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Release Date:
8 January 2010 (USA)
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Plot:
A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Rescue
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Imaginary World
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 4 wins
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11 nominations
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Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | Andrew Garfield | ... | Anton |
 | Christopher Plummer | ... | Doctor Parnassus |
 | Richard Riddell | ... | Martin |
 | Katie Lyons | ... | Martin's Girlfriend |
 | Richard Shanks | ... | Friend of Martin |
 | Lily Cole | ... | Valentina |
 | Verne Troyer | ... | Percy |
 | Bruce Crawford | ... | Face Changed Martin |
 | Johnny Harris | ... | Policeman |
| Lorraine Cheshire | ... | Mum |
 | Mark Benton | ... | Dad |
| Lewis Gott | ... | Diego |
| Sian Scott | ... | Linda |
| Simon Day | ... | Uncle Bob (as Simon Daye) |
| Moya Brady | ... | Aunty Flo |
| Charles McKeown | ... | Fairground's Inspector (scenes deleted) |
 | Tom Waits | ... | Mr. Nick |
 | Mackenzie Gray | ... | First Monk |
 | Kis Yurij | ... | Second Monk (as Yurij Kis) |
 | Ian A. Wallace | ... | Third Monk (as Ian Wallace) |
 | Heath Ledger | ... | Tony |
| Amanda Walker | ... | Shopper |
| Joann Condon | ... | Shopper |
| Carolyn Pickles | ... | Shopper |
 | Paloma Faith | ... | Sally |
| Montserrat Lombard | ... | Sally's Friend |
 | Craig Fraser | ... | Debonair Gent |
| Amy Marston | ... | Classy Shopper 1 |
 | Gwendoline Christie | ... | Classy Shopper 2 |
 | Lucy Russell | ... | Classy Shopper 3 |
| Maggie Steed | ... | LV Woman |
 | Ben Cartwright | ... | Policeman 1 |
| Gavin Rolph | ... | Policeman 2 |
| Bobby Bysouth | ... | LV Woman's Reflection |
 | Johnny Depp | ... | Imaginarium Tony 1 |
| Vitaly Kravchenko | ... | Piotr (as Vitaliy Kravchenko) |
| Ray Cooper | ... | Vladimir |
| Emil Hostina | ... | Serge |
| Igor Ingelsman | ... | Gregor |
 | Sarah Groundwater | ... | Sales Girl |
 | Jude Law | ... | Imaginarium Tony 2 |
 | Dean Moen | ... | Smiling Policeman |
 | Fraser Aitcheson | ... | Dancing Policeman |
 | Michael Bean | ... | Dancing Policeman |
 | Jason Griffith | ... | Dancing Policeman (as Jase-Anthony Griffith) |
 | Scott A. McGillivray | ... | Dancing Policeman (as Scott McGillivray) |
 | John Stewart | ... | Dancing Policeman |
 | Chris Cochrane | ... | Dancing Policeman |
| Pearce Visser | ... | Dancing Policeman |
| Patrick Bahrich | ... | Dancing Policeman |
| Georgina Hegedos | ... | Baboushka |
 | Colin Farrell | ... | Imaginarium Tony 3 |
 | Cassandra Sawtell | ... | Olga |
 | Carrie Genzel | ... | Female Journalist |
 | Mark Oliver | ... | Male Journalist |
 | Peter Stormare | ... | The President (as Peter Stomare) |
| Donna Lysell | ... | President's Wife |
 | Michael Eklund | ... | Tony's Assistant |
 | Raahul Singh | ... | Security Guard |
 | Ryan Grantham | ... | Little Anton |
| D. Harlan Cutshall | ... | Charity Guest 1 (as D Harlan Cutshall) |
| Deni DeLory | ... | Charity Guest 2 (as Deni Delory) |
| Lisa Bunting | ... | Charity Guest 3 |
 | Peter New | ... | Paramedic 1 |
 | Michael Jonsson | ... | Paramedic 2 |
| Emma Karwandy | ... | Valentina's Daughter |
 | Quinn Lord | ... | Young Boy |
| Bart Anderson | ... | Young Boy's Father |
| Erika Conway | ... | Young Boy's Mother |
| Wendy Carson | ... | Nun 1 |
| Christine McMahon | ... | Nun 2 |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Elizabeth Adamczyk | ... | Imaginarium Viewer (uncredited) |
 | Waléra Kanischtscheff | ... | (uncredited) |
 | Daniel Newman | ... | Gavin (uncredited) |
| Antonia Putiloff | ... | Olga (voice) (uncredited) |
| Genevieve Sibayan | ... | Drunken Youth (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Terry Gilliam | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Terry Gilliam | (written by) & | |
| Charles McKeown | (written by) | |
Produced by | |||
| Amy Gilliam | .... | producer | |
| Terry Gilliam | .... | producer | |
| Samuel Hadida | .... | producer | |
| Victor Hadida | .... | executive producer | |
| Robert How | .... | line producer: UK (as Rob How) | |
| Patrice Theroux | .... | executive producer | |
| David Valleau | .... | executive producer (as Dave Valleau) | |
| William Vince | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Jeff Danna | |||
| Mychael Danna | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Nicola Pecorini | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Mick Audsley | |||
Casting by | |||
| Irene Lamb | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Anastasia Masaro | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Caroline Smith | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Monique Prudhomme | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Zoe Brown | .... | hair stylist: London | |
| Zoe Brown | .... | makeup artist: London | |
| Diane Holme | .... | hair stylist | |
| Linda Jones | .... | key hair stylist: Vancouver | |
| Ailbhe Lemass | .... | key hair stylist: London | |
| Ailbhe Lemass | .... | key makeup artist: London | |
| Sarah Monzani | .... | hair designer | |
| Sarah Monzani | .... | makeup designer | |
| Lisa Pickering | .... | additional hair stylist: London | |
| Lisa Pickering | .... | additional makeup artist: London | |
| Alex Rouse | .... | wigmaker | |
| C.J. Wills | .... | first assistant makeup artist: Vancouver (as CJ Willis) | |
| Patty York | .... | makeup artist: Mr. Depp, Vancouver | |
| Krista Young | .... | makeup artist: Vancouver | |
Production Management | |||
| Brendan Ferguson | .... | production manager: Canada | |
| Tim Grover | .... | post-production supervisor | |
| Erin Haskett | .... | executive in charge of production: Infinity | |
| Suzanne Reid | .... | production manager: UK | |
| Scott Watson | .... | post-production executive: Infinity | |
| Keith Whale | .... | unit manager: London | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| David R. Baron | .... | second assistant director: Canada (as Dave Barron) | |
| Karin Behrenz | .... | third assistant director: Vancouver | |
| Micky Finch | .... | first assistant director: model unit | |
| Lee Grumett | .... | first assistant director | |
| James Andrew Haven | .... | second assistant director: UK (as James Haven) | |
| Carley Lane | .... | third assistant director: London | |
| Eddy Santos | .... | second assistant director: Vancouver | |
| Sam Harris | .... | first assistant director: second unit (uncredited) | |
| Dominik Walaszczyk | .... | trainee assistant director (uncredited) | |
Art Department | |||
| David Asmodeus | .... | property buyer: Vancouver | |
| Daniel Auber | .... | additional concept art: London | |
| Vaughan V. Baker | .... | paint coordinator: Vancouver (as Vaughan Baker) | |
| Jo Berglund | .... | props buyer assistant: London (as Jo Bergland) | |
| Steve Bohan | .... | construction manager: London | |
| Guy Bradley | .... | stand-by art director: London | |
| Paul Bufton | .... | dressing props | |
| Allan Burdett | .... | scenic carpenter: Vancouver (as Alan Burdett) | |
| Marco Buttignol | .... | lead carpenter: Vancouver | |
| John Casey | .... | swing crew carpenter: London | |
| Niki Charalambopoulos | .... | scenic artist: Vancouver | |
| Susan Connor | .... | sculptor: Vancouver | |
| Stephen Conway | .... | props stand-by: London | |
| Will Coubrough | .... | draughtsman: London | |
| Shannon Courte | .... | art department coordinator: Vancouver | |
| Eileen Cunningham | .... | lead painter: Vancouver | |
| Karen Davey | .... | set painter: Vancouver | |
| Gavin De West | .... | assistant property master: Vancouver | |
| Sharon Dever | .... | construction buyer: Vancouver | |
| Michael Dundas | .... | paint foreman: Vancouver (as Mike Dundas) | |
| Gary Evans | .... | swing crew stagehand: London | |
| Sharon Falck | .... | set dresser: Vancouver | |
| Zoë Finch | .... | art department assistant: London (as Zoe Finch) | |
| Mark Francis | .... | property buyer: Vancouver (as Marc Francis) | |
| Jeffry Gauthier | .... | scenic artist: Vancouver | |
| Charlie Gaynor | .... | swing crew carpenter: London | |
| Mark Geeson | .... | dressing props: London (as Mark Geesons) | |
| Leah Gejdos | .... | set dresser: Vancouver | |
| Harry Gilliam | .... | graffiti artist: London | |
| Terry Gilliam | .... | original designs and art direction | |
| Doug Girling | .... | assistant art director: Vancouver | |
| Brent Gloeckler | .... | head sculptor: Vancouver | |
| Max Gloeckler | .... | sculptor: Vancouver | |
| Martin Goddard | .... | stand-by rigger: construction, London | |
| Mark Goodman | .... | stand-by stagehand: London | |
| Peter Grace | .... | general foreman: Vancouver | |
| Kate Grimble | .... | draughtsman: London | |
| Abi Groves | .... | property buyer: London | |
| Ayla Gulbrandsen | .... | set painter: Vancouver | |
| Kevin Hall | .... | lead carpenter: Vancouver | |
| Leigh Harrington | .... | sculptor: Vancouver | |
| Rohan Harris | .... | scenic artist | |
| Erich Hepnar | .... | co-head greens: Vancouver | |
| Dan Hermansen | .... | art director: Vancouver | |
| Charmaine Husum | .... | on-set scenic painter: Vancouver | |
| Janette Hyland | .... | scenic artist: Vancouver | |
| Michael Jovanovski | .... | lead set dresser: Vancouver | |
| Carol Kupisz | .... | graphics: London | |
| Sergio Lavilla | .... | buyer: Vancouver | |
| Charles Leitrants | .... | construction coordinator: Vancouver | |
| Philip Lunt | .... | lead greens: Vancouver (as Phil Lunt) | |
| Dimitry Lushnikov | .... | sculptor: Vancouver | |
| Vladimir Lushnikov | .... | lead sculptor: Vancouver | |
| Sandra Lusk | .... | scenic artist: Vancouver | |
| Rohan Lyal | .... | head greens: Vancouver | |
| Steve Macdonald | .... | props stand-by: London (as Steve Mcdonald) | |
| Annastacia McDonald | .... | buyer: Vancouver (as Annastacia Mcdonald) | |
| Maxie McDonald | .... | property master: London | |
| John McGee | .... | stand-by carpenter: London (as John Mcgee) | |
| Marilyn McKay | .... | sculptor: Vancouver | |
| Dean McQuillen | .... | lead carpenter: Vancouver | |
| Mark McQuillen | .... | lead carpenter: Vancouver | |
| Mark Morgan | .... | set dresser: Vancouver | |
| David R. Murray | .... | stand-by lead carpenter: Vancouver (as Dave Murray) | |
| Neil Murrum | .... | dressing props: London (as Neil Murram) | |
| John O'Connor | .... | construction supervisor: London | |
| Rowena O'Connor | .... | props assistant | |
| Camise Oldfield | .... | art department trainee: FT2 | |
| Andrew Palmer | .... | draughtsman: London | |
| Giovanni Pasqua | .... | scenic artist: Vancouver | |
| Daniel Pokorny | .... | sculptor: Vancouver | |
| Dave Reynolds | .... | scenic carpenter: Vancouver | |
| Al Rourke | .... | foreman: Vancouver (as Alan Rourke) | |
| Denis Schnegg | .... | art director: London | |
| Caroline Smith | .... | set decorator: London | |
| Sigrid Spade | .... | assistant set decorator: Vancouver | |
| Camar Sterling | .... | scenic artist: Vancouver (as Camac Sterling) | |
| John Sund | .... | sculptor: Vancouver | |
| Daniel Swingler | .... | junior draughtsman: London (as Dan Swingler) | |
| Shane Vieau | .... | set decorator: Vancouver | |
| Peter Wansart | .... | scenic artist: Vancouver | |
| David Warren | .... | original designs and art direction (as Dave Warren) | |
| Imery Watson | .... | additional concept art: London | |
| Terry Weaver | .... | property master: Vancouver | |
| John Wilcox | .... | scenic artist: Vancouver | |
| Peter Wilkinson | .... | stand-by painter: London | |
| Dean Willson | .... | head metal fabricator: Vancouver (as Dean Wilson) | |
| Christopher Wishart | .... | on-set dresser: Vancouver | |
| Robert Wishart | .... | swing crew carpenter: London (as Bob Wishart) | |
| Dorrie Young | .... | junior draughtsman: London | |
| Fiona Barty | .... | miniatures maker (uncredited) | |
| Paul Couch | .... | stand-by painter (uncredited) | |
| Brian Cunningham | .... | illustrator (uncredited) | |
| Laurent Ferrie | .... | drapesman (uncredited) | |
| Gavin Gordon | .... | carpenter (uncredited) | |
| Richard Grant | .... | senior model maker (uncredited) | |
| Scott Rogers | .... | props (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Nick Baldock | .... | adr editor | |
| Peter Baldock | .... | supervising dialogue editor | |
| Eric Batut | .... | sound mixer: Vancouver | |
| Sandy Buchanan | .... | sound recordist: children's choir | |
| Ben Carr | .... | adr recordist | |
| Ben Collinson | .... | cableman: London | |
| Ray Cooper | .... | sound advisor | |
| Jean-Raphaël Dedieu | .... | assistant sound effects editor (as Jean Raphael Dedieu) | |
| Danny Duperrault | .... | boom operator: Vancouver (as Danny Duperreault) | |
| Robert Farr | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Michael Feinberg | .... | footsteps editor | |
| Adele Fletcher | .... | dialogue editor | |
| Tim Fraser | .... | sound mixer: London | |
| Saul Gillingham | .... | foley recordist | |
| André Jacquemin | .... | sound designer (as Andre Jacquemin) | |
| André Jacquemin | .... | supervising sound editor (as Andre Jacquemin) | |
| Andrea King | .... | footsteps artist | |
| Mark Paterson | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Jerry Richards | .... | foley artist | |
| Jerry Richards | .... | foley editor | |
| Jack Stew | .... | footsteps artist | |
| Kevin Tayler | .... | foley recordist (as Kevin Taylor) | |
| Candice Todesco | .... | sound assistant: Vancouver | |
| William Towers | .... | boom operator: London (as Will Towers) | |
| Tom Barrow | .... | second boom operator (uncredited) | |
| Travis MacKay | .... | adr recordist (uncredited) | |
| Stephane Malenfant | .... | boom operator daily (uncredited) | |
| Chris Sturmer | .... | sound consultant: Dolby (uncredited) | |
| Eric Thompson | .... | adr mixer (uncredited) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Becky Bates | .... | assistant: Vancouver | |
| Allan Bessin | .... | special effects technician: London (as Alan Bessim) | |
| Ian Binnie | .... | assistant: Vancouver | |
| Paul Dunn | .... | special effects: model unit | |
| Kingsley Fryer | .... | special effects technician: London | |
| Adam Hollow | .... | special effects floor supervisor: London | |
| Bob Hollow | .... | special effects supervisor: London | |
| Curtis Iggolden | .... | special effects technician: London (as Curtis Iggulden) | |
| Jordan Kidston | .... | assistant: Vancouver (as Jordan Kidson) | |
| Mark McKendry | .... | special effects technician: London (as Mark Mckendry) | |
| Samuel Sharpe | .... | assistant to special effects coordinator: London | |
| Rafael Sola | .... | assistant: Vancouver (as Raphael Sola) | |
| Geoff Turner | .... | assistant: Vancouver | |
| Mike Vézina | .... | special effects supervisor: Vancouver (as Mike Vezina) | |
| Cameron Waldbauer | .... | special effects coordinator: Vancouver (as Cam Waldbauer) | |
| Alistair Anderson | .... | special effects technician (uncredited) | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Stella Ampatzi | .... | digital paint artist: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Grahame Andrew | .... | 3D supervisor: Lola (as Grahame Andrews) | |
| Rob Andrews | .... | CG sequence lead: Peerless Camera Company (as Robert Andrews) | |
| Richard Bain | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Bob Ballan | .... | model maker: Mattes & Miniatures | |
| Nick Bedford | .... | digital effects coordinator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Steven Begg | .... | digital matte painter: Peerless Camera Company (as Steve Begg) | |
| Howard Bell | .... | 3D artist: Lola | |
| Alexandre Bermond | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Alex Bicknell | .... | production manager: model unit | |
| Martin Body | .... | senior roto artist: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Jim Bowers | .... | digital matte painter: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Mark Bradley | .... | systems administration: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Andre Brizard | .... | senior compositor: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Sule Bryan | .... | compositor | |
| Delphine Buratti | .... | compositor: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Kate Burgess | .... | digital paint artist: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Francesco Canonico | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Marie Castrie | .... | digital effects coordinator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| James Cattell | .... | 2D artist: Lola | |
| Tim Chauncey | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company (as Tim Chaucey) | |
| Sarah Clamp | .... | model maker: Mattes & Miniatures | |
| Sam Cole | .... | model maker: Mattes & Miniatures | |
| Joe Cork | .... | 2D artist: Lola | |
| Christine Cram | .... | digital paint artist: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Craig Crane | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Don Crawford | .... | compositor: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Neil Damman | .... | model maker: Mattes & Miniatures | |
| Martin R. Davison | .... | 2D artist: Lola (as Martin Davidson) | |
| Max Dennison | .... | digital matte painter: Peerless Camera Company (as Max Denison) | |
| Sara Diaz | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Gavin Digby | .... | 2D supervisor: Peerless Camera Company | |
| John Paul Docherty | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Ditch Doy | .... | head of CG: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Laura Fitzpatrick | .... | digital effects coordinator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Simon Ford | .... | model maker: Mattes & Miniatures | |
| Siobhan Fowler | .... | 3D artist: Lola | |
| Ben Frost | .... | 3D artist: Lola | |
| Katrin Geilhausen | .... | 3D artist: Lola | |
| Jami Gigot | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Simon Gretton | .... | digital effects coordinator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Crystal Hadcroft | .... | roto artist: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Ed Hall | .... | visual effects editor | |
| Rob Harvey | .... | 2D supervisor: Lola | |
| David Hewitt | .... | model maker: Mattes & Miniatures | |
| Ian Holland | .... | compositor: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Rudi Holzapfel | .... | 2D supervisor: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Garrett Honn | .... | 2D artist: Lola | |
| Anna Houston | .... | visual effects administrator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Kent Houston | .... | visual effects consultant: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Daniel Jenkins | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Jayson King | .... | 3D artist: Lola | |
| Andrew Kingston | .... | systems administration: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Diane Kingston | .... | digital effects producer: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Sharon Lark | .... | production manager: model unit | |
| Patrick Ledda | .... | technical director: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Adrian Lee | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Fabio Leporelli | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Antony Loobey | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Luciano Lopes | .... | 2D artist: Lola | |
| Robert Loudil | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Charlie Lovett | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company (as Charlie Lovatt) | |
| Simon Margetts | .... | visual effects cinematography | |
| Michelle Martin | .... | visual effects producer: Lola | |
| Stuart McAra | .... | visual effects producer: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Rosanna Mennear | .... | administrator | |
| Ian Menzies | .... | motion control camera: model unit | |
| Rafael Morant | .... | CG sequence lead: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Gary Morton | .... | model maker: Mattes & Miniatures | |
| Thomas Müller | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company (as Thomas Mueller) | |
| Haavard Ness | .... | 3D artist: Lola | |
| Donal Nolan | .... | compositor: Peerless Camera Company | |
| John O'Lone | .... | compositor: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Cenay Oekmen | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Tim Ollive | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Matt Osgood | .... | model maker: Mattes & Miniatures (as Matthew Osgood) | |
| Christopher T. Page | .... | visual effects administrator: Peerless Camera Company (as Christopher Page) | |
| Jesse Parkhill | .... | compositor: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Emanuele Pescatori | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Ed Plant | .... | senior compositor: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Thomas Power | .... | model maker: Mattes & Miniatures (as Tomas Power) | |
| Tim Pruce | .... | compositor: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Janet Quen | .... | senior compositor: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Xavier Roig | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Paul Round | .... | senior compositor: Peerless Camera Company | |
| James Russell | .... | senior compositor: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Kristina Russo | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Deepa Sebastian | .... | visual effects administrator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Marianne Speight | .... | digital effects producer: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Mark Spevick | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Fredrik Sundqvist | .... | CG sequence lead: Peerless Camera Company (as Fredrick Sundqvist) | |
| John Swinnerton | .... | senior compositor: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Emeline Tedder | .... | compositor: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Vincent Thomas | .... | CG sequence lead: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Caleb Thompson | .... | digital compositor | |
| Mel Thorpe | .... | model maker: Mattes & Miniatures | |
| Jon Thorsen | .... | modeller | |
| Ben Thwaites | .... | 3D artist: Lola | |
| Becky Timons | .... | model maker: Mattes & Miniatures | |
| Leigh Took | .... | models supervisor: Mattes & Miniatures | |
| Jamie Tremelling | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Nicola Valsamakis | .... | roto artist: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Bart Van de Plas | .... | model maker: Mattes & Miniatures (as Art Van Deblas) | |
| Pieter Van Houte | .... | compositor: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Milan Vasek | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Christopher Michael Walker | .... | model maker: Mattes & Miniatures (as Chris Walker) | |
| Alex Walklate | .... | model maker: Mattes & Miniatures | |
| Ludovic Walsh | .... | animator: Peerless Camera Company (as Ludovic De Serrant Walsh) | |
| Nicky Walsh | .... | visual effects administrator: Peerless Camera Company | |
| Amanda Ward | .... | model maker: Mattes & Miniatures | |
| Christopher Watson-Wood | .... | visual effects | |
| John Whitlock | .... | roto artist: Peerless Camera Company (as John Whillock) | |
| Rhys Williams | .... | 3D artist: Lola | |
| Max Wright | .... | 2D supervisor: Lola | |
| Tim Zaccheo | .... | 3D supervisor: Lola | |
| Daniel Auber | .... | conceptual designer (uncredited) | |
| James Ballan | .... | visual effects model maker (uncredited) | |
| Melissa Best | .... | visual effects assistant: on-set (uncredited) | |
| Jason Chalmers | .... | senior model maker (uncredited) | |
| Gary Coulter | .... | previs artist: Fuzzygoat Ltd (uncredited) | |
| Sarah Edwards | .... | model maker (uncredited) | |
| Sarah Edwards | .... | sculptor (uncredited) | |
| Joss Flores | .... | digital compositor (uncredited) | |
| Jason Forster | .... | compositor (uncredited) | |
| Caroline Garrett | .... | previs artist: Fuzzygoat Ltd (uncredited) | |
| Wesley Harland | .... | model maker (uncredited) | |
| Tom Hocking | .... | compositor: Peerless Camera Co (uncredited) | |
| Peter Seymour Howell | .... | senior modeller (uncredited) | |
| Jan Huybrechs | .... | 3d scanning: Eyetronics (uncredited) | |
| Marc Jouveneau | .... | digital compositor (uncredited) | |
| Gary J. Losh | .... | model maker (uncredited) | |
| Gary J. Losh | .... | sculptor (uncredited) | |
| Benjamin Müller | .... | vfx intern (uncredited) | |
| Steve Scott | .... | senior modeller (uncredited) | |
| Jesse Siglow | .... | digital compositor (uncredited) | |
| Stephanie Jean Staunton | .... | roto & cleanup (uncredited) | |
| Pania Williams | .... | roto & cleanup (uncredited) | |
| Arthur Windus | .... | visual effects producer (uncredited) | |
Casting Department | |||
| Carmen Amos | .... | casting assistant: Vancouver | |
| Abigail Barbier | .... | adr voice casting | |
| Colleen Bolton | .... | casting: Vancouver (as Colleen Boulton) | |
| Sara Brown | .... | casting assistant (as Sarah Brown) | |
| Louis Elman | .... | adr voice casting | |
| Sandra-Ken Freeman | .... | extras casting: Vancouver | |
| Maureen Webb | .... | casting: Vancouver | |
| Dylan Staniforth | .... | extras casting wrangler: Vancouver (uncredited) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Lucas Comstock | .... | costumer: prep, Vancouver | |
| Naomi Critcher | .... | costume painter/dyer | |
| Harriet Edmonds | .... | costume stand-by: London | |
| Summer Eves | .... | truck costumer: Vancouver | |
| Rachael Forde | .... | costume trainee: FT2 | |
| Rose Gardner | .... | costume runner | |
| Lise Hache | .... | assistant costume designer: Vancouver | |
| Paul Lavigne | .... | set supervisor: Vancouver (as J Paul Lavigne) | |
| Julia Linn | .... | cutter: Vancouver (as Julia Lim) | |
| Julia Linn | .... | seamstress: Vancouver (as Julia Lim) | |
| Calandra Meredith | .... | costume stand-by: London | |
| Jessica Milligan | .... | costumer: prep, Vancouver | |
| Michael Mooney | .... | assistant costume designer: London | |
| Amanda Trewin | .... | set supervisor: London | |
| Michael Weldon | .... | costumier: London | |
| Audrey Wong | .... | on-set costume assistant: Vancouver | |
| Ivo Coveney | .... | costume prop maker (uncredited) | |
| Peter Norcliffe | .... | costume prop maker: Ivo Coveney (uncredited) | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Matt Adams | .... | digital intermediate consultant | |
| Pani Ahmadi-Moore | .... | first assistant editor | |
| Matthew Benns | .... | data management | |
| Keith Bryant | .... | laboratory contact: UK | |
| Cara Cheeseman | .... | post-production coordinator | |
| Jason Dale | .... | first assistant editor: Canada | |
| Dan Dolan | .... | digital scanning | |
| Paul Ensby | .... | digital film colorist | |
| Charlotte Gray | .... | digital restoration | |
| Todd Kleparski | .... | digital intermediate project manager | |
| Ken MacKenzie | .... | imaging technician (as Ken Mackenzie) | |
| Jonathan Mann | .... | digital restoration | |
| Stephanie Meyerink | .... | laboratory contact: Canada | |
| Ben Setterfield | .... | digital scanning | |
| Dominic Thomson | .... | digital editor (as Dom Thomson) | |
| Tony Tromp | .... | first assistant editor: UK | |
| Ryan Valade | .... | second assistant editor: Canada | |
| Natasha Westlake | .... | second assistant editor | |
| B.F. Painter | .... | post-production coordinator (uncredited) | |
| Mathieu Reid | .... | color timer (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Jonathan Allen | .... | recording engineer: "Hot Lips", "Japanese Sandman" & "Say It With Music" | |
| Becky Bentham | .... | music consultant | |
| Gábor Bohus | .... | concertmaster (as Gabor Bohus) | |
| Nicholas Dodd | .... | conductor | |
| Nicholas Dodd | .... | orchestrator | |
| Isobel Griffiths | .... | musicians contractor: "Hot Lips", "Japanese Sandman" & "Say It With Music" | |
| Brad Haehnel | .... | score mixer | |
| Brad Haehnel | .... | score recordist | |
| Nick Ingman | .... | musical director: "Hot Lips", "Japanese Sandman" & "Say It With Music" | |
| Jake Jackson | .... | assistant engineer: "Hot Lips", "Japanese Sandman" & "Say It With Music" | |
| Simon Rhodes | .... | additional music mixer | |
| Graham Sutton | .... | music editor | |
| Paul Talkington | .... | music coordinator | |
| Amritha Vaz | .... | assistant to composers: The Dannas (as Amritha Fernades & Bakshi) | |
| Sarah Webster | .... | music clearances: S.L. Feldman & Associates | |
| Lucy Whalley | .... | assistant musician contractor: "Hot Lips", "Japanese Sandman" & "Say It With Music" | |
| Fletcher Beasley | .... | composer: additional music (uncredited) | |
| Jay Faires | .... | music executive (uncredited) | |
| Dan Parr | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
| Rob Simonsen | .... | composer: additional music (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Marina Alstad | .... | extras wrangler | |
| Tex Antonucci | .... | executive assistant: director & producers | |
| Tori Atkinson | .... | floor runner | |
| Linzi Baltrunas | .... | assistant location manager: London | |
| Karen Bergen | .... | production accountant: Vancouver | |
| Cyril Burkel | .... | business affairs: Davis Films | |
| Deepti Burton | .... | production legal services: UK, Wiggin LLP | |
| Jennifer Bushnell | .... | legal assistant | |
| Neil Cairns | .... | production accountant: London | |
| Joanne Camacho-Gendron | .... | insurance: BFL & Associates (as Joanne Camacho) | |
| Alison S. Cohen | .... | legals: cast, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC (as Alison Cohen) | |
| Dennis Davidson | .... | international producers representative | |
| Steve Dent | .... | horse master: London | |
| Joe Downs | .... | accounts trainee | |
| Simon Drake | .... | magic consultant: London | |
| Dana Dubé | .... | animal wrangler: Vancouver (as Dana Dube) | |
| Vanessa Ewan | .... | choreographer: London | |
| Larry Eydmann | .... | fire officer: London | |
| Larry Eydmann | .... | health and safety officer: London | |
| Elton Farla | .... | unit medic: London | |
| Andrew Fondacaro | .... | assistant: Mr. Troyer | |
| Leila Fritz | .... | payroll accountant: Vancouver | |
| Ed Gathercole | .... | insurance: BFL & Associates | |
| Gudrun Giddings | .... | assistant: Mr. Hadida | |
| Holly Gilliam | .... | unit publicist | |
| Zander Gladish | .... | double: Tony, Vancouver | |
| Alex Gladstone | .... | location manager: London | |
| Gerry Grennell | .... | dialect coach: Mr. Ledger | |
| Sybille Gries | .... | clerk: Vancouver | |
| Ruth Halliday | .... | clearances | |
| Alison Hanken | .... | trainee: FT2 | |
| Kerry Hansen | .... | horse wrangler | |
| Jo Harrop | .... | key production coordinator | |
| Darren Helman | .... | location assistant | |
| Paula Hind | .... | floor runner | |
| Carol Hocking | .... | production accountant: Vancouver | |
| Douglas Holliston | .... | production legal services: Canada | |
| Nathan Holmes | .... | assistant: Mr. Ledger | |
| Ron Holmes | .... | stand-in: Vancouver | |
| Ray Hughes | .... | assistant: Mr. Troyer | |
| Laureen Hui | .... | assistant accountant: Vancouver | |
| Carolyn Hunt | .... | legal services: Grosvenor Park, Loeb & Loeb | |
| Richard Hyland | .... | accountant: model unit | |
| Joe Iacono | .... | accounting and tax services: Canada, Weisbord Del Gaudio Iacono (as Joe Iocono C.A.) | |
| Paul Imrie | .... | second assistant accountant: London | |
| Steve Joberns | .... | accounting and tax services: UK, AGN Shipleys | |
| David Johnstone | .... | insurance: Media Insurance Brokers | |
| Nick Kay | .... | floor runner | |
| John Kearney | .... | horse wrangler (uncredited) | |
| Rowan Laidlaw | .... | assistant: Mr. Gilliam | |
| Susan Lambie | .... | script supervisor | |
| Marc Leveille | .... | location assistant: Vancouver (as Mark Leveille) | |
| Bruce Lilliston | .... | legal services: Imaginarium Films | |
| James Lockwood | .... | horse master: London (as Jim Lockwood) | |
| Julian Marles | .... | production assistant | |
| Rob Merilees | .... | production executive: Infinity | |
| Trevor Metz | .... | location assistant: Vancouver | |
| Fred Milstein | .... | completion guarantor: Cinefinance Insurance Services | |
| Shaunna Mitchell | .... | clerk: Vancouver | |
| Alex Molden | .... | production runner | |
| Charles Moore | .... | production legal services: UK, Wiggin LLP | |
| Steve Mortimore | .... | location manager | |
| Odessa Munroe | .... | choreographer: Vancouver | |
| Ante Novakovic | .... | assistant: Mr. Farrell | |
| Nicole Oguchi | .... | production coordinator: Vancouver (as Nicole Shizuka Oguchi) | |
| Michael Ohoven | .... | head of Infinity Films | |
| Simona Pandele | .... | production office production assistant (as Simon Pandele) | |
| Pauline Pangon | .... | assistant: Mr. Hadida | |
| Rob Pellecchia | .... | production counsel | |
| Craig Pinney | .... | production assistant | |
| Amelia Price | .... | assistant production coordinator: London | |
| John Ptak | .... | executive strategist | |
| Ritch Renaud | .... | location manager: Vancouver | |
| Kristina Ricci | .... | clerk: Vancouver | |
| Kyle Riefsnyder | .... | stand-in: Vancouver | |
| Tania Rosa | .... | assistant accountant: Vancouver | |
| Lara Sargent | .... | post-production accountant: London | |
| Lara Sargent | .... | production accountant: London | |
| Darren Shmyr | .... | craft service: Vancouver | |
| Darren Shmyr | .... | first aid: Vancouver | |
| Margery Simkin | .... | volunteer producer | |
| Cherie Smid | .... | raven trainer | |
| Graham Smith | .... | unit publicist | |
| Eylem Sonmez | .... | assistant production coordinator: Vancouver | |
| Alice Syed | .... | continuity: model unit | |
| Jennifer Tanami-Hendriks | .... | assistant production coordinator: Vancouver | |
| James Thompson | .... | assistant location manager: Vancouver | |
| Trudi Thorwaldson | .... | first assistant accountant: Vancouver | |
| Danny Virtue | .... | animal wrangler: Vancouver | |
| Blair Woodruff | .... | sous chef | |
| Sarah Worsley | .... | location assistant | |
| Paul Zieleniec | .... | first assistant accountant: London | |
| Bob Bedard | .... | head chef (uncredited) | |
| Finn Brandt | .... | title designer (uncredited) | |
| Ken Dhaliwal | .... | finance legal (uncredited) | |
| Dorothee Freytag | .... | location assistant: UK (uncredited) | |
| Krista Johnston | .... | clearance (uncredited) | |
| Andrew Marles | .... | key production assistant (uncredited) | |
| Virginia Prasad | .... | post-production accountant (uncredited) | |
| Joecy Shepherd | .... | additional script supervisor (uncredited) | |
| Vaughn Stein | .... | crowd runner (uncredited) | |
| Julia Tomlinson | .... | location daily (uncredited) | |
| Kevin Turen | .... | head of production (uncredited) | |
Thanks | |||
| Steve Alexander | .... | with thanks to | |
| Victoria Belfridge | .... | with thanks to | |
| Jenne Casarotto | .... | with thanks to (as Jenny Casarotto) | |
| Wayne Clarkson | .... | with thanks to | |
| Ray Cooper | .... | acknowledgment: A gold star for behaviour far beyond the call of duty | |
| Dennis Davidson | .... | with thanks to: DDA Public Relations | |
| Christi Dembrowski | .... | with thanks to | |
| John Dippong | .... | with thanks to | |
| Terence Donovan | .... | acknowledgment: photograph of Princess Diana licensed courtesy of, Archive / Getty Images | |
| The Family of Heath Ledger | .... | with thanks to | |
| Natalia Georgiadou | .... | with thanks to | |
| Dion Hatch | .... | with thanks to | |
| Tom Hunter | .... | with thanks to | |
| Jon Kamen | .... | with thanks to: Radical Media | |
| John La Violette | .... | with thanks to | |
| Heath Ledger | .... | in memory of | |
| Josh Lieberman | .... | with thanks to (as Josh Liberman) | |
| Terron Pratt | .... | with thanks to | |
| Brennan Prevatt | .... | with thanks to | |
| Michele Richardson-Affolter | .... | with thanks to | |
| Jerome C. Rousseau | .... | acknowledgment: shoe designs for CG sequences used by permission of | |
| Margery Simkin | .... | acknowledgment: "Volunteer Producer" | |
| Mary Stuart-Welch | .... | with thanks to | |
| Michaela Vince | .... | with thanks to | |
| Miles Vince | .... | with thanks to | |
| Nathanial Vince | .... | with thanks to | |
| William Vince | .... | in memory of | |
| Maggie Weston | .... | with thanks to (as Maggie Gilliam) | |
Production Companies
- Infinity Features Entertainment (co-production) (as Infinity Features)
- Poo Poo Pictures (co-production)
- Parnassus Productions (co-production)
- Davis-Films (as Davis Films) (in association with)
- Téléfilm Canada (produced with the participation of)
- Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC) (produced with the participation of)
- U.K. Tax Credit (produced with the participation of)
- Province of British Columbia Film Incentive BC (produced with the participation of)
- British Columbia Film (developed with the assistance of)
- Movie Network, The (with the support of)
- Movie Central (with the support of)
- Grosvenor Park Productions (uncredited) (funding)
- Lionsgate (2009) (UK) (theatrical)
- Sony Pictures Classics (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
- Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (SPWA) (2009) (USA) (all media)
- Cathay-Keris Films (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- E1 Films Canada (2009) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Entertainment One Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Innoform Media (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- Metropolitan Filmexport (2009) (France) (theatrical)
- Monopole-Pathé (2009) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Saigon Movies Media (2009) (Vietnam) (theatrical)
- Showgate (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Sony Pictures Releasing (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Tanlent Epitome Film Distribution Company (2011) (China) (theatrical)
- Village Films (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Finland (2009) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution (2009) (Canada) (all media)
- Concorde Home Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
- E1 Films Canada (2010) (Canada) (DVD)
- E1 Films Canada (2010) (Canada) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
- Eagle Films (2009) (non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
- Entertainment One Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Entertainment One Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
- Entertainment One Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (limited edition steelbook)
- Film1 (2010) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
- Hollywood Classic Entertainment (2009) (Czech Republic) (all media) (subtitled)
- Hoyts Distribution (2009) (Australia) (all media)
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2010) (UK) (DVD)
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2010) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
- MG Film (2009) (Croatia) (all media)
- Moviemax (2009) (Italy) (all media)
- Panasia Films (2010) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
- Prisvídeo - Edições Videográficas (2010) (Portugal) (all media)
- Showtime (2009) (South Korea) (all media)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Nordic (2010) (Finland) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Sweden) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
- Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
- West Video (2010) (Russia) (all media)
- Mattes & Miniatures (miniatures)
- Peerless Camera Company (visual effects) (as Peerless Camera Company Limited)
- Lola (visual effects) (as LOLA, London)
- FB-FX (costume armour)
- Matte Painting (uncredited)
- AGN Shipleys accounting and tax services: UK
- Angels the Costumiers costumes made and supplied by (as Angels The Costumiers)
- Art4noise adr recorded at (as Art4noise, London)
- Audiolink Radio Communications walkie talkies/mobiles
- BFL & Associates insured by
- Base, The adr recorded at (as The Base, Dublin)
- Brandt Animation main titles and end credits
- British Columbia Film developed with the assistance of
- Budapest Film Orchestra music performed by (as The Budapest Film Orchestra)
- Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC) produced with the participation of (as the Canadian Film And Video Production Tax Credit)
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment camera cranes
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment camera dollies
- Cherry Beach Studios adr recorded at (as Cherry Beach Studios, Toronto)
- CineFinance Insurance Services completion guarantor (as Cinefinance Insurance Services, LLC)
- Cinema Scenes Catering caterers: Vancouver (as Cinema Scenes)
- DDA Public Relations (DDA) international publicity consultants
- Docfarla Medical Support medical support
- Film Logic Customs Brokers Inc. broker: Canada (as Film Logic)
- Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz cast legals provided by
- Geffen Records soundtrack
- Goldcrest Post Production London re-recorded at (as Goldcrest Post Production)
- Grosvenor Park Investors financing provided by
- Guys & Dolls Casting extras casting: London (as Guys and Dolls Casting)
- HireWorks Avid supplied by (as Hireworks)
- Hungarian Radio Studio music mixed at
- Hungarian Radio Studio score recorded at (as The Hungarian Public Radio)
- Lionsgate Records soundtrack
- Loeb & Loeb legal services: Grosvenor Park (as Loeb & Loeb LLP)
- Media Insurance Brokers insured by
- Media Safety health and safety
- Mobile Mouthful caterers: London
- Movie Lot, The unit security
- Panalux lighting equipment and generators
- Phoenix Sound Studios score mixed at (as Phoenix Sound)
- Pinewood Studios post-audio facilities
- Province of British Columbia Film Incentive BC produced with the participation of (as the Province of British Columbia Film Film Incentive, BC)
- Redwood Studios post-audio facilities (as Redwood Studios Limited)
- S.L. Feldman & Associates music clearances
- Sapex Scripts post-production script
- Scallywag Travel travel agent
- TLO Film Services action vehicles
- Team Air broker: UK
- Technicolor Creative Services digital intermediate (as Technicolor Creative Services London)
- U.K. Tax Credit produced with the participation of
- Union of B.C. Performers acknowledgment (as UBCP)
- Useful Company video assist equipment (model & miniatures Unit)
- Weisbord Del Gaudio Iacono accounting and tax services: Canada
- West Trend Apartments accommodation agent
- Wiggin production legal services: UK
- Wildfire Studios adr recorded at
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violent images, some sensuality, language and smoking
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Runtime:
123 min
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Certification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #44993) | Norway:11 | UK:12A | Ireland:12A | New Zealand:PG | Australia:PG | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Spain:7 | Japan:PG12 | South Korea:12 | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-13 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) (Canadian Home Video rating) | Hong Kong:IIA | Sweden:11 | Singapore:PG | Portugal:M/12 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | Peru:PT | Mexico:B | Brazil:14 | Singapore:NC-16 (blu-ray) | Chile:TE | Germany:12
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Trivia:
First Terry Gilliam film since Twelve Monkeys (1995) to be nominated for any Academy Awards. Both films were nominated for two Awards but did not win either. Both were also nominated for Best Costume Design.See more »
Goofs:
Continuity: When Dr. Parnassus is following Valentina through the concourse two young school girls in uniform pass him. Moments later when he's outside looking in the window, the same two girls can be seen entering the library.See more »
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Movie Connections:
References Mary Poppins (1964)See more »
Soundtrack:
Yours ForeverSee more »
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Why does the first credit at the end of the film read "A film from Heath Ledger & Friends"? Shouldn't it read "A film by Terry Gilliam"?How did the death of Heath Ledger affect this film?
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Just before leaving to go and see The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, the latest offering from the perpetually 'unlucky' yet stubbornly visionary Terry Gilliam (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Time Bandits), I asked a good friend, also a movie buff, if he wanted to come with.
"No way," he proclaimed. "I can't sit through a Terry Gilliam movie." Having sat through the 2 hour + film myself, I'm convinced he made the right decision, as I even had a tough time with it. It's definitely too long, rarely makes sense and feels as though it might unravel at any minute. As usual, Gilliam's imagination takes over the film, running completely wild in every direction, resulting in a rich visual feast that's a delight to look at. As usual, though, this comes at the expense of clarity and accessibility, which is unfortunate, especially so considering the multiple real-world challenges that severely disrupted the film's production and its theoretical comprehensibility anyway. Is Gilliam ever gonna catch a break? And, if he does, will he be relaxed enough to create something that more that a handful of folks might like? This film's script (mostly unchanged, despite production difficulties) will definitely try one's patience; characters make weird choices and important plot elements are left unexplained. As a decision seemingly made to serve the story, most of Gilliam's film operates on a kind of dream logic, which at the best of times put a huge grin on my face and made me feel all gooey inside and at the worst of times pulled me right out of the film, faster than a spilled cold Coke in the lap. As an example of the latter, one would think that Gilliam, having famously made the creative decision to bolster the late Heath Ledger's incomplete performance with the work of Johnny Depp, Colin Farrel and Jude Law, might have installed some sort of interesting yet logical plot device allowing that singular character to appear physically different at times. Sadly, the reasoning is, for some reason, half-baked - the other characters in the film are just as puzzled as the audience is at the changes, even going way too far with their "No, wait... who are you?" line of questions. If one's own characters seem to think it's out of place, then the audience will have no choice but to question it as well. Disbelief: unsuspended and resolute in its anchor-like stolidity (how's that for a sentence?).
Now, despite all that, I absolutely, positively and without question adored The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. Because Gilliam is really, really good at what he does best. It's far and away one of my favourite films of the year, and easily the most important film of Gilliam's career, warts and all. With Parnassus, he continues to stylistically explore potent ideas about the power of storytelling and imagination, and what happens when the worlds of fables and make-believe collide with our cynical, sober reality - all concepts I personally go nuts over. When in this mode, he always managed to sub-textually raise questions about imagination and dreams as important sign-posts in our collective unconscious, lighting the way to collective and individual hope, joy and happiness. The difference with Parnassus is that Gilliam has finally made a film that is explicitly and without question about that exact thing, positing at its core that stories and imagination and new ideas are the very things that hold the fabric of the universe together. A beautiful idea, and as relevant as ever considering Hollywood's constant push for the bottom line over creative integrity, and Gilliam's own personal feelings regarding his stifled creativity and the uncertainty of his place in modern cinema. And if you're anything like me (Naive? Simple?), this stuff, when fused with Gilliam's impeccable eye for composition and always fantastic production design will help you forget that the film isn't perfect or logical or accessible.
Despite all of the aforementioned flaws in the story (which, understandably, most movie-goers may have a low tolerance for), The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus is actually quite brilliant, and contains some of the single best movie moments and ideas seen all year, and by dint of its stellar cast (besides Heath Ledger and friends, the film stars Christopher Plummer and Tom Waits, both in memorable roles), serves as a showcase for some of the best talent working in film at the time of production. But because of its flaws, it probably won't generate the word of mouth necessary to bring the crowds (and as such, the box office receipts) that Gilliam so desperately needs in order to continue to be able to make films of this scale. Which is too bad, as directors like Gilliam, who so zealously worship at the alter of imagination and visual splendour with a slavish dedication to film-making craft are not so high in abundance. Maybe if he was actually able to, you know, make a film without having outside elements messing up his plans, he might actually live up to his ultimate potential as an original story-teller able to easily reach the masses. As it stands, though, his status as such, as well as the very fabric of the universe it seems, continue to be under threat.
My score? 7/10.