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Signature Collection Psycho 1960 THX WS Signature Collection LaserDisc Box Thriller

Psycho 1960 THX WS Signature Collection LaserDisc Box Thriller

Making of, Interviews, Censored Scene, Trailer and More!

Psycho 1960 THX WS Signature Collection LaserDisc Box Thriller

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Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh and Vera Miles in... Alfred Hitchcock's...

Psycho

Signature Collection

( Catalog Number 43105 )
(THX) (1.85:1) (5 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Presented in the 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio of the Original 35 Millimeter Theatrical Prints
Documentary "The Making of Psycho" Featuring New Interviews with Alfred Hitchcock, Janet Leigh, Hitchcock's daughter Patricia H
Isolated Music Score by Bernard Herrmann
A Censored Scene
Newsreel Footage
The Infamous Shower Scene with and without Music
Six page Glossy Booklet/Insert

Psycho
1960 - 104 min. - Black and White
Genre: Horror
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Credited with inventing the genre of the modern horror film, PSYCHO has had its share of sequels and imitators, none of which diminishes the achievement of this shocking and complex horror thriller. Alfred Hitchcock's choreography of elements in PSYCHO is considered so perfect it inspired a shot-by-shot remake by Gus Van Zant in 1998. However, Hitchcock's black-and-white original, featuring Anthony Perkins's haunting characterization of lonely motel keeper Norman Bates, has never been equaled. Bates presides over an out-of-the-way motel under the domineering specter of his mother. The young, well-intentioned Bates is introduced to the audience when Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), a blonde on the run with stolen money, checks in for the night. But Momma doesn't like loose women, so the stage is set for this classic tale of horror--and one of the most famous scenes in film history. PSYCHO was initially received by audiences with shock and amazement--and it still terrifies today. Though it is now considered prototypical Hitchcock, its setting, pace, and emphasis on terror were major departures for the director at the time, coming after the more classically grand NORTH BY NORTHWEST.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
In 1960, Alfred Hitchcock was already famous as the screen's master of suspense (and perhaps the best-known film director in the world) when he released Psycho and forever changed the shape and tone of the screen thriller. From its first scene, in which an unmarried couple balances pleasure and guilt in a lunchtime liaison in a cheap hotel (hardly a common moment in a major studio film in 1960), Psycho announced that it was taking the audience to places it had never been before, and on that score what followed would hardly disappoint. Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) is unhappy in her job at a Phoenix, Arizona real estate office and frustrated in her romance with hardware store manager Sam Loomis (John Gavin). One afternoon, Marion is given $40,000 in cash to be deposited in the bank. Minutes later, impulse has taken over and Marion takes off with the cash, hoping to leave Phoenix for good and start a new life with her purloined nest egg. 36 hours later, paranoia and exhaustion have started to set in, and Marion decides to stop for the night at the Bates Motel, where nervous but personable innkeeper Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) cheerfully mentions that she's the first guest in weeks, before he regales her with curious stories about his mother. There's hardly a film fan alive who doesn't know what happens next, but while the shower scene is justifiably the film's most famous sequence, there are dozens of memorable bits throughout this film. The first of a handful of sequels followed in 1983, while Gus Van Sant's controversial remake, starring Vince Vaughn and Anne Heche, appeared in 1998. --- Mark Deming

In a decade in which what was acceptable onscreen would change more radically than at any other time in history, Psycho was in some ways the first shot in the battle for freer filmmaking in the 1960s. Few movies of its time were more direct and unapologetic in their violence or served it up with such disorienting abruptness or tongue-in-cheek wit. With its casual depiction of sex outside marriage, fleeting nudity, bursts of shocking violence, killing off a major character less than halfway through the movie, and focus on the psychological subtext of the murderer's personality, as well as the geometric imagery of Saul Bass's credit sequence and the percussive strings of Bernard Herrmann's score, Psycho was the film with which Hitchcock left the 1950s behind and started the 1960s with relish. Time hasn't hurt the film, either; it still generates a palpable tension and the odd chemistry between Perkins and Leigh in their dinner scene is a wonder to behold. While the film is still frightening after all these years, repeated screenings reveal a cold-blooded humor; with Psycho, Hitchcock tore asunder the audience's expectations of what a suspense film should be, and he appears to have had a wonderful time doing it. --- Mark Deming

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Cast for Psycho

Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates
Janet Leigh - Marion Crane
Vera Miles - Lila Crane
John Gavin - Sam Loomis
Martin Balsam - Milton Arbogast, detective
John McIntire - Chambers, the sheriff
Simon Oakland - Dr. Richmond
Frank Albertson - Tom Cassidy, millionaire
Patricia Hitchcock - Caroline
Vaughan Taylor - George Lowery
Lurene Tuttle - Mrs. Chambers
John Anderson - California Charlie
Mort Mills - Highway Patrolman
Jeanette Nolan - Voice of Mother (voice)
Marli Renfro - Leigh's Double in Shower Scene
Helen Wallace - Woman Customer
Anne Dore - Perkins' Double in Shower Scene
George Eldredge - Chief of Police
Francis de Sales - Official
Marion Crane
Ted Knight - Prison Guard
Frank Killmond - Bob Summerfield
Sam Flint - Official
Alfred Hitchcock - Man in Cowboy Hat Outside
Virginia Gregg - Voice of "Mother"

Crew for Psycho

Alfred Hitchcock - Producer / Director
Robert Bloch - Book Author
Joseph Stefano - Screenwriter
John L. Russell - Cinematographer
Bernard Herrmann - Composer (Music Score)
George Tomasini - Editor
Robert Clatworthy - Production Designer
Joseph Hurley - Production Designer
George Milo - Set Designer
Helen Colvig - Costume Designer
Jack Barron - Makeup
Clarence Champagne - Special Effects
Hilton A. Green - First Assistant Director
William Russell - Sound/Sound Designer
Waldon O. Watson - Sound/Sound Designer

Awards for Psycho

Best Art Direction (nom) Robert Clatworthy 1960 Academy
Best Art Direction (nom) George Milo 1960 Academy
Best Art Direction (nom) Joseph Hurley 1960 Academy
Best Cinematography (nom) John L. Russell 1960 Academy
Best Director (nom) Alfred Hitchcock 1960 Academy
Best Supporting Actress (nom) Janet Leigh 1960 Academy
Best Screenplay 1960 EAP
Best Film Alfred Hitchcock 1960 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Supporting Actress (win) 1961 Golden Globe
U.S. National Film Registry (win) 1992 Library of Congress
100 Greatest American Movies (win) 1998 American Film Institute

Feature Details

Title: Psycho
Feature Release Date: 1960
Genre: Horror
Rating: R
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 104 Minutes
Chapters: 64
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV+CAV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 26 May 1998
Catalog Number: 43105
UPC: 096894310561
ISBN: 0-7832-2104-5
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Collection: Signature Collection
Publisher: MCA/Universal Home Video

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 5
Cover: Box Set
Certification: THX
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: 43105
Shipping Weight: 3 lbs
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Mega-Rare THX Certified, Widescreen, Special Edition Boxset

Near-Mint LaserDiscs and Box with slight edge-wear

Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh and Vera Miles in... Alfred Hitchcock's...

Psycho

Signature Collection

( Catalog Number 43105 )
(THX) (1.85:1) (5 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Presented in the 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio of the Original 35 Millimeter Theatrical Prints
Documentary "The Making of Psycho" Featuring New Interviews with Alfred Hitchcock, Janet Leigh, Hitchcock's daughter Patricia H
Isolated Music Score by Bernard Herrmann
A Censored Scene
Newsreel Footage
The Infamous Shower Scene with and without Music
Six page Glossy Booklet/Insert

Psycho
1960 - 104 min. - Black and White
Genre: Horror
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Credited with inventing the genre of the modern horror film, PSYCHO has had its share of sequels and imitators, none of which diminishes the achievement of this shocking and complex horror thriller. Alfred Hitchcock's choreography of elements in PSYCHO is considered so perfect it inspired a shot-by-shot remake by Gus Van Zant in 1998. However, Hitchcock's black-and-white original, featuring Anthony Perkins's haunting characterization of lonely motel keeper Norman Bates, has never been equaled. Bates presides over an out-of-the-way motel under the domineering specter of his mother. The young, well-intentioned Bates is introduced to the audience when Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), a blonde on the run with stolen money, checks in for the night. But Momma doesn't like loose women, so the stage is set for this classic tale of horror--and one of the most famous scenes in film history. PSYCHO was initially received by audiences with shock and amazement--and it still terrifies today. Though it is now considered prototypical Hitchcock, its setting, pace, and emphasis on terror were major departures for the director at the time, coming after the more classically grand NORTH BY NORTHWEST.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
In 1960, Alfred Hitchcock was already famous as the screen's master of suspense (and perhaps the best-known film director in the world) when he released Psycho and forever changed the shape and tone of the screen thriller. From its first scene, in which an unmarried couple balances pleasure and guilt in a lunchtime liaison in a cheap hotel (hardly a common moment in a major studio film in 1960), Psycho announced that it was taking the audience to places it had never been before, and on that score what followed would hardly disappoint. Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) is unhappy in her job at a Phoenix, Arizona real estate office and frustrated in her romance with hardware store manager Sam Loomis (John Gavin). One afternoon, Marion is given $40,000 in cash to be deposited in the bank. Minutes later, impulse has taken over and Marion takes off with the cash, hoping to leave Phoenix for good and start a new life with her purloined nest egg. 36 hours later, paranoia and exhaustion have started to set in, and Marion decides to stop for the night at the Bates Motel, where nervous but personable innkeeper Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) cheerfully mentions that she's the first guest in weeks, before he regales her with curious stories about his mother. There's hardly a film fan alive who doesn't know what happens next, but while the shower scene is justifiably the film's most famous sequence, there are dozens of memorable bits throughout this film. The first of a handful of sequels followed in 1983, while Gus Van Sant's controversial remake, starring Vince Vaughn and Anne Heche, appeared in 1998. --- Mark Deming

In a decade in which what was acceptable onscreen would change more radically than at any other time in history, Psycho was in some ways the first shot in the battle for freer filmmaking in the 1960s. Few movies of its time were more direct and unapologetic in their violence or served it up with such disorienting abruptness or tongue-in-cheek wit. With its casual depiction of sex outside marriage, fleeting nudity, bursts of shocking violence, killing off a major character less than halfway through the movie, and focus on the psychological subtext of the murderer's personality, as well as the geometric imagery of Saul Bass's credit sequence and the percussive strings of Bernard Herrmann's score, Psycho was the film with which Hitchcock left the 1950s behind and started the 1960s with relish. Time hasn't hurt the film, either; it still generates a palpable tension and the odd chemistry between Perkins and Leigh in their dinner scene is a wonder to behold. While the film is still frightening after all these years, repeated screenings reveal a cold-blooded humor; with Psycho, Hitchcock tore asunder the audience's expectations of what a suspense film should be, and he appears to have had a wonderful time doing it. --- Mark Deming

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Cast for Psycho

Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates
Janet Leigh - Marion Crane
Vera Miles - Lila Crane
John Gavin - Sam Loomis
Martin Balsam - Milton Arbogast, detective
John McIntire - Chambers, the sheriff
Simon Oakland - Dr. Richmond
Frank Albertson - Tom Cassidy, millionaire
Patricia Hitchcock - Caroline
Vaughan Taylor - George Lowery
Lurene Tuttle - Mrs. Chambers
John Anderson - California Charlie
Mort Mills - Highway Patrolman
Jeanette Nolan - Voice of Mother (voice)
Marli Renfro - Leigh's Double in Shower Scene
Helen Wallace - Woman Customer
Anne Dore - Perkins' Double in Shower Scene
George Eldredge - Chief of Police
Francis de Sales - Official
Marion Crane
Ted Knight - Prison Guard
Frank Killmond - Bob Summerfield
Sam Flint - Official
Alfred Hitchcock - Man in Cowboy Hat Outside
Virginia Gregg - Voice of "Mother"

Crew for Psycho

Alfred Hitchcock - Producer / Director
Robert Bloch - Book Author
Joseph Stefano - Screenwriter
John L. Russell - Cinematographer
Bernard Herrmann - Composer (Music Score)
George Tomasini - Editor
Robert Clatworthy - Production Designer
Joseph Hurley - Production Designer
George Milo - Set Designer
Helen Colvig - Costume Designer
Jack Barron - Makeup
Clarence Champagne - Special Effects
Hilton A. Green - First Assistant Director
William Russell - Sound/Sound Designer
Waldon O. Watson - Sound/Sound Designer

Awards for Psycho

Best Art Direction (nom) Robert Clatworthy 1960 Academy
Best Art Direction (nom) George Milo 1960 Academy
Best Art Direction (nom) Joseph Hurley 1960 Academy
Best Cinematography (nom) John L. Russell 1960 Academy
Best Director (nom) Alfred Hitchcock 1960 Academy
Best Supporting Actress (nom) Janet Leigh 1960 Academy
Best Screenplay 1960 EAP
Best Film Alfred Hitchcock 1960 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Supporting Actress (win) 1961 Golden Globe
U.S. National Film Registry (win) 1992 Library of Congress
100 Greatest American Movies (win) 1998 American Film Institute

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