The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Terry Gilliam, Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp...)

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Terry Gilliam, Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp...)

Postby Cognitive Gear » Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:11 pm

...Tom Waits, Jude Law, Colin Ferrel. What a list.)

The trailer is here.

That is the UK release date in the trailer, there are no release dates for other regions yet. Looks pretty awesome.

For those that are curious, this was the film that Heath Ledger died in the middle of production.

wikipedia wrote:Although production was suspended indefinitely by January 24,[12] according to Christopher Plummer, who plays Doctor Parnassus, Gilliam, determined to "salvage" the film, initially considered using computer-generated imagery to make Heath Ledger's character magically change his appearance, perhaps into another character, in order to keep his final work in the film, and, if the film was made, would dedicate it to Ledger.[13] The imagery would be similar to transformation techniques seen on Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and those employed to Roy Scheider in his posthumous release Iron Cross.

Actors Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law were cast to replace Heath Ledger, portraying the new idea of transformed versions of Ledger's character traveling through a magical realm. With the role recast, filming resumed in Vancouver in March 2008.[14] Depp was a friend of Gilliam who starred in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and the aborted The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, and had been compared to Ledger by cinematographer Nicola Pecorini. Law was a friend of Ledger and had been considered for the role of Tony, and Farrell had also been friends with Ledger.[8] Depp, Farrell, and Law opted to redirect their wages for the role to Ledger's young daughter, Matilda, who had been left out of an old version of Ledger's will,[15] and Gilliam altered the part of the credits saying "A Terry Gilliam film" to "A film from Heath Ledger and friends."
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Postby Etoh*the*Greato » Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:03 pm

Now THAT is pretty awesome.
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Postby LadyRushia » Fri Aug 07, 2009 3:11 pm

That looks like it'll be pretty good.
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Postby ShiroiHikari » Fri Aug 07, 2009 4:18 pm

Cool. I'm looking forward to it.
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Postby Maokun » Sat Aug 08, 2009 6:36 am

This looks positively legendary! I'm all rvv'd up now!
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Postby bigsleepj » Sat Aug 08, 2009 8:44 am

Wow! Some of those magical worlds look kinda like high-budget versions of those Terry Gilliam animations from Monty Python's Flying Circus. That's just cool!
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Postby Kkun » Sat Aug 08, 2009 8:51 am

And I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure this is the movie in which Tom Waits plays the devil or something like him. Do any of you realize how awesome that is?
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Postby Radical Dreamer » Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:00 am

...Holy whoa. I really, REALLY want to see this. XDD It looks absolutely incredible; I can't wait until it gets a US release date!
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Postby bigsleepj » Sat Aug 08, 2009 9:42 am

Kkun (post: 1336869) wrote:Do any of you realize how awesome that is?


I'm afraid I'm not really intimately acquainted with the music of Tom Waits, or else I would have shared that sentiment.
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Postby Cognitive Gear » Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:05 am

Kkun (post: 1336869) wrote:And I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure this is the movie in which Tom Waits plays the devil or something like him. Do any of you realize how awesome that is?


Tom Waits as the devil truly is inspired casting. I really wanted to put his name in the thread title, but had to give the space to names which draw more attention, because this movie looks like it deserves more.
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Postby Lady Kenshin » Sat Aug 08, 2009 8:18 pm

This looks so cool!
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Postby Kkun » Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:08 am

bigsleepj (post: 1336877) wrote:I'm afraid I'm not really intimately acquainted with the music of Tom Waits, or else I would have shared that sentiment.


I think you should be, J-man. I think you would enjoy some Tom Waits.

Also, now that I've finally been able to see the trailer...

Yay, Tom Waits is the "devil" character Mr. Nick. *_* Between Terry Gilliam, Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, and Christopher Plummer, this looks faaantastic. The sets look beautiful. I'm so excited for this movie now.
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Postby Maledicte » Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:54 pm

*very excited* Great actors + awesome visual director = me squealing.
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Postby Bobtheduck » Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:30 pm

If he died in the middle, did they Brandon Lee him?
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Postby bigsleepj » Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:35 pm

Bobtheduck (post: 1343965) wrote:If he died in the middle, did they Brandon Lee him?


No, they Depped, Farrelled and Lawed him.
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Postby Cognitive Gear » Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:30 pm

*dig dig dig*

I saw this last night.

I really enjoyed it. It has more than a few problems, but the movie was just so much fun I didn't care. A charming Gilliam experience.
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