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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
EAN: 9786305133131
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305133131
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1FrenchOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: WARD11076D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 01, 2004
Running Time: 102 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 1980
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A MIND-ALTERING TRIP INTO THE HEART AND MIND OF A SCIENTIST HELL-BENT ON FINDING THE BEAST WITHIN.
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It's easy to understand why the late, great screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky removed his name from the credits of Altered States and substituted the pseudonym Sidney Aaron. After all, Chayefsky was a revered dramatist whose original source novel was intended as a serious exploration of altered consciousness, inspired by the immersion-tank experiments of Dr. John Lilly in the 1970s. In the hands of maverick director Ken Russell, however, Altered States became a full-on sensory assault, using symbolic imagery and mind- blowing special effects to depict one man's physical and hallucinatory journey through the entire history of human evolution. It's a brazenly silly film redeemed by its intellectual ambition--a dazzling extravaganza that's in love with science and scientists, and eagerly willing to dive off the precipice of rationality to explore uncharted regions of mind, body, and spirit. William Hurt made his bold film debut as the psycho-physiologist who plays guinea pig to his own experiments; Blair Brown plays his equally brilliant wife, whose devotion is just strong enough to bring him back from the most altered state imaginable. From the eternal channels of sense memory to the restorative power of a loving embrace, this movie rocks you to the birth of the universe and back again. And while it's clearly not the story that Chayefsky wanted on the screen, the directorial audacity of Ken Russell makes it one heck of a memorable trip. --Jeff Shannon
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William Hurt makes a memorable film debut as research scientist Eddie Jessup in this Ken Russell masterpiece. Jessup works with schizophrenics and is constantly amazed by their alleged religious experiences during hypnosis. Hoping to gain first hand experience, Jessup starts experimenting with an isolation tank housed in the basement of a hospital. Closely monitored by his friend and assistant (Bob Balaban) Jessup goes back in time and relives painful memories such as the death of his father and ... Read More
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A very interesting movie. One you really need to pay attention to.
Rent one, and if you like it, I recomend you buy it for you video library.
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When I was a kid I loved reading the bizarre books by Carlos Casteneda. This movie was actually kind of close to some of Carlos's experiences. One of my stranger favorites.
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This movie is one of my favorite as far as the imagery is concerned. The hallucination scenes were way ahead of there time and the whole thing looks and sounds fantastic on my 47" TV.
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I found this film to be an extremely entertaining, interesting and sometimes genuinely surprising. It was going down avenues I wasn't expecting, ala "This man is a F**king gorilla". And there were moments where I found myself slightly creeped out, which is the film's aim.
It's hard to compare this movie to others because there are very few movies like this. "The Fly" comes to mind. As does "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Jacob's Ladder", but only in the sense the creators ... Read More
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