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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.
- 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.
- A sign for the Bates Motel reads "Newly Renovated."
- 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.
- The new house and motel sets were constructed directly in front of the original sets.
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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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