Psycho
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Starring: John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Joseph Stefano, Robert Bloch
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Psycho is a 1960 American horror thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay, written by Joseph Stefano, is based on the 1959 novel by Robert Bloch. The film stars Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, and Martin Balsam. The plot centers on an encounter between on-the-run embezzler Marion Crane (Leigh), shy motel proprietor Norman Bates (Perkins), and his disturbed mother.
Trivia
- Won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture.
- Also nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; Academy Award for Best Director; Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White; Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White.
- Based on Psycho (novel by Robert Bloch (1959)).
- Psycho is based on Robert Bloch's 1959 novel of the same name, loosely inspired by the case of convicted Wisconsin murderer and grave robber Ed Gein.
- Each had a deceased, domineering mother and had sealed off a room in the house as a shrine to her.
- Gein was apprehended after murdering two women.
Filming Locations
- California
- Arizona
- The original exteriors of the Bates Motel and Bates house, which were constructed on the same stage as Lon Chaney's The Phantom of the Opera (1925), are still standing at the Universal Studios backlot in Universal City near Hollywood and are a regular attraction on the studio's tour.
- Psycho, independently produced and financed by Hitchcock, was shot at Revue Studios, the same location for his television show, on a tight budget of $807,000, from November 11, 1959, to February 1, 1960.
- Filming would start in the morning and finish by six p.m., or earlier on Thursdays when Hitchcock and his wife would dine at Chasen's. Nearly the whole film was shot with 50mm lenses on 35mm cameras.
Previous Showings
16 Runs • 14 Festivals
33,335 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (August 21, 1960)
Original Run: August 21, 1960 (Sunday - Thursday)
All runs on record (16):
- August 21, 1960 (Sunday - Thursday)Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles
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