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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THE BATES MOTEL REOPENS IN "PSYCHO III" WEDNESDAY,
JULY 2 AT THEATRES NATIONWIDE
"PSYCHO III" is currently slated for release at theatres nationwide beginning Wednesday, The Bates Motel is back a new ice machine.
But,
July 2.
in business and Norman
beneath a freshcoat of paint lies the
building's blood-stained history. debut of Anthony Perkins,
has installed
"PSYCHO III" marks the directorial
who also stars as the character he made
famous 25 years ago in Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller. in the Hitchcock tradition,
And,
this sequel is full of chills and
suspense. Also starring in "PSYCHO III" are Diana Scarwid, Roberta Maxwell, Hugh Gillin,
Gary Bayer,
Jeff Fahey,
Karen , Hensel, Robert Alan Browne,
Jack Murdoch and Hugo L.
Stranger.
"PSYCHO III" is a Universal Picture pro~uced by Hilton Green and directed by Anthony Perkins from a screenplay by Charles Edward Pogue. MPAA Rating:
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ANTHONY PERKINS "PSYCHO 111" DIANA SCARWID JEFF FAHEY ROBERTA MAXWELL Co-Starring
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HILTON A. GREEN Screenplay by
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THE CAST Norman Bates .•..••••.••••••••.••••••••••..•.••..• . .. . ANTHONY PERKINS Maureen ••.. • ••••. • ••...•.•••••.•••..•...•..•.•.•....... DIANA SCARWID Duane •..••••.••••....•••.•••.••.••••••.•.••••.•.••. • .... • . JEFF FAHEY Tracy ••••.••.••.. • .....•••••••••••••••.•.•....••..... ROBERTA MAXWELL Sheriff Hunt .•••........•..•..••..••.........•........... HUGH GILLIN Myrna ...•.•••••..•.....••.•••..•••••.••.•.•.•.•.•..... LEE GARLINGTON Statler ••••••••••. . ..•..•.•••..•••.•..•..•..•..... ROBERT ALAN BROWNE Father Bri an •••••••••••.•.•••••••••.••••.••..••••. • .... . . . GARY BAYER Sister Margaret .........••.•...••••..••.•..••..•.. PATIENCE CLEVELAND Red ..•.•.•.••••.••. • .•••.••••••.••.••.•..•.••.•..... JU LI ETTE CUMM INS Deputy Leo .••.••••......••.••••••••.•..•.•••..•..••.. • • STEVE GUEVARA Ruthie .•••.....•........•...••••••...•..••..••.••........ KAY HEBERLE Kyle •.•.••••••••..•.•••••••••••••••.•.•••••••.•.•••••.. DONOVAN SCOTT Si ster Catheri ne .•.••••••••••••••••••••.•••.•••••.•.. . .. KAREN HENSEL Lou .••••••••.••••.•..•.••••••••••••••..•..•...•......... JACK MURDOCK Patsy •••••••••••••••.•.•••••••••.••••••.....••....... KA TT SHEA RUBEN Harvey Leach ••••.•.• • •••.••••••••••••.•..••••.•.•.••. HUGO L. STANGER Belltower Nun ••...•••.•••••.••••••••••.••..••.•...•..•..... LISA IVES Ba rtender ••••••••.••.•••••••••••••••••....•.•.........• ANGELE RITTER Nun .•.••••.•.•••.•••.••.•••••••••••••••••••••.•.••.•• DIANE RODRIGUEZ Stunts .•.•••••.••. .. ...•.•••.•••.••..•....••••......... GEORGE CHEUNG SANDRA KENWORTHY GLENDA MOORE KURT PAUL Based on Characters Created by ROBERT BLOCH
THE CREDITS Di rected by ..•••••••..••••••..••••••••••...•......... ANTHONY PERKINS Produced by .•.•......•.•.••...••••••••••••.•••....... HILTON A. GREEN Screenplay by ••....•.•.••••••••••••••••••••.•••• CHARLES EDWARD POGUE Associate Producer .•••..••••••••.••.••••••...•...... DONALD E. ZEPFEL Director of Photography .••••.•••••••••••....•.•..••. • • • BRUCE SURTEES Production Designer ..•••••••••••••••••....•.••••••...• HENRY BUMSTEAD Edited by ...................................... DAVID BLEWITT, A.C.E. Mus i c by •.•..••.•.•••••••.••••••••.••...•............ • CARTER BURWELL Unit Production Manager ••.•••••••••.•..••.••••.•......... . DON ZEPFEL First Assistant Director ••..•••••••••......•.•..•.•..... GARY DAIGLER Second Assistant Director................... KATTERLI FRAUENFELDER Set Decorator •••. • ••••.••••••••••••••.•••••••.•..• MICKEY S. MICHAELS Script Supervisor •.••••••••••••••••••..•.•.•.•.. BETTY ABBOTT GRIFFIN Camera Operator .•.••••..••••••••.••.••..•.••..•......... RICHARD NEFF Costume Supervisors .••••••••••••••.•••.•••• • .•.•.. • PETER V. SALDUTTI MARLA DENISE SCHLOM (more)
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Supervising Music Editor .......................... CHRISTOPHER BROOKS Supervising Sound Editor .............................. .. .. JOHN STACY Production Illustrators .............................. .. . GENE JOHNSON NIKITA KNATZ Property Master ....................................... . JOHN ZEMANSKY Assistant Property Master ................................. D.B. WIDIN Assistant Art Director ............................. CHRIS BURIAN-MOHR Construction Coordinator . ........................... .. ROBERT DePATIS Underwater Photography .................................... MIKE DUGAN First Assistant Cameramen ......................... MICHAEL D. WELDON BRUCE JONES Second Assistant Cameraman ........................... CANDACE EDWARDS Key Gri p............................................. CHARLES SALDANA Second Gri p.......................................... . BRUCE SPELLMAN Dolly Grip ............................................ .. .. KIRK BALES Company Grips .... .. .................................. DOMINIC GIORGIO DEREK GARTH DOUG DOWN WORTH Chief Lighting Technician ................................... TED HOLT Assistant Chief Lighting Technician .................... HARVEY KAMINS Lamp Operators ....................................... MICHAEL OREFICE BRENT POE TROY RUSHING JERRY WOODS IDE Special Effects ....................................... KARL G. MILLER LOUIS R. COOPER DAN LESTER Makeup ........... . ...................................... MARK REEDALL Ha i rstyl i st ..... . . .. .................................. VIV IAN McATEER Set Costumers .. . .. .. ................................... ': BRIAN 0 DOWD LI ZA STEWART Leadmen ................................................. BILL REINERT WI LLIAM GOWDY ARMANDO CASTRO JESSE JOHNSON Drapery .................................................... CARL BUTZ Construction Foreman ................................... . .. BOB NOHLES Standby Painter ........................................... JIM CALLAN Production Sound Mixer ................................. .. . JERRY JOST Boom Operator .. . .. . .................................... . .. PAT SURACI Recorder ................................................ JIM THOMPSON Craft Service ........................................ WILLIE RADCLIFF Transportation Coordinator ............................ RICHARD AUSTIN Transportation Captains ........................ . ......... JIM JOHNSON JACK LYNCH Anima 1 Handl er ... . ......................................... GARY GERO Ombudsman ............................................ .. ... . BILL GRAY DGA Trainee ...... .. .................................. . .. SCOTT PRINTZ I
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Stunt Coordinator ......................................... BOB YERKES Second Second Assistant Director ...................... . ... MIKE HENRY Production Coordinator ............................... LISA J. WATTERS Auditor ............................................... . .. RON FILBERT Assistant to Mr. Perkins &Mr. Green .................. ANTHONY GIBSON Secretary to Mr. Perkins......................... NITALYNNE HURLEY Secretary to Mr. Green .................................... PAM BREWER Production Assistants ................ . .............. CHRISTINE SACANI NEIL FORN WENDY GREEN Publicity Coordinator . ................................. BOOKER McCLAY Still Photographer . . .................................. CHRISTINE LOSS Pi an is t ............................................. . ..... JOHN KNAPP Location Manager ... . ...................................... MIKE HENRY Casting by NANCY NAYOR Special Visual Effects by SYD DUTTON and BILL TAYLOR of ILLUSION ARTS, INC . Special Makeup Designed and Developed by MICHAEL WESTMORE Re-Recordi ng Mi xers .................................... . . ROGER HEMAN MICHAEL CASPER JOHN J. STEPHENS Record is t ......... . .............. . ... . ................... MARK SERVER Assistant Editor .... . ............................. JAMES L. SEIDELMAN Apprentice Editor ..... . ........................... LESLIE路 E. SCHWARTZ ADR Ed itor ...... . . . . .................................. . ... GIL HUDSON Foley ................................................ .. . JEFF WILHOIT HILDA HODGES Sound Editors ...... . ................................... WAYNE ALLWINE SAM C. CRUTCHER, M.P.S.E. GEORGE FREDRICK LORANE MITCHELL JOE PARKER DAVID WHITTAKER, M.P.S.E. Assistant Sound Editor ............................... . .. ANGIE LUCKEY ADR Mixer ............. . ............................. RONALD R. HARRIS Scori ng Mi xer ............................................... GARY LUX New York Casting ....................................... STEVEN JACOBS Negative Cutter .......................................... WALLY WEBER Titles &Optical Effects ............................. UNIVERSAL TITLE Percussi oni st ........................................... STEVE FORMAN
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"CATHERINE MARY" Music by CARTER BURWELL and STEVE BRAY Lyrics by STANTON-MIRANDA Lead Vocal by STANTON-MIRANDA "DIRTY STREET" Music by CARTER BURWELL and STEVE BRAY Lyrics by STEVE BRAY and STANTON-MIRANDA "SCREAM OF LOVE" Music by CARTER BURWELL, STEVE BRAY and DAVID SANBORN Saxophone on "Scream Of Love" by DAVID SANBORN
PANAFLEX (R) CAMERA and LENSES BY PANAVISION (R) DOLBY STEREO In Selected Theatres RUNNING TIME:
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NEWS
"PSYCHO 111" (Production Notes)
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is the second sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 masterpi ece
of terror and suspense starring Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates, the peculiar young man behind the front desk of the forlorn Bates Motel adjacent to the brooding Victorian mansion he shared with his "mother."
The original film
-- part horror story, part gothic melodrama, part black comedy -- is a classic that gave motion picture history one of its most terrifying sequences: the shower scene in which Janet Leigh is brutally stabbed to death by an unseen assailant. So, too, has the name Norman Bates been added to the roster of cinema ' s all-time favorite villains.
For a quarter of a century, the character created
by Perkins has been parod i ed and satirized in forums ranging to "Saturday Night Live."
f~om
Mad Magazine
But perhaps the most telling indicator of -the film's
and Norman's -- prominence in American folklore was a survey which found that 90% of Amerfcans over the age of 12 were familiar with the story of "Psycho." Now Anthony Perkins again portrays Norman Bates and makes his directorial debut as well in "psycho IIL"
The producer is Hilton Green, who produced
"psycho II" and was the assistant director on "Psycho" as well as the "Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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The screenplay for "psycho 111" is by
Charles Edward Pogue .
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The story picks up where "psycho 11" left off.
In the first sequel,
Norman, having been declared legally sane by the court, was released from a mental institution 22 years after being sent there for some rather heinous crimes.
Driven to the breaking point by the relatives of one of his victims,
he eventually returned to his old ways.
And by film's end he had done away
with a woman claiming to be his real mother. In "psycho 111," the Bates Motel is back in business. installed a new ice machine.
Norman Bates has
But Mrs. Spool, the woman who had claimed to be
his real mother, is now missing. Sheriff Hunt (Hugh Gillin), Statler (Robert Alan Browne), who runs the town diner, and Myrna (Lee Garlington) the waitress are all back in "psycho 111" and still very supportive of Norman, whom they feel has paid his debt to society and has been completely rehabilitated. On the scene come three new characters.
They are Maureen (Diana Scarwid),
a disturbed young woman who has run away from a convent, unable to cope with her vows as a nun; Duane Duke (Jeff Fahey), a guitar strumming drifter with plans of becoming a rock singer and who takes a temporary job with Norman Bates as assistant manager of the motel; and Tracy (Roberta Maxwell), an investigative reporter doing a story on the insanity defense in murder cases. Others in the cast include Katt Shea Ruben as Patsy, Juliette Cummins as Red, Gary Bayer as Father Brown, Kay Heberle as Ruthie, Donovan Scott as Kyle, Steve Guevara as Deputy Leo, Kay Hensel as Sister Catherine and Patience Cleveland as Sister Margaret. Filming of "psycho III" was done primarily on the Universal Studios sound stages and on the Universal back lot at the Bates Motel and the Victorian mansion on the hill, where 25 years ago Anthony Perkins first created the character of Norman in the original "Psycho."
Since then, hundreds of thousands of Hitchcock
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Universal Studios Tour. It was the strength of the screenplay and his deep personal attachment with the whole "Psycho" mythology that inspired Perkins to direct the picture as well as star in it.
He recalls, "The script was sent to me as an acting job
and as I finished reading it, I said II want to direct this. I
It was a beautifully
written screenplay. "In the case of IPsychol pictures, I do feel an affinity for the material," he continues .
"live lived with its ups and downs; live suffered and enjoyed my
association with the Bates family for years, and I felt I might be able to direct this one." Realizing that the experience he brought to the set, gained in a show business career dating back to the 1950s, more than made up for his lack of knowledge about the technical side of filmmaking, Perkins did not feel intimidated as a first time director .
He focused on the areas he was most familiar
with and encouraged input
from those around him when it came to the other elements. Mostly, Perkins says, "I concentrated on the script, the casting, the acting and the overall mood and style of the production.
live
alway~
thought the best
movies were the ones that were the most unrestricted as far as collaboration. 11 Perkins l key collaborators on "Psycho III" were director of photography Bruce Surtees, whose credits include many of Clint Eastwood ls films; Henry Bumstead, an Oscar-winning production designer who often worked with Hitchcock, and, of course, producer Hilton Green. On the extent he was influenced by the Master, Alfred Hitchcock, Perkins observed: "I didnlt want to borrow and be beholden to other films or to Hitchcockls methods.
But Hitch is engraved in me.
live seen all of his films and I think I
know my way around his work, but I didnlt want to be slavishly indebted to what he di din the past.
I wanted to try and do it my way."
What did he learn most from working with Hitchcock? Perkins exclaimed.
"Preparation!"
"Like Hitchcock, who worked from a story board, I had the (more)
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entire picture sketched out in advance." Perkins received high marks from the cast and crew of "psycho 111" for his ability as a director.
One veteran filmmaker on the production crew commented:
"Tony may have been a fi rst time di rector, but when he took on 'Psycho I II' he came in with a background and experience that few directors ever get in a lifetime.
In his 35 years on stage, in motion pictures and television --
as an actor, a stage director and a writer -- all of the important things that directors spend a lifetime learning became ingrained in Tony Perkins as an integral part of his life." Perkins' receptivity to the advice and counsel of others made for "a pleasant experience," according to production manager Don Zepfel.
"He wasn't afraid to
take input and would confer with the producer, the assistant director, the production designer, the director of photography and other crew members for their opinions." Script supervisor Betty Abbott Griffin noted that Perkins had "a great rapport with everyone. said.
He asked questions and you participated with him," she
"He may not have known much about the technical aspects .of filrrmaking when
the picture started, but he certainly does now." Finally, producer Hilton Green made a prediction about Perkins' future as a director.
"I can't say enough about how impressive Tony has been.
knack with the camera and with people.
He has a great
I believe a star has been born in the
directing ranks." Perkins is often asked to explain the audiences' continuing fascination with Norman Bates.
He reckons that they are attracted to Norman because he is basically
a trusting and generous soul, whose crimes are corrmitted out of self-protection rather than hatred. liThe public has a benevolent opinion, possibly a wonderfully mixed feeling about Norman,
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Perki ns asserts.
"They want to know him, to understand why they
feel sympathetic toward him -- and yet they are shocked and appalled at his actions. (more)
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"I still refer to Norman as the Hamlet of horror roles. challenging, provocative and complex character. Bates.
He's an exceedingly
Not your standard guy, Norman
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Perkins cites several factors for the "Psycho" films' ability to maintain their hold on American pop culture.
He notes that in addition to presenting pure film-
making at its original best, Hitchcock set the tone for the entire series by depicting the terror that can occur in everyday situations.
The shower scene
providing the most harrowing reminder of our own vulnerability as we go about our daily activities. "Another strength of the 'Psycho' pictures is that they don't deal with senseless murders," according to
Perkin~
liThe 'Psycho' stories are really tragedies
first, horror films second, and we are not just doing stories of murders surrounded with a little plot.
That would be absolutely unfair to the 'Psycho' stories, the
narrative of 'Psycho I,' the whole 'Psycho' mythology.
It has very little to do
with murder.
It has more to do with the excesses of love rather than hateful and
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THE CAST In addition to starring as Norman Bates, the character he made famous 25 years ago in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," ANTHONY PERKINS makes his directorial debut in "psycho 111." Perkins' extensive show business career began in the 1950s when he made his acting debut in liThe Actress," with Jean Simmons and Spencer Tracy, under the direction of George Cukor.
His next big role was in the E1ia Kazan Broadway
production of "Tea and Sympathy," followed by William Wyler's "Friend1y Persuasion" in which he starred as Gary Cooper's son. Among his early films were "Fear Strikes Out," Eugene O'Neill's "Desire Under the E1ms," "Green Mansions," Thornton Wilder's liThe Matchmaker," "Tall Story" (co-starring Jane Fonda in her first movie), liOn the Beach" and "Psycho." (more)
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Perkins' other films include "Goodbye Again" (in which he starred with Ingrid Bergman and for which he won the Cannes International Film Festival's best actor award), "Phaedra," "Pretty Poison," Times of Judge Roy Bean,"
"Catch-22," "The Life and
"Play It as It Lays," "Murder on the Orient
Express," liThe Black Hole," "Ffolks," "Mahogany," "Remember My Name" (in which he starred with his wife Berry Berenson), "Double Negative" and Ken Rus se 11 's "Crime s
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On television he starred in the movie special, ilLes Miserables," and also appeared with Mary Tyler Moore in the critically acclaimed "First You Cry. " Perkins' stage credits include starring roles in the Frank Loesser musical "Greenwillow," "Look Homeward Angel," "Steambath" (which he also directed), "Equus" and more recently, "Romantic Comedy." Perkins also collaborated with Stephen Sondheim on the screenplay for the complex suspense film, liThe Last of Sheila.
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DIANA SCARWID portrays Maureen, the disturbed young woman who runs away from a convent and becomes involved with Norman.
This is not the first time that
Scarwid has brought a unique dimension to a role in a film.
Critics singled
out her performance in "Inside Moves," which also won her an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress.
She also received high praise for the
controversial "Mommie Dearest," in which she portrayed Christina Crawford from a teenager to a young adult. Scarwid says her character, Maureen, in "Psycho 111," is "a tormented novice sister who can't seem to escape her personal problems. pain, like Norman, to function in the world. special place of peace within herself. sensitivity like little children.
She's too full of fear and
Through Norman, Maureen finds that
They accept each other's sadness and
Through innocence and their vast capacity for
love they help each other." Born and raised in Savannah, Georgia, Scarwid left home for New York at 17 (more)
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She attended Pace University and the American Academy of
She did off-路Broadway plays, a stint of Eastern regional theatres,
and a season with the National Shakespeare Conservatory in Woodstock. She did a number of plays throughout the country before making her film debut in Louis Malle's "Pretty Baby. with Willie Nelson.
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Next, she appeared in "Honeysuckle Rose"
It was followed by many television movies, including "Studs
Lonigan," liThe Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones," "In the Glitter Pa1ace," "Battered" and "Desperate Lives."
Recent motion pictures include "Strange
Invaders," Francis Coppola's "Rumb1e Fish" and "Silkwood." JEFF FAHEY, a relative newcomer to Hollywood, portrays Duane Duke, a drifter who takes a temporary job as assistant manager of the Bates Motel. With a background of off-Broadway theatre and New York tel evi si on soap operas, Fahey received widespread recognition for his role as Brian Dennehy ' s deputy sheriff in the film "Silverado." Fahey was interviewed in New York by Anthony Perkins, who cast him for the "Psycho 111" role before "Silverado" was released.
Since the completion of "psycho
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Fahey was born in
Olean, New York and moved to Buffalo when he was 10, where he
attended Father Baker's High School and Bennett High School. 1972, he traveled around the world doing odd jobs.
After graduation in
He was a crewman on a fishing
boat, drove an ambulance in Germany, lived on a Kibbutz in Israel and spent some time i n I ndi a . He then returned to Buffalo and joined the Studio Arena Theatre.
From there
he went to New York City where he studied with Mira Rastova, began doing offBroadway theatre and television soap operas.
He started a production company
and produced off-Broadway shows out of the Raft Theatre on Theatre Row. Fahey lives in New York and continues working with the production company, which has a writers and directors workshop for new American playwrights. (more)
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ROBERTA MAXWELL, who portrays Tracy, the investigative reporter in "psycho III," was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where she attended the French convent school Villa Marguerite Bourgeoise.
She started acting as a child in Toronto, then
went to England as a teenager where she studied and continued her acting career for three years doing regional theatre, television dramas and childrens shows. She returned to Canada and spent two years doing television and plays at the Shakespeare company theatre in Stratford, Ontario.
In 1967 she went to New York
and appeared in many plays including "Equus" with Anthony Perkins, liThe Merchant" with Zero Mostel, "Henry V," "Othello," "Hayfever," liThe Orestia" and "There's One in Every Marriage.
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Her off-Broadway plays include "Mary Stuart," "Ashes," "Slag,"
"Wh; stl e in the Dark" and "Stevi e.
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Her film and television credits include "Popeye," "Rich Kids," liThe Changeling," liThe Bureau," "Mourning Becomes Elektra," "Touch of the Poet," liThe Widowing of Mrs . Holroyd," "Matter of Choice," "Faerie Tale Theatre" and "Another World."
She also
has done extensive regional theatre in the United States. THE FILMMAKERS HILTON GREEN, producer of "psycho III," also produced "psycho 11" and was associated with Alfred Hitchcock as assistant director on the original "Psycho" and many other Hitchcock projects.
Before producing "psycho 11," Green spent 25
years working in various production capacities at Universal Studios, mostly with Hitchcock.
Besides "psycho," Green worked as Hitchcock's first assistant director
on the "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" television series and as the production manager on "Marnie." Green entered the Directors Guild as a second assistant director in 1954. His first job was as the second assistant director of Walt Disney's television seri es, "Davy Crockett.
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He was then hi red as the staff second assistant di rector
of William Wyler's liThe Desperate Hours," with Humphrey Bogart.
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After working as a first assistant director on hundreds of television shows in the 1950s, Green began an association with Hitchcock in 1957 which lasted until Hitchcock's death in 1980. From 1968 to 1979, Green was assistant production manager for Universal's feature production office.
He then became vice president and executive in charge
of production for the studio from 1980 to 1981, when he was assigned to produce "Psycho II." During the time he was executive in charge of production for Universal, Green supervised the production of features such as "Airport," "Play Misty for Me," "The Beguiled," "American Graffiti," "Sugarland Express," "The Sting," "Earthquake," "Jaws," "The Hindenburg," "Family Plot" and many more. Screenwriter CHARLES EDWARD POGUE is a stage actor who turned to writing while waiting to break into the motion picture business.
His first screenplay,
"Greystone," has not been produced yet but it brought him some option money and an assignment at 20th Century Fox to do a rewrite for a remake of "The Fly." Universal executives read his rewrite, which led to an assignment to write the story and screenplay for "Psycho III." As an actor, Pogue has played theatres across the United States in everything from Shakespeare to Dinner Theatre farce. He has had leading roles in such plays as "Cyrano," "The Duchess of Malfi," Her Ear" and "Hay Fever."
"The Rainmaker," "The Baccahe," "A Flea in
He also performed in a Sherlock Holmes play, "Crucifer
of Blood," which starred Charlton Heston and Jeremy Brett as Holmes and Watson . at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. Two Sherlock Holmes' films he wrote for production in London have won awards and worldwide praise.
"Sign of the Four" took first prize at the Cattolica Mystery
Film Festival in Italy, and "The Hound of the Baskervilles" was hailed at the Moscow Film Festival as "the definitive Sherlock Holmes." The production designer on "Psycho III" is the two-time Academy Award winner HENRY BUMSTEAD, who performed the same function with Alfred Hitchcock on "The Man (more)
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Who Knew Too Much," "Vertigo," "Topaz" and "Family Plot." "The Sting" and "To Kill a Mockingbird."
His Oscars were for
He also worked on "Slaughterhouse Five,"
"The Great Waldo Pepper," "Slap Shot" and "Rollercoaster." BRUCE SURTEES, director of photography, has worked on many Clint Eastwood pictures including "The Beguiled," "Play Misty For Me," "Dirty Harry," "High Plains Drifter," "The Outlaw Josey Wales," "Escape From Alcatraz," "Firefox," "Sudden Impact," "Honkeytonk Man," "Tightrope" and "Pale Rider."
Among his
other credits are "Beverly Hills Cop," "Risky Business," "Bad Boys," "Blume in Love," "Leadbelly," "The Shootist," "Movie Movie" and "Lenny." Anthony Perkins stars in "Psycho II!'" also starring Diana Scarwid. The film is directed by Anthony Perkins, produced by Hilton Green and written by Charles Edward Pogue. The production designer is Henry Bumstead. by Carter Burwell.
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ANTHONY PERKINS "PSYCHO 111"
Anthony Perkins likens directing a film to wrestling a dragon with 100 heads .
"You try to pin down a few of its arms before it
gets you," he says.
"It isnlt easy."
In addition to starring as Norman Bates, the character he made famous 25 years ago in Alfred Hitchcockls "Psycho," Perkins makes his directorial debut in "psycho II!," jobs after reading the script to "Psycho II!.
He was eager to do both II
liThe script was sent to me as an acting job," he recalls, "an d as I finished reading it, I said II want to direct this . I" Even though he was a first-time director, Perkins brought 35 years of show business experience to the set.
When shooting began he focused
on the areas of filmmaking he was most familiar with and encouraged input from those around him when it came to the other elements. "I knew very little about the technical side of directing motion pictures , " he says, "so I tried to go with my strengths, things I had some experience with."
Perkins concentrated on the script, casting,
acting and the overall mood and style of the production, while the expert crew provided help and guidance in the technical aspects.
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ANTHONY PERKINS
Throughout his acting career Perkins has displayed his versatility in hundreds of roles in films, television and the theatre. Born in New York City on April 4, Perkins inherited his acting talent from his father, Osgood Perkins, a distinguished stage and screen actor.
His mother, Janet Rane, managed the American
Theatre Wing's stage door canteen in Boston, Massachusetts, during World War II.
The family had lived in New York until Tony was 12, at
which time they moved to Massachusetts. He excelled at soccer, tennis and basketball; outside of sports, his sole interests were literature and drama.
At the age of 13, he
began spending summers and vacations acting in stock companies.
Perkins
later moved to Flori da, where he attended Rollins College, majoring in history. In 1953, when he was 21, he read that MGM was making a film called "The Actres s," i n which he had already played the juvenile lead in summer stock.
Figuring this gave him an advantage over other contenders,
he hitchhiked his way to Hollywood, where he got a screen test opposite Jean SilTlTlons. the young British actress testing for the title role.
He
heard nothing and re turned to college in Florida, where six months later, he received a note asking him to report to Hollywood for wardrobe tests. Perkins made an impressive film debut, working with Simmons and Spencer Tracy under the direction of George Cukor. After the film, Perkins transferred from Rollins to Columbia University in New York, again majoring in history, until he was signed by Elia Kazan for the young boy in the Broadway production of "Tea and Sympathy."
At the cost of his college degree, he performed in the play
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He was again called to Hollywood to star as Gary Cooper's son in William Wyler's "Friendly Persuasion."
Among his other early
films were "Fear Strikes Out," Eugene O'Neill's "Desire Under the Elms," "Green Mansions," Thornton Wilder's "The Matchmaker," "Tall Story" (co-starring Jane Fonda in her first movie) and "On the Beach." In 1960, he starred in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" in the role that brought him international attention -- Norman Bates. Following "Psycho," Perkins began a period of European filmmaking.
The next year he starred with Ingrid Bergman in "Goodbye,
Again," for which he won the Cannes International Film Festival Best Actor award . Other films include "Phaedra," "Pretty Poison," "Catch-22," "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean," "Play It As It Lays," "Murder on the Orient Express," "The Black Hole," "ffolkes," "Mahogany," "Remember My Name"
(in which he starred with his wife Berry Berenson), and Ken Russell's "Crimes of Passion."
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On television he starred in the movie special, "Les Miserables," and a lso appeared with Mary Tyler Moore in the critically acclaimed "First You Cry ." His Broadway appearances have included starring roles in the Frank Loesser musical "Greenwillow," "Look Homeward Angel," "Steambath" (which he also directed), "Equus," as the doctor, and most recently, "Romantic Comedy." Perkins also collaborated with Stephen Sondheim on the screenplay for the complex
suspense film "The Last of Sheila."
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Perkins is married to photographer Berry Berenson and they live with their two children in Hollywood. Anthony Perkins stars in Psycho III," also starring Diana Scarwid.
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DIANA SCARWID "PSYCHO 111"
liTo me, 'Psycho 1111 is a psychological thriller about the darkness and light of the human mind and the walls that we erect around us, which threaten to destroy our humanity." To hear Diana Scarwid describe her latest film gives you a sense of the intensity she brings to her work.
It's a
m~thod
that has
served the young actress from Savannah, Georgia, well -- resulting in an Academy Award nomination for "Inside Moves" and the opportunity to work with two of Hollywood's most respected directors, Mike Nichols and Francis Coppola . Now Scarwid co-stars opposite Anthony Perkins in "Psycho IlL" She plays Maureen, a runaway nun who falls into the arms of Norman Bates. Of her character ' s relationship with the infamous film psychopath, Scarwid says, "She ' s too full of fear and pain, like Norman, to function in the world .
Through Norman, Maureen finds that special
place of peace within herself." She adds that she was impressed with Perkins ' talent as a director. "He ' s a great thinker and listener, which makes him a strong, sensitive director," she says .
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Born and raised in Savannah, Scarwid left for New York at the age of 17 to become an actress.
She enrolled at Pace University
and also took classes at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. An off-Broadway production followed graduation, then a stint of Eastern regional theatres.
Included was a season with the National
Shakespeare Conservatory in Woodstock, New York.
Then she departed
for Hollywood where she appeared at the Mark Taper Forum in Harvey PerrIs "Gethsemane Springs" and "Hey Rube."
Later theatrical
performances included "Key Exchange" in Toronto and "A Thousand Clowns" opposite James Farentino at the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre in Jupiter, Florida. She made her film debut in Louis Malle's "Pretty Baby" as a German prostitute, later appearing with Willie Nelson in "Honeysuckle Rose.
She also appeared in many television movies, includir.g
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In the Gl itter Pal ace" with Chad Everett.
She co-starred with the
late Joan Blondell in "Battered," and with Doug McKeon in "Desperate Li ves.
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In 1983, she completed "Strange Invaders," a motion picture spoof of '50s science fiction movies, and "Rumble Fish," Francis Coppola's film about hero worship in which she played the role of Cassandra.
And in Mike Nichols ' "Silkwood" her comic portrayal of a
lesbian hairdresser lightened an otherwise serious subject. Anthony Perkins stars in "psycho 111," also starring Diana Scarwid .
The film is directed by Anthony Perkins, produced by
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Jeff Fahey, whose last three film roles have been as a blood thirsty deputy she r iff, a convicted murdered and a lowlife drifter, is itching to play the good guy for a change. While Fahey, who portrays Duane Duke, the itinerant rock singer in "Psycho III" who takes a temporary job at the Bates Motel , acknowledges "it may be more interesting to play heavies," he says, "I'm experiencing the anxieties of wanting to playa nice guy. "Before ' Sil verado ' and 'psycho III,' l id never played a bad guy. But that is all peo ple in the motion picture business, which is a new medium for me, have seen me in." His other re cen t role was as a death row inmate in the ABC-TV drama, liThe Exec uti on of Raymond Graham.
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After graduating from high school, he traveled around the
world doing odd jobs.
He was a crewman on a fishing boat, drove an
ambulance in Germany, lived on a kibbutz in Israel and spent time in India. He then returned to Buffalo and joined the Studio Arena Theatre before going to New York City, where he studied with Mira Rastova and
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began dOing Off-Broadway theatre and television soap operas.
Next he
started a production company and produced Off-Broadway shows out of the Raft Theatre on Theatre Row. Fahey first gained attention as a motion picture actor in Lawrence Kasden's "Silverado," in which he played deputy Tyree, a cold blooded killer with a thirst for vengence.
He also received excellent reviews
for the title role in liThe Execution of Raymond Graham." Of his character in "psycho 111," Fahey says, "Duke is not a nice person, but he's not vicious.
He's just a little offbeat, a little out
of step." Anthony Perkins stars in "psycho 111," also starring Diana Scarwid. The film is directed by Anthony Perkins, produced by Hilton Green and written by Charles Edward Pogue. Bumstead.
The production designer is Henry
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ROBERTA MAXWELL . "PSYCHO III"
For Roberta Maxwell, who plays Tracy, an investigative reporter in "Psycho III," the film marked a reunion with director-star Anthony Perkins.
They appeared together ten years ago in the hit Broadway
play, "Equus." In "Psycho II I , " Tracy arrives on the scene hoping to interview Norman Bates (Perkins in the role he made famous 25 years ago in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho") for a story about the insanity plea as a defense in murder trials.
Despite the town's pro-Norman sympathies, she smells
a story in the disappearance of Mrs. Spool, a waitress who has worked with Norman at the local diner after his release from a mental institution for the murders he committed 22 years before. "When my name came up at a casting meeting, he asked to see me," Maxwell says, recalling how Perkins came to interview her for the part of Tracy.
lilt was one of those special meetings--immediate rapport;
he was cOll1l1unicative and positive." IExtraordinarY" is how she describes Perkin's debut as a director . "What you bring to the set that day--your mood, the texture--he incorporates into the scene," she says. Maxwell was born in Toronto, Canada, and attended the French convent Villa Marguerite Bourgeoise. She began acting as a child, and as (more) •
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a teenager went to London to study and pursue her acting career.
During
three years in England, she did regional theatre and appeared in many television dramas and children's shows. She returned to Canada and spent two years doing television and plays in Stratford, Ontario, the home of Canada's Shakespearean Productions.
In 1967, she went to New York where she appeared in a number
of plays, including liThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," "Equus," liThe Merchant," "Henry V," "Othello," liThe Orestia," "Hayfever," "There's One in Every Marriage.
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"Ashes," "Slag," "Whistle in the Dark" and "Stevie." Anthony Perkins stars in "psycho III," also starring Diana Scarwid. The film is directed by Anthony Perkins, produced by Hilton Green and written by Charles Edward Pogue. Bumstead.
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HILTON GREEN II PSYCHO II I II
As far as producer Hi lton Green is concerned, IIpsycho II I II completes an historic motion picture trilogy that began 25 years ago with Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller. Green was the ass i stant director to Hitchcock on the ori ginal IIPsycholl as well as the producer of both IIpsycho I I II and II psycho I I 1. II Anthony Perkins, who makes his directorial debut and stars as Norman Bates in IIpsycho IIIII did lIa superb job as director, 1I observes Green, and lIis marvelous as Norman Bates. 1I He adds, lilt is i deal when you can have the same acto"r in the original and the sequels over a period of 25 years.
That ' s exactly
how it happened with Perkins as Norman Bates, and it worked beautifully . II How do the seque l s stack up against Hitchcock ' s original, an example of filmmaking at its finest? IIA lot of people have asked me this, and I ' ve always said that I don ' t feel that pictu res should be compared,1I Green assert s . would never try to compare anything to Mr. Hitchcock ' s work, because he stands by himself. (more)
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You shoul d go
and make the best picture possible." That1s what director Richard Franklin did in IIpsycho 11,11 according to Green, who adds that for him and Perkins the goal for "Psycho 11111 was simply II to make a fine motion picture. " Green, a native Southern Californian, is the son of Alfred. E. Green, one of the early directors of motion pictures. He attended USC, graduating from the School of Business in 1952. After graduation he spent two years in the Army special services. At Camp San Luis Obispo, Green produced some shows for the troops, which whetted his interest for filmmaking. In 1954, upon his discharge from the Army, Green entered the Directors Guild as a second assistant director.
His first job
was on the Walt Disney television series IIDavy Crockett."
He then
joined Paramount Pictures as a staff second assistant director and was assigned to William Wyler1s liThe Desperate Hours,1I starring Humphrey Bogart. In 1955, Green was hired by Revue Productions, which was owned by MCA, to work in television.
He moved up to first
assistant director in 1956, and worked on hundreds of shows there. When Alfred Hitchcock began his successful television series, IIAlfred Hitchcock Presents," in 1957, Green was assigned to be his first assistant director and remained with Hitchcock on every television show he did.
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"It was a great opportunity for me to work with a variety of
directors from the New York stage, from Hollywood, from New York television, and particularly on the three or four shows Mr. Hitchcock directed each season," recalls Green.
"It was almost a vacation for
him to direct television and he would do it in-between preparing his features." In 1959, when Hitchcock decided he wanted to make a small budget feature, he hired his television crew to make "Psycho," with Green as the first assistant director. After "Psycho," Green continued to work on Hitchcock's televison show and specials. Following a six-month leave of absence to attend to family business, Green returned to Universal Studios as an observer on "The Birds."
He then worked as the production manager of "Marnie."
In 1968, he moved into Universal's feature production office as assistant production manager, until 1979, when he became vice president and executive in charge of production for the company. During those years Green supervised the production of
featu~es
such as "Airport," "Play Misty for Me," "The Beguiled," "American Graffiti," "Sugarland Express," "The Sting," "Earthquake," "Jaws," "The Hindenburg," "Family Plot," "MacArthur" and many more. In 1981, Green decided he was ready for the next step in his career -- to produce hi sown movi e.
The result was "Psycho I I. "
Anthony Perkins stars in "Psycho III," also starring Diana Scarwid.
The film is directed by Anthony Perkins, produced by
Hilton Green and written by Charles Edward Pogue. designer is Henry Bumstead.
The production
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