In the remake, she pays $4000 in cash instead, but the licence numbers on the two cars are the same as in the original: ANL 709 on her first car, and NFB 418 on the new one. * In the original, Marion Crane pays $700 in cash for a used car to trade with her car while a suspicious lawman watches her. This scene also occurs in the remake, but unlike the original, Marion is seen changing in front of a window, behind which is a tree on which several birds alight (somewhat like the jungle gym scene in Hitchcock's " The Birds"). * In the original, Marion stops off at home and changes before setting out for California. In the remake, she steals $400,000 in cash instead. * In the original, Marion Crane steals $40,000 in cash tendered as payment for a deal at the real estate office where she works, before she leaves for California.
There is also heavy breathing from another couple in the next hotel room during the scene. In the remake, the character of Sam Loomis displays rear nudity. * In the original, there is no nudity in the opening scene. The lined sequence devised by Saul Bass appear on screen in lime green and the co-starring cast's font is slightly bigger than in the original. * The credits remain nearly the same with alternative cast and crew mentioned. Many of the songs were recorded specifically for the soundtrack, to the extent that a number of them sample Herrmann's score as well. The film's soundtrack, "", included Danny Elfman's re-recordings of some of Bernard Herrmann's score for the original film, along with a collection of songs in genres from country to drum and bass, connected mainly by titles containing "psycho" or other death or insanity-related words.
While in the original, Alfred Hitchcock had a cameo as a man in a cowboy hat outside the bank, director Gus Van Sant has a cameo talking to the man in the new version's parallel shot. Eliza Chambers, Rita Wilson as Caroline, and Michael Balzary (aka Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers) as Bob Summerfield. Fred Simon, Philip Baker Hall as Sheriff Al Chambers, Anne Haney as Mrs. Macy as Milton Arbogast, Viggo Mortensen as Sam Loomis, and Julianne Moore as Lila Crane. Murder sequences are also intercut with surreal dream images.Īnne Heche plays Marion Crane, with Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates, William H. A few changes are introduced to account for advancements in technology since the original film and to make the content more explicit.
Both films are based on the novel of the same name by Robert Bloch, which were in turn inspired by the crimes of Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein.Īlthough this version is in color and features a different cast, it is nearly a shot for shot remake that copies Hitchcock's camera movements and editing.
"Psycho" is a 1998 film remake of the Alfred Hitchcock 1960 version produced and directed by Gus Van Sant for Universal Pictures. Macyĭistributor = Universal Pictures Imagine Entertainmentįollowed_by = "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho" Starring = Vince Vaughn Anne Heche Julianne Moore Viggo Mortensen William H. Writer = Novel: Robert Bloch Screenplay: Joseph Stefano Caption = Original film poster for "Psycho"