2003. (via IMDb)

See Also:

• Rupert: Armchair Comedian in his Mother's House