Movie: Anthony Perkins, the Actor Behind the Door

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Pierre-François Pistorio
Pierre-François Pistorio

Self - Narrator (voice)

Anthony Perkins
Anthony Perkins

Self - Subject (archive footage)

Charles Winecoff
Charles Winecoff

Self - Biographer

François Guérif
François Guérif

Self - Journalist

Donna Anderson
Donna Anderson

Self - Actress

Allan Hunter
Allan Hunter

Self - Film Historian

Patrick Loiseau
Patrick Loiseau

Self - Lyricist & Lover

Gérard Kikoïne
Gérard Kikoïne

Self - Director

Lee Garlington
Lee Garlington

Self - Actress

Berry Berenson
Berry Berenson

Self - Actress & Wife (archive footage)

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    Anthony Perkins’ face and name remain familiar to a younger 21st century audience, fond of giallo and slashers. But he has long struggled in the shadow of his most famous character, Norman Bates – the young man in Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece, “Psycho". We also discover that he was an amazing crooner. His greatest success, “Moonlight Swim”, will be taken up by Elvis Presley. He even directed “Psycho III” – proof of his reconciliation with his favorite bogeyman.

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    2020-09-01

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