Does anyone else find the shocking scene……
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Cat's Eye
redrumskum — 21 years ago(June 07, 2004 03:43 PM)
HILLARIOUS ! Man that part always makes me laugh when Mr.Morrisons wife Cindy is getting tortured by hoping around helplessly on the electric grate by Quitters Inc,heh the music couldnt be more fitting for this scene.I guess what made it so funny was that no matter were she was stepping she would get an electric shock to her feet and how much she was screaming and telling them to stop Mr.Donatti just stood there cold hearted and watched when he could have easily turned it off by pushing one button.Thats what Mr.Morrison gets for smoking,he knew that they were keeping an eye on him so he desereved to witness his wife suffer getting electrocuted in front of him.If I was Mr.Donatti I would have increased the voltage and make her hop around way longer for Mr.Morrisons poor attempt to be a hero and save his wife.LOL too bad this isnt a real method used to torture mens wives when they do something there not suppose to do.
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DeRo64 — 21 years ago(July 07, 2004 02:18 PM)
Are you serious? You are sick! Sick! Sick! Sick! If YOUR wife ever does something stupid, I'll put YOU in a cage and shock you half to death! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!
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annick-keersmaekers — 21 years ago(September 10, 2004 10:47 AM)
I don't really give a damn about the humansWhat about that poor defenseless kitty, who had absolutely nothing to do with it. F.y.i. there is no certificate that "no animals were injured during this production" at the end. I think they really fried the cat!
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applehead54 — 17 years ago(April 11, 2008 09:58 PM)
my mom cracked up when we first saw that movie and as a child i didn't see the humor, maybe cuz they shocked the cat too and im a cat lover. but as i got older it really is funny, and her hair is hilarious!
i c a li-toe si-lo-weh-toe of a man SKA-LAH-MOOSH SKA-LA-MOOSH -
sikdude80 — 21 years ago(January 31, 2005 07:58 PM)
You know I have to agree with redrumskum,the scene was cruel and a very cold hearted thing for Mr.Donatti and that other guy Junk to do but it was funny.I always wondered why that lady Mrs.Morrison was wearing nylon,was that suppose to make the shocking hurt more than its suppose to ? Its always boggled my mind. Another thing is were they going to try and kill her in front of him or just torture her to make him feel bad for smoking. Overall the movie is good but I never seen anyone articulate that scene so I thought I bring up some questions I had about the scene
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bonnie-67 — 19 years ago(July 17, 2006 08:42 AM)
In the book, it explains that Quitters, Inc. is a pragmatic company. They use a practical, matter-of-fact method. They find out all they can about their client (in this case that he has a wife he loves and a son who is mentally incapable of understanding why anyone would hurt him). They use the client's love for their family to 'encourage' them to quit smoking.
It details their method of treatment: If the client slips up once, the wife gets a short treatment in the electric room, painful but no injury. Slip up 2-4 times, longer more painful treatments. Slip up 5 times, the boy gets beaten up, etcup to 10 times. If the client slips up that 10th time, he is killed.
You see, Quitters, Inc. guarantees their clients quit smoking permanently (even if they have to kill them to make it happen). It also goes into the weight gain that usually happens when a person quits smoking. They give you a certain weight you have to stay under, and if you go over that weightthey cut your spouses little finger off.
In reply to the poster who mentioned that it sounded like the mob, that is somewhat correct. The book explains that Quitters, Inc. was endowed with funds from the family of a mobster who died of lung cancer. I'm sure they also hire their enforcers (like Junk) from the family business. -
livingdaylights520 — 20 years ago(May 01, 2005 09:18 PM)
My guess is that Quitters Inc targets torturing the clients loved ones when they smoke so it can make them quit.I dont think the scene was practical though.I dont know how someone could survive mulitple shocks one after another, well unless the voltage was low.I remember the doctor telling him that she'd be fine but I dont see how thats possible.
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kitana_snape — 19 years ago(April 13, 2006 06:51 AM)
I have this story. The reason they target the client's loved ones is that it's one thing to allow yourself to be tortured, but it's quite another to allow a loved one to be targeted because of your slipup. Not many people would allow that, so it's actually a good way to get at people. As for the voltage, was very low. You know what it feels like when you get a static electricity shock (like when you walk across a carpet and touch a doorknob or something)? The voltage Quitters Inc. used was a little stronger than that. Not enough to kill her (or even really hurt her), but enough to sting. Part of her reaction was also because she was terrified. Her husband hadn't told her anything about what Quitters Inc really does. All she knows it that strangers show up at her house, take her away, and start shocking her. That would scare anyone, I'm sure.