 Lange continued making films throughout the 1990s, periodically taking time off to raise her children and also choosing theater- and television-based projects.She began the decade in Paul Brickman's warmly received "Men Don't Leave" (1990), for which she earned positive reviews and came in third place for the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress.She was then approached by Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, who had both auditioned her for the role of Jake LaMotta's wife in "Raging Bull" (1980), to star in a remake of "Cape Fear" (1991).