Khipha amagama amafilimu amahlaya uCage adlala kuwo. Zihlukanise ngekhoma.
Context:UCage wenza i-debut yakhe yokulingisa ngo-1981 kumsakazo wethelevishini iThe Best of Times, engakaze ithathwe yi-ABC. Ukuqala kwakhe kwefilimu kulandele ngo-1982, ngendima encane njengomuntu ongashiwongo ngegama osebenza nomlingiswa weJaji Reinhold kwifilimu yokufika ebudaleni i-Fast Times eRidgemont High, ngemuva kokuhlolwa kwasekuqaleni kwengxenye kaReinhold. Okuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe kule filimu kwaphazanyiswa amalungu abalingisi abacaphuna ngokungapheli amafilimu kamalume wakhe, okwamkhuthaza ukuba ashintshe igama lakhe. Indima yokuqala kaCage yavela eceleni kukaDeborah Foreman emdlalweni wezothando i-Valley Girl (1983), lapho adlala khona i-punk ethandana nentombazane yasesigodini, isakhiwo esiphefumulelwe nguRomeo noJuliet. Le filimu yaba yimpumelelo encane ebhokisini futhi iye yabizwa ngokuthi i-classic cult. Wazama ukudlala indima kaDallas Winston emdlalweni wefilimu kamalume wakhe iThe Outsiders, esekelwe encwadini kaS.E. Hinton, kodwa wahlulwa nguMatt Dillon. Kodwa-ke, uCage wayezobamba iqhaza ekuguqulweni kukaCoppola kwenye inoveli kaHinton, iRumble Fish, ngalowo nyaka.  Ngo-1984, uCage wavela kumafilimu amathathu, kodwa alikho lawo elaphumelela. Emdlalweni othi, Racing with the Moon (1984), uCage wavela eceleni kukaSean Penn njengabangane abalinde ukuthunyelwa e-U.S. Marine Corps. Idrama yobugebengu kaCoppola iThe Cotton Club yambona edlala inguqulo eqanjiwe yombulali wamasela uVincent "Mad Dog" Coll, ethola udumo kumgxeki uPaul Attanasio "ngokusebenzisa [ngobuqili] imizuzu yakhe embalwa ukudweba isigebengu esinamandla, esinobudlova". Ukukhishwa kwakhe kokugcina konyaka kwakuyidrama ka-Alan Parker ethi Birdy, lapho adlala khona noMatthew Modine njengabangane ababili abaseduze kanye nokuhlukumezeka kwabo okubangelwa ukukhonza eMpini yaseVietnam. UCage wehlisa umzimba ukuze afanelekele le ndima futhi wakhipha amazinyo akhe amabili angaphambili ukuze abonakale ekhubazekile. Naphezu kokungasebenzi kahle kakhulu ebhokisini, le filimu, kanye nokwenziwa kukaCage noModine, bathola izibuyekezo ezinhle, kanti umhlaziyi weThe New York Times uJanet Maslin wabhala, "UMnu Cage ubamba ngokusheshisa nokukhungatheka kuka-Al. Ndawonye, laba badlali benza izimangaliso ngalokho okungenzeka kwakungenakudlalwa".  Ngo-1986, uCage wayedlala emdlalweni wezemidlalo waseCanada owawubukwa kancane iThe Boy in Blue kanye ne-fantasy comedy yomalume wakhe uPeggy Sue Got Married (1987) njengomyeni womlingiswa kaKathleen Turner, obuyele emuva ezinsukwini zabo zesikole esiphakeme. Wabe eseqala ukudlala kumdlalo wamahlaya wobugebengu wabazalwane uCoen iRaising Arizona (1987) njengomuntu owayekade eyisiboshwa. Ukuqhamuka okukhulu kukaCage kwafika ngo-1987 nge-comedy yothando ethi Moonstruck, lapho adlala khona eceleni kukaCher njengompheki onolaka othandana nesoka lomfowabo ongumfelokazi. Le filimu yaba yimpumelelo kubagxeki kanye nezethameli ngokufanayo, yazuzela uCage ukuqokwa kweGolden Globe njengomlingisi ohamba phambili <unk> Isithombe se-Motion Picture Musical noma i-Comedy Ekubuyekezweni kwakhe emuva, uRoger Ebert wabhala ukuthi wayenomuzwa wokuthi ukusebenza kukaCage kwakufanele i-Oscar.
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