DVD
Psycho
Call Number
- DVD MYSTERY/THRILLER (CEN)
Edition
Collector's ed. ; widescreen version.
Performers
Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Janet Leigh.
Publication Information
Universal City, CA : Universal, c2000.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This landmark masterpiece of the macabre stars Anthony Perkins as the troubled Norman Bates, whose old dark house and adjoining motel are not the place to spend a quiet evening. After a young woman disappears in the area, a private detective and then her sister search for her as the horror and the suspense mount to a terrifying climax where the mysterious killer is finally revealed.
Notes
DVD format ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.
Videodisc release of the 1960 motion picture.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
In English or French with optional subtitles in English or Spanish.
Based on the novel by Robert Bloch.
Rated R.
Special features include: Original documentary feature, The making of Psycho, featuring interviews with Hitchcock's daughter Patricia Hitchcock O'Connell, Janet Leigh, screenwriter Joseph Stefano, and others ; censored scene ; theatrical trailers ; production drawings ; the shower scene with and without music ; additional newsreel footage ; production photographs.
Presented in a widescreen format to preserve the original theatrical aspect ratio (1.85:1).