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Psycho
Check in. Relax. Take a shower.
( Horror / Thriller )


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US Runtime: 105 min

Premiere Date:
Dec 04, 1998   [USA]
 
Director: Gus Van Sant
 
Writer: Robert Bloch   [novel]
 
Producers: Brian Grazer   [Producer]
Gus Van Sant   [Producer]
James Whitaker   [Associate Producer]
Dany Wolf   [Executive Producer]
 
Music by Bernard Herrmann
Danny Elfman   [produced and adapted by]
 
Cinematography: Christopher Doyle
 
Edited by: Amy E. Duddleston
 
Production Companys: Imagine
Universal Pictures
 


Cast:

Vince Vaughn
Norman Bates
Anne Heche
Marion Crane
Julianne Moore
Lila Crane
Viggo Mortensen
Samuel Loomis
William H. Macy
Milton Arbogast
Philip Baker Hall
Sheriff Al Chambers
Anne Haney
Mrs. Eliza Chambers
Chad Everett
Tom Cassidy
Rance Howard
Mr. Lowery
James Remar
Patrolman
 
James LeGros
Charlie the Car Dealer
Steven Clark Pachosa
Police Guard
O.B. Babbs
Mechanic
Flea
Bob Summerfield
Marjorie Lovett
Woman Customer
Ryan Cutrona
Chief of Police
Ken Jenkins
District Attorney
Gus Van Sant
Man in Cowboy Hat (uncredited)
Roy Brocksmith
Passerby/Hitchcock Cameo (uncredited)
 

Crew:

Ben Alexander
assistant to director
Victor Anderson
transportation coordinator
Steve Bartek
orchestrator
Steve Bartek
conductor
Phillip J. Bartell
assistant editor
Brad Boyer
grip
Clyde E. Bryan
first assistant camera
Gary Burritt
negative cutter
Erik Butters
lamp operator
Noelle Chapin
production coordinator
Aloura Melissa Charles
production office assistant
Paul Conkling
stand-in
Daniel Coscia
rigging grip
Jeff Crandell
location manager
Tara Ann Culp
assistant to Mr. Grazer
David Devlin
gaffer
Danny Elfman
music producer
Danny Elfman
music supervisor
Danny Elfman
music adaptor
Gerry Ganger
spacecam assistant
Russ Gething
stand-in
Charley Gilleran
key rigging grip
Brad Gissell
grip
David Golia
camera operator: remote head camera
Alexander Griffiths
grip
 
Robert Hackl
post-production supervisor
Frank Helmer
set costumer
Patricia Hitchcock
special thanks
Jim Kwiatkowski
executive grip
Vince Lamarche
fly wrangler
Cookie Lopez
key costumer
Brian Lukas
rigging gaffer
Mathew Marden
rigging grip
Rose Marie
adr voice
Bob McMillian
color timer
Karen P. Morris
first assistant production accountant
Glenn Nicol
production accountant
Steve Owen
best boy rigging grip
John Polyhar
production office assistant
Larry J. Richardson
best boy electric
Matt Rose
designer: Mrs. Bates
Burton Sharp
adr group coordinator
Phil Smith
bird wrangler
Jules Sylvester
spider wrangler
George L. Tarrant Jr.
production assistant
Suzanne Trucks
2nd asst. camera
Rick Uva
rigging grip
Chad Waters
designer: Mrs. Bates
Dixie Webster
extras casting
Mark H. Weingartner
rear projection supervisor
 
 

Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$20,000,000 (USA)
Camera:
Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Color Info:
Color (DeLuxe)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Spherical
Film Negative Format:
35 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm
Shooting Dates:
06 Jul 1998 - ?
Production Dates:
Jul 1998 - Oct 1998

Trivia:

  • A sign for the Bates Motel reads "Newly Renovated."
     
  • In the famous shower scene where Anne Heche's character is stabbed to death, blood on the shower tiles, the knife, and Heche's wounds were all digitally added after filming to enhance the shock value.
     
  • As Anne Heche approaches the car dealership where she exchanges cars, she passes a bus stop displaying a poster for Six Days Seven Nights in which she stars with Harrison Ford.
     
  • In the original Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock wanted his opening shot to be a long, complete pan/zoom over the city into Marion's hotel room. Sadly, the technology was not yet perfected, and he achieved his effect through a series of pans and dissolves. The new Gus Van Sant remake does a complete travelling shot, as Hitchcock had intended.
     
  • When Norman Bates cleans the bathroom, the blood on the shower wall has disappeared. This copies a continuity error in the original.
     

Credits Fun:

  • Thanks to John Woo for use of his kitchen knife.
     
  • The logo for Imagine drips in blood instead of water.
     
  • If you look closely at the swamp after the end credits, the water turns red, obviously to blood.
     


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