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Altered States
| Rating: | R |
| Genre: | Drama, Horror, SciFi/Fantasy |
| Release Date: | January 1, 1980 |
| Running time: | 102 minutes |
| Cast: | William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid, Thaao Penghlis |
| Director: | Ken Russell |
| Writer: | Paddy Chayefsky |
Description: 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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