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Altered States is a 1980 American science fiction horror film directed by Ken Russell and adapted by playwright and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky from his 1978 novel of the same name. The novel and the film are based in part on John C. Lilly 's sensory deprivation research conducted in isolation tanks under the influence of psychoactive drugs ...
Dec 25, 1980 · Altered States: Directed by Ken Russell. With William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid. A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.
- (39K)
- Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Ken Russell
- 1980-12-25
Extraordinarily daring for a Hollywood film, Altered States attacks the viewer with its inventive, aggressive mix of muddled sound effects and visual pyrotechnics. Respected scientist and ...
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- Ken Russell
- R
- William Hurt
6 days ago · Altered States follows the journey of Professor Eddie Jessup, who experiments with isolation tanks and hallucinogenic drugs to explore the depths of human consciousness. The cast of the movie includes William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, and more.
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Altered States. “Altered States” is one hell of a movie -- literally. It hurls its characters headlong back through billions of years to the moment of creation and finds nothing there except an anguished scream of "No!" as the life force protests its moment of birth. And then, through the power of the human ego to insist on its own will ...
Overview. A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native American shamans, he explores these altered states of consciousness and finds that memory, time, and perhaps reality itself are states of mind. Paddy Chayefsky. Novel, Screenplay.
