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Anthony Perkins Talks Norman Bates In This Exclusive Clip From The Forthcoming DVD, THE PSYCHO LEGACY!
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Hitting DVD this Tuesday, October 19th, is THE PSYCHO LEGACY, an in-depth behind the scenes look into granddaddy/mama of slasher franchises from writer-producer-director Robert V. Galluzzo. Though certainly a must-buy for fans of the series, I think it's actually more essential for those who think the sequels are nothing more than cash-grab retreads of Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic. Yes, the original is undeniably one of the most groundbreaking horror films ever made, but the subsequent movies are intriguing in their own right - and quite different from one another in tone.
Galluzzo makes a compelling case for franchise in this impressive collection, the centerpiece of which is a ninety-minute documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew and fans (like directors Stuart Gordon, Joe Lynch and Adam Green) of all four movies. If you've never seen the sequels, I'd highly recommend tracking down PSYCHO II immediately; directed by the late Richard Franklin (a Hitchcock protege) from Tom Holland's crackerjack screenplay, it'd probably be remembered as one of the best horror films of the '80s if not for its title. Some feel it's actually better than the original. I don't agree, but I will say this: I think Perkins's return to the role of Norman Bates may be a career-best performance (it's definitely right up there with his turn as Jimmy Piersall in Robert Mulligan's FEAR STRIKES OUT).
One of the highlights of Galluzzo's work is a never-before-seen video of a lively Perkins sharing his PSYCHO memories with a convention audience. It's revelatory, hilarious and ultimately poignant; Perkins was a sensationally talented actor before he became almost inseparable from Bates, but there's not an ounce of bitterness on display. Here's an exclusive peek in which Perkins recalls summoning Bates for PSYCHO II.
There's much more of this on THE PSYCHO LEGACY. I was especially fascinated by the segment on the Perkins-directed PSYCHO III, which I never knew was heavily inspired by the Coens' BLOOD SIMPLE (this explains the Carter Burwell score). Perkins went on to make a more overt dark comedy in LUCKY STIFF - another film THE PSYCHO LEGACY has inspired me to revisit.
If you live in Los Angeles, there will be two cool events promoting THE PSYCHO LEGACY. On Saturday, October 16th, the ninety-minute documentary will have its big-screen premiere at Screamfest 2010. The screening starts at 5 PM (at the Mann's Chinese 6), and will be followed by a Q&A with Robert Loggia (Dr. Raymond from PSYCHO II), Katt Shea (Patsy from PSYCHO III) and Mick Garris (director of PSYCHO IV: THE BEGINNING).
Then, on Tuesday, October 19th, there will be a DVD-signing shindig at Dark Delicacies in Burbank. Guests will include Tom Holland, Mick Garris, Chris Henrie (Deputy Pool from PSYCHO II), Lee Garlington (Myrna from PSYCHO II and III), Juliette Cummins (Red from PSYCHO III), Cynthia Garris (Ellen Stevens from PSYCHO IV), Robert Galluzzo, Anthony Masi (Producer of PSYCHO LEGACY), Jermaine Stegall (Composer for PSYCHO LEGACY) and Jon Maus (Editor of PSYCHO LEGACY). That's scheduled to run from 7 PM to 9 PM.
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It's all downhill from now on.
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That I actually felt nervous for Bates when Marion's car stopped sinking into the mud for a bit. Sneaky manipulative Hitchcock, heheheh :)
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I have only seen PSYCHO this year, and afterwards i saw the two imediate sequels, i'm still to watch PSYCHO IV. But so far it's all good stuff. I'll try to catch this documentary.
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Applause :) Is this your first "first"?
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Indeed. And it also happens in the sequels, for some reason you can't help but sympathise with Norman Bates.
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Are they worth it?
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And yes, it was my first first. Nothing's like the first, right?
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Congratulations and welcome to Mount Olympus :)
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They are suprisingly good. They are not as good as the original, of course, but you cna tell that then filmmakers who made the sequels (and Perkins directed the III movie) they didn't slouched. You can tell they made an effort to not embacare the original movie. They are superior slashers, which emphasis on characterization and even theme. And yes,t here's some cool horror gore stuff as well, specially the second, which has to be the most twist upon twist movie i ever seen.
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I feel welcomed in Olympus. I already can taste the fine air in here.
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Christ, how many years are we going to continue that nonsense? Does it really never get old to you guys? Because it's fucking tired from where I'm sitting.
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But I don't know if I can deal with the shot for shot remake. Think I might have to pass on that one.
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I used to say the first thing, until i finally got to be a first. Andi tell you, it's great. Wait until you get to be a first yourself, then you will understand. It's like when you first drive a cabriolet car for the first time, you then understand what's the big fuzz about it.
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Oct. 15, 2010, 3:57 p.m. CST
I used to say the first thing = I used to say the same thing
by AsimovLives
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I saw like the first 5 minutes of it and it bored me to tears. Haven't seen the rest of it yet.
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My first "first" was not so long ago. I guess that's why they put me on the welcoming committee :)
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I'm gonna take a wild stab, and guess that being DEAD would somewhat hinder his conversational skills. Just sayin'.
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my first (and last) "First" was back in 1999 around the release of "The Matrix". It was not monumental in any way, and only left me a hollowed husk of my former self. In other words...over rated.<P> Congratulations on your life changing moment.
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Shot for shot remakes. Basically they impress me as being stunts that I would not care to pay to see. One possible exception might be C'etait un Rendevous. Ever seen that film, Asimov? One shot high speed drive through Paris. 1976. Only about ten minutes but pure adrenaline. Completely reckless and highly illegal. Was an early Sunday morning in August and this fellow just RIPPED through the city. I think it is on YouTube. You might want to check it out, if you like fast cars. :)
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I don't know what it was but what happens between Norman and that old lady gave me nightmares.
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for 1st posting where we can compete for prizes. A random giveaway or something every now and then to keep people's interest in posting first.. Oh no wait. You idiots have been doing it for decades for no reason whatsoever- offering no prize incentive.
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I'm with the guy upstairs that thought Tony was dead. Sorry, Mr. Perkins.
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amazing score by Jerry Goldsmith too.
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He died in 1992
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Holy shit, apart from his large nose, he looks a hell of a lot like a young Perkins. Okay, maybe he just needs to play Perkins, as Hollywood is fucking drunk on Bio pics these days.
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Bernard Herrmann's Psycho score is one of the best pieces of music ever composed by human hands. Yep. It's true.
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There you go Carolinamaestro. :)
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Still one of my favorite effects ever CLANG!!!!! Love that! Part II is freaking awesome!
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last time i checked,i saw him in a dreadful 80s horror b-movie.its a shame.
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Orient Express movie? even the acting of his character resembled that of Alan Bates.
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...is that the filmakers earnestly respected the material and it showed. Because at the end of the day how can you compete or try to be better than something as BRILLIANT as Hitchcock's "Psycho"??
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Now I can finally stop saying it!
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I don't know.. MAYBE I need to rewatch Psycho III (I bought them when they came out II-IV as a "triple feature". I was disappointed in the lack of extras, so this disc will be a GREAT companion to those. BUT.. I thought Psycho IV was dang good.. Ok.. I will say.. it really.. well no, I won't say it sold out the ending.. I mean.. it was Normal FINALLY free and being his own man. And Henry Thomas I thought did a pretty good job as young Norman. And Olivia Hussy was just off the rails nuts.. you could really sympahtize more in retrospect, even, with the character of Norman.. although they did make a few changes that I did NOT like.. and I'd still LOVE to see a straight adaption of the second BOOK (It WOULD have been Scream meets Halloween.. BACK in 1982). Although.. what turned out on the screen I thought in Psycho II was much better.. an almost character study of Norman struggling to hold on to his sanity. People who.. well MAYBE they were cash grabs.. but I would NEVER EVER accuse any of the Psycho sequels of being cookie cutter and just "following the formula" as so many sequels do.
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Well.. umm he died in 1992.. kind of slowed his career down.. but yeah, the years post Psycho II.. he really WAS just Norman.. I LOVE the fact though in the 80s sitcom "Sledge Hammer" the morgue attendant a VERY Norman Bates-like character, named Norman.. was actually OFFERED to Perkins.. but he referred a friend (I forget his name off hand) who took the role.. THAT actor was also a very Norman like character in "Stripes" with the nickname Psycho.. and a part in Psycho IV as another "momma killer".
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Not sure if it would hold up at all if i watched it again though. I do still rate Psycho II, I've seen it a lot since i was a kid and still thouroughly enjoy it today.<br><br>I once had a FIRST! ya know. Although it was on a talkback which hardly anyone contributed so i don't think it counts. Bummer.
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got Conrad Dunn mixed up with Kurt Paul.. Paul was on Sledge Hammer / Psycho IV.. Dunn was in Stripes.. my bad.
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I was kind of hoping you had paid Madame Cleo to have a seance with Anthony Perkins and were posting the transcript.
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The Psycho movies are pretty consistent. There isn't a bad one in the bunch.
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I'd like to watch them right now, as a matter of fact.
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any Alien movies other than 1 and 2. They simply do not exist.
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Psycho 2 is good and a worthy follow up to the original. 3 is shit. 4, never saw. <p> Alien - masterpiece <p> ALIENS - might just be the greatest film ever made if not for that damned Empire Strikes Back. <p> Alien3 - they tried. Could have been a(sorry to use this expression) "game changer" but we got what we got and....whatever. <p> Alien Resurrection - Cloned Ripley, mercenaries, infested military ship, cloned queen.....HOW DID THEY FUCK THIS UP?????? Oh yeah, the script sucked (Whedon), and a trippy French director was not the one for this project.
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From beginning to end, the whole plot of them trying to drive Norman crazy, to the awesome ending. Man, that was a great film.
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Truly good shit. Didn't care for III. Never saw IV.
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Get your fucking spamming ass out of here. Somebody ban this clown.
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magazine has a 50th anniversary retrospective on PSYCHO, and articles on 2/3/4, the score, etc. just came out this week. see also: CRIMES OF PASSION
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Nice to have a First in a Hitchcock related thread.
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As of yet.
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Well, that explains why it's such a pile of shit. I'll bet Stephen King loves it, too.
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Fucking "Lost" lovin' freak... <P> ;-)
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Psycho is truly one of the most important, groundbreaking films of all time. Anthony Perkins was incredible. And that fucking SCORE... awesome incarnate. Easily one of the best scores in film history. Bernard Herrmann is a GOD. <P> And the sequels didn't do anything for me. But it's been years since i saw them, so maybe i'll check 'em out again sometime. <P> I'm seeing a lot of love for Psycho 2. Curious...
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i've always loved part 2 especially, and part 3 has its moments too. Part 4 is the one I've seen the least but if I recall it's like sleepless in seattle meets psycho. :)
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The last scene gets me every time. I'm in California hope I can make one of these events
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The last scene gets me every time. I'm in California hope I can make one of these events
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...is justified! Truly one of the greatest sequels ever produced. Lots of great moments, such as Norman's problem with the word "cutlery" (as mentioned in the video), and his scene with Mrs. Spool at the end.</p> Psycho 3 is okay and has its moments, but it's the law of diminishing returns from here on. Psycho 4 was made for TV, and it shows. Joseph Stefano returned to script it, so it was in sure hands... but it suffers in the same way all prequels do; showing too much of the backstory ruins a lot of the mystique.</p> Gus Van Sant's shot-by-shot remake is offensive to me. I mean, what is it good for?
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Problem is, EVERYONE knows that Harry is a schill. No secret. And of course, people still come to this site. Not because anyone thinks anything of Harry, but talkbacks are pretty much the only place film geeks can find other people that are just as big of film geeks as themselves.<P> This site is also possibly the A-1 steak sauce of bitching, too. So satisfying.
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What a fuckin' WASTE of celluloid that was. And i must've just seen Psycho IV... and i remember just laughing at that shit. So bad... But i don't honestly remember anything from 2 or 3. I'll have to go netflix them and give 'em a shot.
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Great direction, score and nicely cast, with some great moments. Anyone remember the Hitchcock "cameo"? Standout scene I recall from part 3 was when the sheriff eats bloodied ice from the box being used to hide a recently dispatched victim - great black humour! I think Hitch would have been "not displeased". Never saw part IV - should I?
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He's funny and reminds me not a little of Woody Allen
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Yup. Just came to my attention that Jerry fucking Goldsmith did the score for Psycho 2. Absolute must-see for me now...
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I'd say watch Psycho 4; it's not even close in terms of greatness to the first 2, but Perkins' performance is still excellent, and just about saves it. It's the flashbacks that really let the thing down - good as Henry Thomas was, nobody could play that part as well as Perkins did.</p> Agreed about those "Hitchcockian" moments in the sequels... I get the feeling they really treated the material as if they were writing/producing for Hitchcock himself.
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It's like a bad xerox copy; you can see the original, but the quality isn't there. The actors look stiff and constrained because they're trying to work in the confines of duplicating each fucking shot, and someone else's performance to boot. At least when a musician covers a song, the new artists tend to bring something new to it; what did Van Sant do? - Norman masturbating, and the image of a cow during the shower murder. No, if I want to watch Psycho, I can go and watch Psycho - the original, thankyouverymuch.</p> I guess that's my problem with it; I always kind of hoped that they'd pull the rug out... let the audience think that they were watching the same story, but then go wildly off in a different direction after the shower murder. Exactly what Hitch did himself to 1960's audience, that couldn't believe he'd kill the leading lady that early on. That would have been brave and classy.</p> Don't know if this is true, but I remember reading the only reason the thing got the green light in the first place was because the studio exec's kid refused to watch the original because it was black and white...
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Also, anyone picked up the original on Blu-Ray? It is absolutely stunning. I'd love for the sequels to get that treatment too.
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I love everything about this movie. I don't think of it as a guilty pleasure, but a quality horrow flick!
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I'm glad people didn't just write it off. It is a great film on its own and a nice companion to the first. Thank christ they didn't film the Psycho 2 book.
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That's a must-buy.
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I'm not opposed to remaking it, but doing it shot for shot is just the director trying to fill big shoes.
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Oct. 16, 2010, 10:54 a.m. CST
"Some feel it's actually better than the original."
by thegreatwhatzit
Please define "some". Are you seriously suggesting that "some" prefer the PSYCHO sequel to its Hitchock precursor? You should be ashamed for conspiring to expand this propaganda. Maybe a braindead old fart who feeds a collection of Troma (VHS) cassettes. But this sort of crackerjack, dumbed-down prose is the catalyst for AICN's decline (not to mention the four positive reviews for LAST EXORCISM).
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...that the actors watched a scene from the original before doing their version so they'd get the timing down. Well, how do you give an actual performance when you've gotta say your line ine the same space as another actor. It was just a bad idea, but it illustrates why I generally don't like remakes. Some people I've talked to have never seen the original but have seen the remake. They've said that they didn't care for Psycho or whatever. Unfortunately, they've been robbed of a great experience because of their ignorance of the original. Also, the remake shows Ann Heche's butthole, which I could have lived without seeing.
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Agree the Psycho sequels are surprisingly good. But, I'm surprised no one has mentioned probably the best "rip-off" back in the day: Homicidal (1961). This is a great movie with a very good story and real creepy atmosphere. Don't know if it's on DVD but definitely worth it for all Psycho fans.
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Oct. 16, 2010, 1:53 p.m. CST
THEY BETTER HAVE VINCE VAUGHN!!! HE HELPED CONTINUE THE "PSYCHO
by Meadowe
Or bury it in the ground ;)- And remember, electric cars....are gay.
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Not the same craftsmanship, Hithcock was "suspense", Castle was "Boo!" But while I respect and admire Hitchcock, I absolutely love Mr. Castle--his showmanship, his panache and his "sigbature" narrative footage in the likes of THE TINGLER, HOMICIDAL and, most especially, MR.SARDONICUS. An autographed 8x10 portrait of Castle is framed in our living room. And I sure prefer HOMICIDAL--any day--over non-vintage Hitchcock (TOPAZ, TORN CURTAIN, FAMILY PLOT, et al).
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Bruce Dern + Hitchcock = my ass in the seat. But seriously, it is a good film.
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When you tell me to go FUCK myself & then do this: ;-) I don't know if you're angry or just flirting.<br /><br />Your post was more confusing than all 6 seasons of LOST.
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thanks for the HECHE BUTTHOLE ALERT. can live without that myself (all the ass pounders will be up in arms directly). can you give me a heads-up as to where in the film, just in case?
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I saw Psycho II in the theater.<p> I was surprised that a Psycho movie achieved a moment or two of showing the tragedy of devastating mental illness. <p> Think about that. In a Psycho movie.
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I loved it since I saw it in the theaters, and at the time it flopped. I have seen it several times and it totally holds up. <p> Psycho III isn't sucky, but there isn't enough meat to the story, and the very end is the only moment in either sequel that I think is really lame.
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It's quite a good docu and fun to see on the big screen. Katt Shea and Mick Garris were there, but alas, not Loggia. I won a DVD for answering a fairly easy trivia question. If you're a Psycho fan, (and if you liked the F13, NOES and Halloween docus) you should pick it up.
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And i had to be the one doing the "first", right? Fate has a sense of houmour.
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Thinking about it. These are by far the best sequels of all the films that didn't need sequels.
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Anmd peope,have coment that Jerry Goldmisht composed the score for the second movie. Well, Carter Burwell composed the score for the 3rd movie. And Burwell for me is one of the top composers working in films, and not just for the Coen Brothers movies, his score for ROB ROY is just great.
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except maybe "Crimes of Passion", which was certifiable. Love the ice cube scene in "Psycho II". And I discount "Fear Strikes Out" because the guy can clearly not play baseball.
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