Psycho

Psycho (1998)

Timing: 1:44 (104 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1998-12-04

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment

Genre

Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Budget

$60 000 000

Revenue

$37 141 130

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Director

Gus Van Sant

Actors

Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, William H. Macy, Robert Forster, Philip Baker Hall, Anne Haney, Chad Everett, Rance Howard
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Scenario

Producer

Brian Grazer, Gus Van Sant, Dany Wolf

Operator

Christopher Doyle

Composer

Bernard Herrmann

Artist

Audition

Howard Feuer

Editing

Amy E. Duddleston, Buddy Enright
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• In the episode where Ann Heche's character approaches the car dealership where she is supposed to trade in her car, she passes a bus stop with a poster for the film "Six Days, Seven Nights" (1998), in which Heche starred with Harrison Ford.
• Viggo Mortensen starred in another remake of an Alfred Hitchcock film that same year – "A Perfect Murder." In both films, he plays the lover of the main character, both films feature a bed scene with his participation, and also a crime involving the same amount of $400,000.
• During filming, director Gus Van Sant and the film crew watched a DVD recording of Hitchcock's "Psycho" to do everything the same way as in the original film. When Van Sant noticed errors in that film (a door opening without a key, a bloodstain on the bathroom wall unexpectedly disappearing), he decided to repeat them in the remake.
• Robert Forster starred in the television version of Hitchcock's famous film "Rear Window" the same year.
• Gus Van Sant appears on screen in the episode where Marion returns to her office after lunch. In this scene, Van Sant is talking to someone who looks very much like Hitchcock. Hitchcock himself appeared in the same episode at one time.
• The motel set was built specifically for this film, but it looks exactly the same as in Hitchcock's film.
• The motel sign reads: "completely renovated".
• Nicole Kidman and Drew Barrymore were considered for the role of Marion. Kidman was busy with other projects, and Barrymore was deemed too young for the role.
• The blood on the tiled floor, the knife, and Marion's wounds were added digitally during post-production.
• The film is based on Robert Bloch's novel "Psycho" (1959).
• In the episode where the character played by Anne Heche approaches the car dealership where she is to exchange her car for another, she passes by a bus stop with a poster for the film "Six Days, Seven Nights" (1998), in which Heche starred with Harrison Ford.
• Viggo Mortensen starred in another remake of an Alfred Hitchcock film that same year – "A Perfect Murder." In both films, he plays the lover of the main character, both pictures include a bedroom scene with his participation, as well as a crime involving the same amount of $400,000.
• Robert Forster starred in a television version of Hitchcock's famous film "Rear Window" that same year.
• Gus Van Sant appears on screen in the episode where Marion returns to her office after her lunch break. In this scene, Van Sant is talking to someone who looks very much like Hitchcock. Hitchcock himself appeared in the same episode at the time.
• The motel set was built specifically for this film, but it looks exactly like it does in Hitchcock's movie.
• The motel sign reads: “completely renovated.”
• Nicole Kidman and Drew Barrymore were considered for the role of Marion. Kidman was busy with other projects, and Barrymore was deemed too young for the part.
• In the shower scene, the blood on the tile, the knife, and Marion's wounds were added digitally during editing.