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


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US Runtime: 104 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Dec 04, 1998   [USA]
 
Director: Gus Van Sant
 
Writer: Joseph Stefano   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Brian Grazer   [Producer]
Gus Van Sant   [Producer]
Jim Whitaker   [Associate Producer]
Dany Wolf   [Executive Producer]
 
Cinematography: Christopher Doyle
 
Edited by: Amy E. Duddleston
 
Music Composed by Bernard Herrmann
 
Production Design: Tom Foden
 
Costume Design: Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
 
Casting by Howard Feuer
 
Production Companys: Imagine
Imagine Entertainment   (US)
Universal Pictures   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    In Gus Van Sant's remake of Alfred Hitchcock's classic, young female bank employee Marion Crane steals money from her boss in Phoenix, flees town, and arrives at Fairvale, California's rundown Bates Motel, which has secrets of its own.

Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

Vince Vaughn
Norman Bates
Anne Heche
Marion Crane
Julianne Moore
Lila Crane
Viggo Mortensen
Samuel 'Sam' Loomis
William H. Macy
Milton Arbogast
Robert Forster
Dr. Simon
Philip Baker Hall
Sheriff Chambers
 
Anne Haney
Mrs. Chambers
Chad Everett
Tom Cassidy
Rance Howard
Mr. Lowery
Rita Wilson
Caroline
James Remar
Patrolman
James Le Gros
California Charlie
Flea
Bob Summerfield
 
 

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

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$60,000,000
Revenue:
$37,100,000
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:

  • 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.
     
  • When Norman Bates cleans the bathroom, the blood on the shower wall has disappeared. This copies a continuity error in the original.
     
  • Gus Van Sant makes a cameo talking to someone looking just like Alfred Hitchcock in the beginning of the movie when Marion Crane enters the office after her lunch break. In the original version of Psycho, Hitchcock had a cameo in the same scene.
     
  • Robert Forster is featured in another Alfred Hitchcock film remade the same year: Rear Window.
     
  • 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.
     

Credits Fun:

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


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