Altered States
When he heard his cry for help it wasn't human
Movie Details
- Title
- Altered States
- Original Title
- Altered States
- Genres
- Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Tagline
- When he heard his cry for help it wasn't human
- Release Date
- 25 December 1980
- Overview
- A research scientist (William Hurt) 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.
- Director
- Ken Russell
- Actors
- William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid, Thaao Penghlis, Miguel Godreau, Dori Brenner, Peter Brandon, Charles White-Eagle, Drew Barrymore, Megan Jeffers, Jack Murdock, Francis X. McCarthy, Deborah Baltzell, Evan Richards, Paul Larsson, John Larroquette, George Gaynes, Hap Lawrence, John Walter Davis
- Writer
- —
- Author
- —
- Producer
- Howard Gottfried
- Director of Photography
- Jordan Cronenweth
- Original Music Composer
- John Corigliano
- Country
- United States of America
- Languages
- English, Español
- Runtime
- 1 h 42 min
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget
- $15,000,000
- Certification
- R
- Revenue
- $19,853,892
- IMDB
- —