Running time 101 minutes Country Canada United States Language English Budget $7 million Box office $34.3 million American Psycho is a 2000 co-written and directed by, based on 's. It stars,,,,,,,,. Producer purchased the film rights to the novel in 1992.
American Psycho. Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd. BATEMAN (Examining a menu that says 'Barcadia' in large script) Yes. Apr 1, 2016 - Author Bret Easton Ellis has long maintained a touchy relationship with Mary Harron's “American Psycho” starring Christian Bale. “Idon't think.
After discussions with fell through, Harron was brought on to direct and cast Bale in the lead role. Lionsgate acquired worldwide distribution in 1997 and temporarily replaced Harron and Bale with as director and portraying Patrick Bateman. DiCaprio left in favor of and Harron and Bale were brought back. American Psycho debuted at the on January 21, 2000, and was released theatrically on April 14, 2000.
The film was a financial success and received generally positive reviews, with much of the praise directed to Bale's performance and the screenplay. It has since developed a. Century arms l1a1 sporter.
• as • as Evelyn Williams • as Jean • as Timothy Bryce • as Craig McDermott • as David Van Patten • as Luis Carruthers • as Paul Allen • as Courtney Rawlinson • as Detective Donald Kimball • as Christie • as Elizabeth • as Sabrina • as Vanden • Stephen Bogaert as Harold Carnes • as Marcus Halberstram • as Mrs. Wolfe • as Al Production [ ] Producer Edward R. Pressman purchased the to 's novel American Psycho in 1992, with expressing an interest in the lead role. After discussions with to direct fell through, became attached and brought Ellis to adapt the novel into a screenplay. The process was difficult for Ellis, due to Cronenberg's scene constraints and not wanting to use any of Ellis's restaurant or nightclub material from the novel.
The script ended with an elaborate musical sequence to 's ' atop the. 'I'm glad it wasn't shot, but that kind of shows you where I was when I was writing the script', Ellis reflected. 'I was bored with the material.' Cronenberg was still listed as being attached to direct in March 1994, but with a new script.
Pressman appeared at the to pre-sell distribution rights, but to no avail. Replaced Cronenberg as director while writing a new script with. Harron cast in a deal on good faith, and attached and in supporting roles.
Development was looking to move forward following six years of rejection by Hollywood studios when independent Canadian distributor acquired worldwide distribution in April 1997. After having waited for a year, Bale and Harron were aiming to begin filming in August 1998 on a $6–10 million budget, but Lionsgate instead pursued and for the lead role, arguing Bale was not famous enough. Lionsgate was still hoping to finalize a deal with Harron, while Bale's handshake deal without a pay or play contract was let go. Harron refused to meet with DiCaprio, displeased as she specifically chose Bale and believed DiCaprio's screen presence would have been too boyish for Patrick Bateman. She also believed the actor's reputation as a teen idol following and would distract from American Psycho 's production and tone. Lionsgate was planning to increase the production budget to $40 million in the hopes of securing DiCaprio's $21 million asking price. At the, a press release was issued that DiCaprio had taken the offer, which was quickly rebutted by DiCaprio's manager, Rick Yorn, who claimed the actor had simply expressed interest in the part.