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Psycho
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( Horror / Thriller )


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US Runtime: 105 min

Premiere Date:
Dec 04, 1998   [USA]
 
Director: Gus Van Sant
 
Writer: Robert Bloch   [novel]
 
Cinematography: Christopher Doyle
 
Edited by: Amy E Duddleston
 
Production Companys: Imagine
Universal Pictures
 


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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:

  • 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.
     
  • 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.
     
  • During filming, Gus Van Sant brought along a DVD player and played the original Psycho, and they acted from that. When he spotted a mistake (a door opening without a key), van Sant decided to put the same mistake into his film.
     
  • A sign for the Bates Motel reads "Newly Renovated."
     

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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