Bates Motel
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Bates Motel
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This busted TV pilot film is set in the sinister family-operated motel made infamous by Hitchcock's Psycho. Former mental patient Bud Cort inherits the motel from its cross-dressing owner Norman Bates (played in Psycho by Anthony Perkins, who wisely passed up this TV film). With the help of runaway teen Lori Petty, Cort renovates the motel and hopes to re-open for business. Unfortunately the joint is haunted, thus it attracts only devotees of the Supernatural. Bates Motel was aimed at teenagers, who turned away in droves. ~ Hal Erickson, RoviCast
- Bud Cort
- Jason Bateman - Tony
- Moses Gunn
Credit
Richard Rothstein - Director, J. Peter Robinson - Composer (Music Score), Robb Wilson King - Production Designer| Batch '81 (1982 Film), Batad (2007 Film) | |
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Bates Motel
This article is about a television movie. For the first novel set at the Bates Motel, see Psycho (novel). For the first film set at the Bates Motel, see Psycho (film). For the racehorse, see Bates Motel (horse). For the pop group, see Gleaming Spires.
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| Directed by | Richard Rothstein |
| Produced by | George Linder Ken Topolsky |
| Written by | Richard Rothstein |
| Music by | J. Peter Robinson |
| Editing by | Dann Cahn |
| Distributed by | NBC |
| Release date(s) | July 5th 1987 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
Bates Motel is a 1987 television movie about Alex West, a mentally disturbed youth who was committed to an asylum after killing his abusive stepfather. There he befriends Norman Bates and ends up inheriting the infamous Bates Motel. The film was originally produced as a pilot for a TV series based around the Bates Motel however it was never picked up by any network.
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Plot
Alex West (Bud Cort) is a man who roomed with Norman Bates at the state lunatic asylum for nearly 20 years. After Bates' death, Alex finds that he is in Norman's will as the inheritor of the Bates Motel, which has been vacant since Norman's arrest. Alex travels to Bates' California hometown (which this film has renamed Fairville from the original film's Fairvale) and with a little help from a teenage runaway, Willie (Lori Petty), Alex struggles to re-open the motel for business, only to have strange things happen. Is someone trying to drive him away, or is the motel really haunted by the ghost of Norman's mother?
Cast
- Bud Cort as Alex West
- Lori Petty as Willie
- Moses Gunn as Henry Watson
- Gregg Henry as Tom Fuller
- Khrystyne Haje as Sally
- Jason Bateman as Tony Scotti
- Kerrie Keane as Barbara Peters
- Robert Picardo as Dr. Goodman
- Andy Albin as Mr. Yokes
- Dolores Albin as Mrs. Fisher
- Kelly Ames as Beth
- Robert Axelrod as Sheepskin Salesman
- Gary Ballard as Pastor
- Nat Bernstein as Salesman
- Peter Dobson as Billy Parks
- Timothy Fall as Terry Miller
- Carmen Filpi as Buddy
- Greg Finley as Attorney
- Kurt Paul as Norman Bates
Production
With the financial failure of Psycho III, Universal decided to continue the Psycho franchise as a television series; taking inspiration from the Friday The 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street TV series. In this televised spin-off of Psycho, Norman Bates is portrayed by Kurt Paul, who previously stood in as a stunt double for Anthony Perkins in Psycho II and Psycho III. Perkins declined involvement in the project and even heavily boycotted it. The film was made as a pilot for a weekly anthology television series, but the series was never picked up.[1] Thus Universal decided to air the pilot as a made for TV film over the 4th of July weekend. The film received mostly negative reviews and low Nielson ratings.
Release
The film debuted on NBC on July 5, 1987.[2]
Although it has been released on VHS in other countries, the film has still not officially been released on either VHS or DVD by Universal Studios in the United States.
References
- ^ "Trivia for Bates Motel". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092622/trivia. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
- ^ "Release dates for Bates Motel". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092622/releaseinfo. Retrieved 2011-04-17.
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