Later that night, Marion resolves to bring the money back to her boss, but decides to shower at her motel room first, unaware that Norman is watching her through a peephole in the wall. Marion hears Norman argue with her about letting the girl in the house. During the light meal, Norman talks taxidermy and exposits that his mother refuses to let him have a life away from her. It is there that she meets the socially awkward Norman Bates, who invites her to dinner at the house on the hill that he shares with his mentally ill, co-dependent mother. Knowing she cannot stick around Phoenix after such a huge theft, Marion hops in her car and drives in the heavy rain toward Sam in California, but stops on her way there to stay at the out-of-the-way Bates Motel. She takes it to help her boyfriend, Sam Loomis, pay off his debts so that the couple can get married. The film starts with real estate secretary Marion Crane stealing the $400,000 her employer has entrusted to her to deposit in the bank. Macy ( Fargo 1996, Shameless TV series) took on the role of the private investigator, Mr. Viggo Mortensen ( Lord of the Rings trilogy, A History of Violence 2005) played Marion’s boyfriend, Sam Loomis, while William H.
Moore ( Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997, The Big Lebowski 1998) was eventually cast as Lila Crane, Marion’s sister. Nicole Kidman, Drew Barrymore, Julianne Moore, and Laura Linney were considered for the role of Marion Crane (Linney turned it down to do The Truman Show (1998), but the part ended up going to Anne Heche ( Wag the Dog 1997, Six Days, Seven Nights 1998). Several familiar faces were tagged to be cast in Psycho, including Tobey Maguire, Christian Bale, Joaquin Phoenix, Henry Thomas, Robert Sean Leonard, and Jeremy Davies in the role of Norman Bates, but Vince Vaughn ( Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 2004, Wedding Crashers 2005) won out in the end. Psycho was filmed at Universal Studios as well as on location in Phoenix, Arizona and both Los Angeles and Gorman, California.
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Both movies also share the same score, which was composed by Academy Award winner Bernard Herrmann ( Citizen Kane 1941, Taxi Driver 1976), although the music for the 1998 film was re-recorded by Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek ( Good Will Hunting 1997, Chicago 2002), who used vintage microphones to retain a retro feel.
PSYCHO 1998 SERIAL
Jason‘s (2003) Erick Brennan.īoth the original 1960 film and this 1998 remake were based on the eponymous novel by Robert Bloch, who based his own version of Norman Bates on Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein. Streett ( Waterworld 1995, Men In Black 1997) and Freddy vs.
The special effects team for Psycho was led by J.D. This remake of the 1960 Hitchcock classic was directed by Gus Van Sant ( Good Will Hunting 1997, Milk 2008) and co-produced by Van Sant and Emmy and Oscar Award winner Brian Grazer ( A Beautiful Mind 2001, 24 TV series).
PSYCHO 1998 MOVIE
This week in Horror movie history, Psycho was released on Decemthrough Universal Pictures.