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Altered States [Blu-ray]
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Genre | Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction |
Format | Blu-ray, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen |
Contributor | John Larroquette, Ken Russell, Peter Brandon, Blair Brown, Frank McCarthy, Thaao Penghlis, Paddy Chayefsky, Sidney Aaron, William Hurt, Howard Gottfried, Dori Brenner, Charles White-Eagle, Bob Balaban, George Gaynes, Daniel Melnick, Drew Barrymore, Jack Murdock, Charles Haid, Megan Jeffers, Miguel Godreau See more |
Initial release date | 2012-07-10 |
Language | English |
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Altered States (BD) Academy Award-winner and Golden Globe-nominee William Hurt ("Syriana," "The Village"), Emmy and Golden Globe-nominee Blair Brown ("Dogville," "Space Cowboys"), Emmy-nominee and Golden Globe-winner Drew Barrymore ("Charlie's Angels," "50 First Dates") and Emmy-nominee Charles Haid (TV's "Third Watch," "Hill Street Blues") star in this terror spectacle by visual wizard Ken Russell about a research scientist whose experiments unlock the horrors of his mind. Written by Academy Award-winner Paddy Chayefsky ("Network").
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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
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 0.01 ounces
- Item model number : 25312912
- Director : Ken Russell
- Media Format : Blu-ray, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 42 minutes
- Release date : July 10, 2012
- Actors : William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid, Dori Brenner
- Producers : Howard Gottfried, Daniel Melnick
- Studio : Studio Distribution Services
- ASIN : B007NQCKL6
- Writers : Sidney Aaron
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,713 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #71 in Fantasy Blu-ray Discs
- #107 in Science Fiction Blu-ray Discs
- #474 in Drama Blu-ray Discs
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The effects hold-up very well by today's standards, with a convincingly organic quality -- refreshing in our age of "mouse click" cinema. Jordan Cronenweth's photography is tremendous, at once stylized and naturalistic, and is often relied upon to create clever optical effects that less imaginative filmmakers would have farmed-out an effects house (adding to the believability of the film). John Corigliano's music is probably the best "avant garde" film score ever written (and likewise refreshing compared to the lifeless drones which pass for film music today).
Ken Russell is one of the most iconoclastic filmmakers of all time, yet ironically, Altered States (despite its bizarre storyline), is actually one of Russell's most accessible and comprehensible films, and as such it seems a shame he did not work more for Hollywood (where bigger budgets and the necessity to reign-in his self-indulgence would surely have resulted in his making better movies).
Chayefsky was a very weird dude…
It’s blu-ray, and it’s top-notch. It arrived early. I was
very pleased…
It has a very unique concept. It may blow your mind, and challenge your current concept of the world around you. Proceed with caution.
i became so enamored w/ floating in 1987 i built a floatation tank of my own, and have been floating off and on, as i have moved around and assembled new tanks, for the past 25 years. i usually do it about 3 times a week. it is great for your blood pressure, arthritis, depression & anxiety, drug abuse, and many other conditions. i did an independent study on it in college for the head of the psychology dept., and got full credit and an A. i am considered one of the authorities on the subject in N. America.
Altered States has become my all time favorite film (tying w/ 2nd & 3rd Clockwork Orange, & 2001 a Space Odyssey). it is not a Dr. Jeckel & Mr. Hyde story; it is one of love and redemption. in the end it is the love of Eddie Jessup's wife, Emily that brings him back from oblivion. there are many great reviews here; i do not have to reiterate them. what i want to say is that as a BluRay edition/release THIS IS A COMPLETE FAILURE. one would think that after 32 years, they could have been a little creative w/ this. there are no extras at all, except for the trailer. not a damn thing that wasn't on the DVD, (which had an option on it that said, "Float Naked" that went nowhere!) they could have done a retrospective on Ken Russell who was born to direct this film. they could have done something on the work of Dr. John Lilly and the science of R.E.S.T. they could have done something on the beautiful score, by Pulitzer Prize winning composer, John Corigliano (which was released in the late '80s Dolby ProLogic surround sound). they could have done something on Bran Ferren's amazing, award winning special effects. they could have done something on make-up pioneer, Dick Smith. need i go on? there isn't even BluRay Live feature to connect w/ other fans. this film has a huge cult following! as a BluRay release, it looks and sounds great (on my 46" Sony LCD HDTV & 7.1 channel Home Theater, in DTS-HD Master Audio), but that is all that can be said about it. if you are a fan GET IT for that reason alone. (i pre-ordered it as soon as i found out is was being released, for $13.96, and Amazon refunded me $3.97, because the price had come down, which is a great reflection on its worth as a BluRay edition!) Warner Bros. should be ashamed of themselves for putting out such a piece of disappointing crap. i was really looking forward to some intriguing extras. (if you can find them somewhere, i did, the defunct SciFi/Fantasy movie magazine, Cinefantastique did two editions on Altered States around the time the movie came out, that were superb. one was on the making of the movie, and the other was on Dick Smith's incredible make-up effects. i cherish them dearly.) some of the best stuff in A.S. is Arthur & Mason (Bob Balaban & Charles Haid) getting into verbal cat fights, when they are loudly talking over each other. one time i watch it i try just to listen to one of them, the next i listen to the other. William Hurt (Jessup) & Blair Brown (his wife Emily, most recently in Fringe) have been favorite actors of mine for decades. i have followed all of the primary's careers over the years.
m.k. smith
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Merci à Amazon nous permettant de commander ce type de film introuvable sur le marché français sur ce support ...
Auch wenn es in erster Linie scheinbar um bewußtseinserweiternde Drogen geht, so ist dieser Film alles andere als eine Aufforderung sich vollzudröhnen.
No Sir, in diesem Film geht es um Fragen wie: Wo kommen wir her? Was ist unsere Rolle auf dieser Erde? Was ist Liebe? Und genau diese Frage ist die wichtigste, den auch wenn es nicht offensichtlich ist, so ist Altered States ein Liebesfilm, ohne Schmalz aber mit mehr Herz, als man es auf den ersten Blick vermuten mag.
Ihr mögt brilliante Traum/Drogensequenzen? Eine interessante Geschichte? Geniale Effekte, großartige Schauspieler in Bestform (William Hurt, in seinem Filmdebüt!, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid), dann ist dieser Film der beste Trip, den ich euch empfehlen kann!