Altered States (1980)

Altered States | United States of America

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.

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Description

Director

Ken Russell

Writers

Paddy Chayefsky

Stars

William Hurt
Professor Eddie Jessup

Blair Brown
Emily Jessup

Bob Balaban
Arthur Rosenberg

Charles Haid
Mason Parrish, Professor of Endocrinology at Harvard Medical School

Thaao Penghlis
Echeverria

Miguel Godreau
Primal Man

Dori Brenner
Sylvia Rosenberg

Peter Brandon
Hobart

Charles White-Eagle
The Brujo

Drew Barrymore
Margaret Jessup

Others...

Budget

15,000,000.00

Revenue

19,853,892.00

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Keywords

based on novel, drugs, genetics, drug use, university, surreal, metamorphosis, subconsciousness, ritual, magic mushroom, psychedelics, harvard university, drug trip, psychedelic, sensory deprivation, isolation tank, deprivation chamber, quest for knowledge

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Actor

William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid, Thaao Penghlis, Miguel Godreau, Dori Brenner, Peter Brandon, Charles White-Eagle, Drew Barrymore, Megan Jeffers, Jack Murdock, Francis X. McCarthy, Deborah Baltzell, Evan Richards, Paul Larsson, John Larroquette, George Gaynes, Hap Lawrence, John Walter Davis

Creators

Jordan Cronenweth (Director of Photography), Howard Feuer (Casting), Stuart Baird (Associate Producer), Thomas L. Roysden (Set Decoration), Rick Baker (Makeup Artist), Daniel Melnick (Executive Producer), Ruth Myers (Costume Design), James Glennon (Camera Operator), Richard Macdonald (Production Design), Dick Smith (Makeup Artist), Paddy Chayefsky (Screenplay), Ken Russell (Director), Jeremy Ritzer (Casting), Johnny E. Jensen (First Assistant Camera), Howard Gottfried (Producer), John Corigliano (Original Music Composer), Eric Jenkins (Editor), Dione Taylor (Hairstylist), Gary Daigler (Assistant Director), Michael Colgan (Supervising Sound Editor), John M. Woodward (Transportation Coordinator), Bob Rose (Key Grip), Sidney H. Greenwood (Property Master), Les Fresholtz (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Michael Minkler (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Arthur Piantadosi (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Garrett Brown (Steadicam Operator), Morgan Renard (Still Photographer), Gary Holt (Gaffer), Carline Davis-Dyer (Script Supervisor), Paul Pav (Location Manager), Sal Martorano (Electrician), Michael Hancock (Makeup Artist), Roger Irvin (Construction Coordinator), Chris Strong (Electrician), Jeff Howard (Assistant Art Director), Tony Dyson (Props), Carey Jones (Second Assistant Camera), Adam Glick (Lighting Technician)

Alternative titles

Другие ипостаси (RU)
Viagens Alucinantes (BR)
Odmienne stany swiadomosci (PL)
Der Höllentrip (DE)

Release dates

30.09.1981 (FR)
10.04.1981 (JP)
25.12.1980 (US)
24.07.1981 (AU)
01.04.1982 (NL)
22.01.1982 (DE)