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American Psycho (2000)
Country of Origin: Canada/USA
Year of Production: 1999
Running Times: 101m (UK; USA)/102m (Argentina; Australia;
Germany; Norway)/103m (Finland)
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: colour
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby Digital
DIRECTION
Director: Mary Harron
CREW
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation/Lions Gate
Films Inc/Muse Productions/P.P.S. Films/Quadra Entertainment
Executive In Charge Of Production: Jordan Gertner
Executive Producers: Michael Paseornek, Jeff Sackman
Producers: Christian Halsey Solomon, Chris Hanley, Edward R. Pressman
Co-Producers: Ernie Barbarash, Alessandro Camon, Joseph Drake, Clifford
Streit, Rob Weiss
Line Producer: Victoria Hirst
Production Co-Ordinator: Nancy Jackson
Unit Production Manager: Ernie Barbarash
Production Manager (New York Unit): Peter Pastorelli
SCRIPT
Screenplay: Mary Harron, Guinevere Turner
Novel: Bret Easton Ellis
DIRECTOR
Assistant Directors: Cassandra Cronenberg, Jennifer Deathe
Assistant Directors (New York): Peter Pastorelli, Michael Pitt, Charles
Zalben
1st Assistant Director: Andrew Shea
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Andrzej Sekula
Additional Cinematographer: David Daniel
1st Assistant Camera: Jayson Clute
Electrician: David Watts
Colour: DeLuxe
EDITING
Post Production Co-Ordinator: Deanna Strong
Editor: Andrew Marcus
MUSIC
Music Supervisors: Barry Cole, Christopher Covert
Music: John Cale
Songs Performed By: Phil Collins (Sussudio); Katrina and The Waves (Walking
On Sunshine); Whitney Houston (The Greatest Love Of All); Chris DeBurgh
(The Lady in Red); Robert Palmer (Simply Irresistable); Ofra Haza (Im
Nin'al); Genesis (In too Deep); Huey Lewis and the News (Hip to be Square)
SOUND
Production Sound Mixer: Henry Embry
Sound Re-Recording Mixers: Keith Elliott, Peter Kelly, Daniel Pellerin
Supervising Sound Editor: Jane Tattersall
Sound Effects Editor: David McCallum
Foley Recordist: Andrew Tay
ADR Loop Group: Sean Oliver, Bill Timoney (uncredited)
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Key Make Up: Sandra Wheatle
Key Make Up Artist (New York): Margot Boccia
Key Hair: Lucy Orton
Costume Designer: Isis Mussenden
Wardrobe Master: Patrick Antosh
SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Make Up Special Effects: Steve Johnson's XFX, Inc
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: John MacGillivray
Special Effects Co-Ordinator: Michael Kavanagh
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Gideon Ponte
Art Director: Andrew M. Stearn
Set Decorator: Jeanne Develle
OTHER CREW
Production Assistant: Nadine Dislioglu, Gina Meyers
Production Assistant (New York): Geoffrey Hildrew
Production Secretary (New York): Reid Warman
Publicist: Harrison Cheung
Research and Clearance Co-Ordinator: Dusty Reeves
LOCATIONS
Locations: New York City, New York, USA; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Location Manager: Michael Blecher
Location Manager (New York): Andrew Saxe
STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinator: Matt Birman
Stunt Co-Ordinator (New York Unit): Frank Ferrara
Stunts: John Stoneham Jr
CASTING
Casting: Kerry Barden, Billy Hopkins, Suzanne Smith
Extras Casting (New York): Meredith Jacobson
CAST
Christian Bale (Patrick Bateman)
Willem Dafoe (Donald Kimball)
Jared Leto (Paul Allen)
Josh Lucas (Craig McDermott)
Samantha Mathis (Courtney Rawlinson)
Matt Ross (Luis Carruthers)
William Sage (David Van Patten)
Chloe Sevigny (Jean)
Cara Seymour (Christie)
Justin Theroux (Timothy Bryce)
Guinevere Turner (Elizabeth)
Reese Witherspoon (Evelyn Williams)
Stephen Bogaert (Harold Carnes)
Monika Meier (Daisy)
Reg E. Cathey (homeless man)
Blair Williams (waiter 1)
Marie Dame (Victoria)
Kelley Harron (bargirl)
Patricia Gage (Mrs Wolfe)
Krista Sutton (Sabrina)
Landy Cannon (man at Pierce & Pierce)
Park Bench (Stash)
Catherine Black (Vanden)
Margaret Ma (dry cleaner woman)
Tufford Kennedy (Hamilton)
Mark Pawson (Humphrey Rhineback)
Jessica Lau (facialist)
Lilette Wiens (maitre d')
Glen Marc Silot (waiter)
Charlotte Hunter (Libby)
Kiki Buttingnol (Caron)
Joyce Korbin (woman at ATM)
Rueben Thompson (Waiter 2)
Bryan Renfro (night watchman)
Ross Gibby (man outside store)
Christina McKay (young woman)
Allan McCullough (man in stall)
Anthony Lemke (Marcus Halberstram)
Connie Chen (Gwendolyn Ichiban)
PLOT SUMMARY
Successful Wall Street businessman Patrick Bateman leads the archetypal
yuppie lifestyle by day, but transforms into a brutal serial-killer
by night. Motivated by materialism and the urge to succeed no matter
what the cost, Bateman finds himself losing control of his murderous
urges. But persuading anyone he's responsible for the hideous crimes
may not be so easy...
CAPSULE REVIEW
A surprisingly effective adaptation of Ellis' supposedly unfilmable
(and hugely over-rated) novel. Bale is fantastic as the twisted Bateman
and the film is shot through with the bleakest humour imaginable. A
perfect reminder of just how shallow, awful and depressing the 1980s
really were.
AVAILABILITY
Argentina
Theatrical Distributors: Eurocine
Belgium
Theatrical Distributors: RCV Film Distribution
Finland
Theatrical Distributors: Columbia TriStar Egmont Film Distributors
France
Theatrical Distributors: Metropolitan Filmexport
Germany
Theatrical Distributors: Concorde Filmverleih GmbH
Greece
Theatrical Distributors: Odeon
Luxembourg
Theatrical Distributors: RCV Film Distribution
Netherlands
Theatrical Distributors: RCV Film Distribution
USA
Theatrical Distributors: Lions Gate Films Inc
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Argentina
Rating: 18
Australia
Rating: R
Finland
Rating: K-16
France
Rating: -16
Germany
Rating: 16
Hong Kong
Rating: III
Ireland
Rating: 18
Netherlands
Rating: 16
New Zealand
Rating: R18
Norway
Rating: 15
Sweden
Rating: 15
Switzerland
Rating: 18
UK
Rating: 18
USA
Rating: R (MPAA reasons: rated R for strong violence, sexuality, drug
use and language; the MPAA were originally going to award the film a
commercially unacceptable NC-17 until the scene featuring Bateman's
three-in-a-bed romp with the prostitutes was trimmed by around 20 seconds.)
TIMELINE
1999
March
1: UK - shooting begins
2000
January
1: USA - shown at Sundance Film Festival
February
18: Germany - shown at Berlin Film Festival
April
14: USA:14 April 2000
21: UK - theatrical release
May
18: Hong Kong - theatrical release
26: Norway - theatrical release
26: Sweden - theatrical release
31: Finland - theatrical premiere
June
2: Denmark - theatrical release
2: Finland - theatrical release
7: France - theatrical release
22: Iceland - preview
July
13: Czech Republic - shown at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival
20: Israel - theatrical release
21: Iceland - theatrical release
August
10: Australia - theatrical release
24: Argentina - theatrical release
September
1: Greece - theatrical release
7: Czech Republic - theatrical release
7: Germany - theatrical release
7: New Zealand - theatrical release
20: Belgium - theatrical release
28: Netherlands - theatrical release
POSTER TAGS
Killer looks.
No introductions necessary.
Killer inside.
Evil never looked so damn good.
LINKS
SEQUEL
American Psycho 2
(2002)
SEE ALSO
Body Double (1984)
Psycho (1960)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Texas Chain
Saw Massacre (1974)
REFERENCES
PERIODICALS
Entertainment Weekly vol. 1 no. 558 (8 September 2000)
p.62 (USA)
review (by Alice King)
Variety vol. 377 no. 11 (31 January 2000) p.34 (USA)
review (Pared down and dressed to kill by Dennis Harvey)
Entertainment Weekly vol. 1 no. 535 (14 April 2000)
pp.34-38, 46-47 (USA)
article (Psycho Drama by Kristen Baldwin); review (Chopping Spree by
Owen Gleiberman)
Rolling Stone vol. 1 no. 839 (27 April 2000) pp.79-80
(USA)
review (by Peter Travers)
KEYWORDS
book into film, businessmen, serial killers
Last Updated:
17 November, 2009
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