Rating: R
Genre: Science Fiction
Release Date: 12/29/1998
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 103 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video

In this 1980 sci-fi horror film, William Hurt plays Eddie Jessup, a scientist obsessed with discovering mankind's true role in the universe. To this end, he submits himself to a series of mind-expanding experiments. By enclosing himself in a sensory-deprivation chamber and taking hallucinogenic drugs, Jessup hopes to explore different levels of human consciousness, but instead is devolved into an apelike monster. Director Ken Russell helmed Altered States from a script by Paddy Chayefsky, who adapted his own novel of the same name. Unhappy with the finished product, Chayefsky had his name replaced with his pseudonym Sydney Aaron.

~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
William Hurt - Eddie Jessup
Blair Brown - Emily Jessup
Bob Balaban - Arthur Rosenberg
Charles Haid - Mason Parrish
Thaao Penghlis - Eccheverfia
Drew Barrymore - Margaret Jessup
Miguel Godreau - Primal Man
Dori Brenner - Sylvia Rosenberg
Peter Brandon - Hobart
Charles White Eagle - The Brujo
Megan Jeffers - Grace Jessup
Jack Murdock - Hector Orteco
Frank McCarthy - Obispo
Evan Richards - Young Rosenberg
Hap Lawrence - Endocrinology Fellow
John Walter Davis - Medical Technician
Cynthia Burr - Parrish's Girl
Susan Bredhoff - Eccheverria's Girl
John Larroquette - X-Ray Technician

Production:
Ken Russell - Director
Howard Gottfried - Producer
John Corigliano - Composer
Stuart Baird Eric Jenkins - Editor
Sidney Aaron Paddy Chayefsky - Screen Writer
Thomas Roysden - Set Designer
Stuart Baird - Associate Producer
Paddy Chayefsky - Book Author
James Glennon - Camera Operator
Howard Feuer - Casting
Jeremy Ritzer - Casting
Jordan S. Cronenweth - Cinematographer
Ruth Myers - Costume Designer
Daniel Melnick - Executive Producer
Gary Daigler - First Assistant Director
Dick Smith - Makeup
Dick Smith - Makeup Special Effects
Richard Macdonald - Production Designer
Stephen Katz - Sound/Sound Designer
Bran Ferren - Special Effects
Larry Fuentes - Special Effects
M. James Arnett - Stunts
Chuck Gaspar - Special Effects

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