Altered States poster
Director Ken Russell
Screenplay Paddy Chayefsky

Altered States

Tagline: A dream is the key that unlocks the mysteries of the waking world.

Release Date: 1980-12-25

Duration: 102 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Drew Barrymore
    Margaret Jessup
  • Bob Balaban
    Arthur Rosenberg
  • William Hurt
    Professor Eddie Jessup
  • George Gaynes
    Dr. Wissenschaft
  • John Larroquette
    X-Ray Technician
  • Francis X. McCarthy
    Obispo
  • Blair Brown
    Emily Jessup
  • John Walter Davis
    Medical Technician
  • Dori Brenner
    Sylvia Rosenberg
  • Charles Haid
    Mason Parrish