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Plot Summary:
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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. |
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Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)
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Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)
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Tech Info:
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- Budget:
- $60,000,000
- Revenue:
- $37,100,000
- Camera:
- Panavision Cameras and Lenses
- Color Info:
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Color (DeLuxe)
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- 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
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Trivia:
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- When Norman Bates cleans the bathroom, the blood on the shower wall has disappeared. This copies a continuity error in the original.
- The kitchen knife is credited as belonging to John Woo.
- The exterior motel set was the same one used in the original Psycho. However, the house was a new set constructed directly in front of the old house on the backlot at Universal Studios. On completion of filming, they moved this second house alongside the first for the backlot tour.
- 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.
- 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.
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Credits Fun:
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- 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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