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Altered States

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.

1980 · R · 1h 43m

Directed by Ken Russell

6.7

TMDB audience score
825 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • 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

  • Peter Brandon
    Hobart

  • Charles White-Eagle
    The Brujo

  • Drew Barrymore
    Margaret Jessup

  • Megan Jeffers
    Grace Jessup

  • Jack Murdock
    Hector Orteco

  • Francis X. McCarthy
    Obispo

  • Deborah Baltzell
    Schizophrenic Patient

  • Evan Richards
    Young Rosenberg

  • Paul Larsson
    Charlie Thomas

  • John Larroquette
    X-Ray Technician

  • George Gaynes
    Dr. Wissenschaft