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Altered States

R
Movie
1980
1h 42m
English
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
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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Altered States (1980) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
72

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William Hurt
Professor Eddie Jessup
Blair Brown
Emily Jessup
Bob Balaban
Arthur Rosenberg
Charles Haid
Mason Parrish
Thaao Penghlis
Echeverria
Miguel Godreau
Primal Man
Dori Brenner
Sylvia Rosenberg
Drew Barrymore
Margaret Jessup
Megan Jeffers
Grace Jessup
Jack Murdock
Hector Orteco
Deborah Baltzell
Schizophrenic Patient
Evan Richards
Young Rosenberg
Paul Larsson
Charlie Thomas
John Larroquette
X-Ray Technician
George Gaynes
Dr. Wissenschaft
Hap Lawrence
Endocrinology Fellow
John Walter Davis
Medical Technician
Directed By: Ken Russell
Written By: Paddy Chayefsky (Screenplay)

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moonkodi says...
8 years ago
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Started off good with many interesting themes. It's a slow building horror but it's not bad. The movie turned into an average body horror movie near the end. The ape man running in the street looked like a hairy flash dance rather than a primal creature. The ending relied on effects to make a point rather than story telling. What happened to all those undeveloped themes. In the end some characters ended up being right about things they'd said in the past, and that's about it.
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Spiritualized Kaos says...
7 months ago
It does not convince, it bores.
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Jim222001 says...
3 years ago
Such a weird but fascinating and original film. With a strong breakout performance by the late great William Hurt.
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crybunny says...
7 years ago
it was intriguing. then weird. not what i expected, sometimes in a good way, other times not.
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Wuchak
6 years ago
***“Night of the Apeman” mixed with some pretty heady material***

In the late 60s and mid-70s, a psychopathologist (William Hurt) from the New York/New England area honestly seeks ultimate truth and the origins of humanity through dubious experiments with sensory deprivation mixed with drugs, More
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Whitsbrain
CONTAINS SPOILERS7/10  3 years ago
"Altered States" is a film that I really had to think about before I decided if I actually liked it. I was initially put off by the ever so smart scientists. All of their musings and soapbox speeches seemed entirely unnatural. Then again maybe I just hang around a lower IQ'ed crowd. Eddie and Em More
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