Horror ·Science Fiction ·Thriller · United States of America · 1980 · 1h 43m

Altered States

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Director
Ken Russell
Cast
William Hurt as Professor Eddie Jessup Blair Brown as Emily Jessup Bob Balaban as Arthur Rosenberg Charles Haid as Mason Parrish Thaao Penghlis as Echeverria Miguel Godreau as Primal Man
Crew
Jordan Cronenweth — Director of Photography Eric Jenkins — Editor John Corigliano — Original Music Composer Paddy Chayefsky — Screenplay Paddy Chayefsky — Novel Howard Gottfried — Producer
Tagline

In the basement of a university medical school, Dr. Jessup floats naked in total darkness. The most terrifying experiment in the history of science is out of control... and the subject is himself.

Synopsis

A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores these altered states of cognizance and finds that memory, time, and reality itself are states of mind.

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Mood & Themes
experimentgeneticsbased on novel or bookritualsubconsciousnessharvard universitypsychologysurrealdrug usemagic mushroomdrug tripuniversity
Key Collaborators
Ken Russell Director Jordan Cronenweth Director of Photography Eric Jenkins Editor John Corigliano Original Music Composer Paddy Chayefsky Screenplay Paddy Chayefsky Novel Howard Gottfried Producer Richard Macdonald Production Design Ruth Myers Costume Design
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