Psycho (1960)
Marion Crane is a young woman dissatisfied with her life. Her boyfriend, swamped with debt, loves her but can't afford to marry her. When 40,000 dollars falls into her lap she takes the money and heads off to Fairvale, California to reunite with her boyfriend. Weary from the drive and a rainstorm she finds herself at the Bates Motel. After a bite to eat and an unusual conversation with the proprietor Norman Bates, she rethinks her actions and decides to head back to Phoenix in the morning and undo the wrong she's done. With her mind clearer she decides to take a relaxing shower. Unbeknownst to her, Mrs. Bates has other plans for her. Several days later, Marion's sister tracks down her lover and demands to know where Marion is. The two of them, along with a private investigator who meets his demise just like Marion, investigate the Bates Motel. In a horrifying climax, the audience learns just how deranged Norman Bates is. Having killed his mother and her lover years before, he devoted half of his life to keeping her alive and an accomplice in his murderous deeds.
Psycho was filmed with his television crew and in black and white for cost cutting measures. The infamous shower scene took six days to film and featured 77 different camera angles. Psycho is considered one of Hitchcock's greatest films and earned four Academy Award nominations, including Best Supporting Actress for Vivian Leigh and Best Director for Hitchcock. The film is also known for being one of the first to kill off the lead character halfway through the film and also to show a flushed toilet bowl onscreen. The film was remade (Psycho) shot by shot over 30 years later by Gus Van Sant.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Joseph Steffano
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh
Running time: 109 minutes
Year: 1960
Studio: Shamley Productions
Psycho was filmed with his television crew and in black and white for cost cutting measures. The infamous shower scene took six days to film and featured 77 different camera angles. Psycho is considered one of Hitchcock's greatest films and earned four Academy Award nominations, including Best Supporting Actress for Vivian Leigh and Best Director for Hitchcock. The film is also known for being one of the first to kill off the lead character halfway through the film and also to show a flushed toilet bowl onscreen. The film was remade (Psycho) shot by shot over 30 years later by Gus Van Sant.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Joseph Steffano
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh
Running time: 109 minutes
Year: 1960
Studio: Shamley Productions