Altered States
"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."
HorrorScience FictionThriller
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.
🎬 DirectorKen Russell
📅 Release1980-12-25
🌍 CountryUnited States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish, Spanish
🏢 StudioWarner Bros. Pictures
🗳 Votes734
🔥 Popularity2
💰 Budget$15,000,000
💵 Revenue$19,853,892
🎭 Cast
William Hurt
Professor Eddie Jessup
Blair Brown
Emily Jessup
Bob Balaban
Arthur Rosenberg
Charles Haid
Mason Parrish
Thaao Penghlis
Echeverria
Miguel Godreau
Primal Man
Dori Brenner
Sylvia Rosenberg
Peter Brandon
Hobart
Charles White-Eagle
The Brujo
Drew Barrymore
Margaret Jessup
Megan Jeffers
Grace Jessup
Jack Murdock
Hector Orteco
Francis X. McCarthy
Obispo
Deborah Baltzell
Schizophrenic Patient
Evan Richards
Young Rosenberg
🎥 Crew
NovelPaddy Chayefsky
ScreenplayPaddy Chayefsky
Original Music ComposerJohn Corigliano
ProducerHoward Gottfried
Executive ProducerDaniel Melnick
DirectorKen Russell
Director of PhotographyJordan Cronenweth
EditorEric Jenkins
CastingHoward Feuer
Costume DesignRuth Myers
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🏷 Keywords
experimentgeneticsbased on novel or bookritualsubconsciousnessharvard universitypsychologysurrealdrug usemagic mushroomdrug tripuniversity
💬 Reviews
***“Night of the Apeman” mixed with some pretty heady material*** In the late 60s and mid-70s, a psychopathologist (William Hurt) from the New York/New England area honestly seeks ultimate truth and the origins of humanity through dubious experiments with sensory deprivation mixed with drugs, including a potent mixture used in ceremonies by Mexican AmerIndians. This leads to altered states …
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