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22/11/2012 Drama 1h 38m
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Behind every Psycho is a great woman.

Overview

Following his great success with "North by Northwest," director Alfred Hitchcock makes a daring choice for his next project: an adaptation of Robert Bloch's novel "Psycho." When the studio refuses to back the picture, Hitchcock decides to pay for it himself in exchange for a percentage of the profits. His wife, Alma Reville, has serious reservations about the film but supports him nonetheless. Still, the production strains the couple's marriage.

  1. Sacha Gervasi

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Anthony Hopkins

    Alfred Hitchcock

  2. Helen Mirren

    Alma Reville

  3. Scarlett Johansson

    Janet Leigh

  4. Danny Huston

    Whitfield Cook

  5. Toni Collette

    Peggy Robertson

  6. Michael Stuhlbarg

    Lew Wasserman

  7. Michael Wincott

    Ed Gein

  8. Jessica Biel

    Vera Miles

  9. James D'Arcy

    Anthony Perkins

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Reviews

A review by Matt Golden
Written by Matt Golden on 2013-07-21
Good evening. Our film tonight is about a man obsessed with murder. It is a tale of violence, of lies and deceit, of envy and greed. It is, naturally, a love story.

In the year 1960, the film Psycho burst onto theatre screens, beginning one of the greatest decades of change in American cinema with shrieking violins and a blood-curdling scream. The man behind the movie, director extraordinaire Alfred Hitchcock, was as much a public figure as his leading ladies and men. He managed to thrust the unsuspecting (and unprepared) public into violence and perversion that was (at the time) beyond the...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$15,700,000.00

Revenue
$27,039,669.00

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