Film · Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction
Altered States (1980)
In the basement of a university medical school, Dr. Jessup floats naked in total darkness. The most terrifying experiment in the history of science is out of control... and the subject is himself.
A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores these altered states of cognizance and finds that memory, time, and reality itself are states of mind.
- Director
- Ken Russell
- Writers
- Paddy Chayefsky
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- December 25, 1980
Cast
William HurtProfessor Eddie Jessup
Blair BrownEmily Jessup
Bob BalabanArthur Rosenberg
Charles HaidMason Parrish
Thaao PenghlisEcheverria- Miguel GodreauPrimal Man
Dori BrennerSylvia Rosenberg
Peter BrandonHobart
Charles White-EagleThe Brujo
Drew BarrymoreMargaret Jessup- Megan JeffersGrace Jessup
Jack MurdockHector Orteco
Francis X. McCarthyObispo- Deborah BaltzellSchizophrenic Patient
Evan RichardsYoung Rosenberg
Paul LarssonCharlie Thomas
John LarroquetteX-Ray Technician
George GaynesDr. Wissenschaft
Hap LawrenceEndocrinology Fellow- John Walter DavisMedical Technician
