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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Trailer:
TRAILER FROM YOUTUBE
Director:Terry Gilliam
Screenwriter:Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown
Cast:
Heath Ledger
Christopher Plummer
Waits
Lily Cole
Andrew Garfield
Verne Troyer
Johnny Depp
Colin Farrell
Jude Law

Genre:
Drama, Fantasy

Rating:PG-13 (for violent images, some sensuality, language and smoking)

Website:http://DoctorParnassus.com

Plot: "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present day. It tells the story of Dr Parnassus and his extraordinary 'Imaginarium', a traveling show where members of the audience get an irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom. Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Dr Parnassus is cursed with a dark secret. Long ago he made a bet with the devil, Mr Nick, in which he won immortality. Many centuries later, on meeting his one true love, Dr Parnassus made another deal with the devil, trading his immortality for youth, on condition that when his first-born reached its 16th birthday he or she would become the property of Mr Nick. Valentina is now rapidly approaching this 'coming of age' milestone and Dr Parnassus is desperate to protect her from her impending fate. Mr Nick arrives to collect but, always keen to make a bet, renegotiates the wager. Now the winner of Valentina will be determined by whoever seduces the first five souls. Enlisting a series of wild, comical and compelling characters in his journey, Dr Parnassus promises his daughter's hand in marriage to the man that helps him win. In this captivating, explosive and wonderfully imaginative race against time, Dr Parnassus must fight to save his daughter in a never-ending landscape of surreal obstacles - and undo the mistakes of his past once and for all.

[hmong_lubpaj]

oh man i can't wait to watch this! johnny depp and heath ledger!

[Immortal_Angel]

Here are some information:

- Due to Heath Ledger's death, the movie had to be stopped for a while. Heath Ledger filmed 1/3 of the movie and after his death, Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell was added in to portray Heath Ledger's character, Tony. The last scene with Heath Ledger was when he fell into the mirror. When Ledger's character (Tony) goes into other worlds, (Johnny, Colin and Jude) "physically transformed versions" of the character [they said that so the viewers will understand why from Heath changing into Johnny, Colin and Jude]

- 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. 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.

- Gilliam (the director) altered the part of the credits saying "A Terry Gilliam film" to "A film from Heath Ledger and friends."
-Johnny was a friend of Gilliam, Jude and Colin are both friends of Heath

- Johnny, Colin and Jude gave up their salaries for this movie to Matilda (Heath Ledger's daughter) who was not on his old will.

[res0nate]

This film is going to be fantastic.

[Iridescence]

Definitely looking forward to this film. I am such a fan of Gilliam. All his movies are very dear to my heart. I remember growing up and just being fascinated by his movies, especially Time Bandits. It'll also be interesting to see Heath Ledger in his final film moments.

[babii3xquiisit3]

It'll also be interesting to see Heath Ledger in his final film moments.

Indeed.

[AzN_cHiC89]

i just saw the movie trailer! its going to be amazing, i can't wait. I love Terry Gilliam, his movies are really interesting.

[efflorescent musings]

I am totally watching this. It will definitely be a unique movie apart from having 4 different actors portraying one character.

[dasco415frisco]

- Johnny, Colin and Jude gave up their salaries for this movie to Matilda (Heath Ledger's daughter) who was not on his old will.

This made me smile.

This movie is a must-see. Can't wait to see how they worked out having 4 people play 1 character.

[marasshi]

The title alone already makes me want to watch it. Can't wait to see Heath's final movie.

[cherri82crystal]

looks awesome! cant wait to see it x)

[sPark*]

wow the plot sounds great! i would love to watch this

[angelcadex]

This film looks incredibly beautiful and I know Heath won't disappoint:)

[AsobiSeksu]

johnny depp! i like how they changed the original plot to something different since heith is no longer with us. this looks like a good movie. cant wait to see it!

[cpx3s0ul]

omfg heath ledger!!

i miss(ed) him sooooooo much, can't wait to see this!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!

[bashful_harmony]

Lily Cole!
And aw.. Heath

[Tranberry]

I'm excited to see this movie. The plot sounds interesting and the trailer looks good. Not to mention the awesome cast.

[reallyAmused]

Wonderful looking movie! Steller cast too, I'm so excited!

[ViVa4ever]

I found this interesting article about the movie:
http://www.journal-online.co.uk/article/59...dgers-last-work

and quoting this particular part:

The film was the beginning of Gilliam’s cycle of bad luck. An infinitesimal budget, bad weather, technical difficulties, all these ingredients for disaster would plague every single one of the director’s subsequent shootings.

“The schedule was thrown out the window. Everything that could go wrong went wrong. On the first day the camera broke down. It was awful. But we got through it.”

Yet, the multi-faceted director learned to look on the bright side in every situation, despite pressure, monetary or otherwise.

When he found out that the Holy Grail budget would not allow them to afford horses for the shoot, the film project seemed to be hanging by a thread. Nevertheless, Gilliam made the best of it and came up with one of the much loved elements of the film – "knights" acting out a childish pastiche of horse riding followed by servants providing coconut-produced sound effects.

“Sometimes limitations are for the best,” said Gilliam.

I'm so thankful the movie finally made it!!! after all of these unfortunate obstacles, they could have easily ignored the whole movie!!! thank God the last performance of the amazing Heath Ledger isn't lost!

[procrastinator]

whoa! heath ledger, johnny depp, colin farrell all in one fantasy movie.........
I am definitely going to go see this.