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Altered States

A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.

Director

Ken Russell

Year

Genre

horror, sci-fi, thriller

Box Office

$19,853,892

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 1 win & 7 nominations total

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Eddie Jessup

Emily Jessup

Arthur Rosenberg

Mason Parrish

Eccheverria

Primal Man

Sylvia Rosenberg

Hobart

The Brujo

Charles White-Eagle

Margaret Jessup

Grace Jessup

Hector Orteco

Obispo (as Frank McCarthy)

Francis X. McCarthy

Schizophrenic Patient

Deborah Baltzell

Young Rosenberg

Endocrinology Fellow

Medical Technician

John Walter Davis

Parrish's Girl

Eccheverria's Girl

X-Ray Technician

John Larroquette

Dr. Wissenschaft

Young Medical Student

Charlie Thomas

Mingus

Dr. Antonini

Graduate Student

Veronica

Olivia Michelle

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Mason Parrish Dr. Wissenschaft Eddie Jessup Arthur Rosenberg Emily Jessup Sylvia Rosenberg Margaret Jessup

It looks to me like the architecture is slightly abnormal - Altered States

It looks to me like the architecture is slightly abnormal

Are you all right - Altered States

Are you all right

I can't live with it Emily - Altered States

I can't live with it Emily

Arthur. Hey, Arthur. - Altered States

Arthur. Hey, Arthur.

What are you thinking about? - Altered States

What are you thinking about?

As a rule do you usually think about Christ and crucifixions under sexual stress - Altered States

As a rule do you usually think about Christ and crucifixions...

So the end was terrible - Altered States

So the end was terrible

Arthur was right - Altered States

Arthur was right

Dad! Dad! Dad! - Altered States

You can't get any tidier than that can you - Altered States

You can't get any tidier than that can you

Even sex is a mystical experience for you - Altered States

Even sex is a mystical experience for you

And you are a Faust freak Eddie You'd sell your soul to find the great Truth - Altered States

And you are a Faust freak Eddie You'd sell your soul to...

The tank itself was unusual in that it was vertical - Altered States

The tank itself was unusual in that it was vertical

He's giving her dimethyltryptamine. - Altered States

He's giving her dimethyltryptamine.

Do you feel different now? - Altered States

Do you feel different now?

There's a lot of religious delusion
among acute schizophrenics. - Altered States

There's a lot of religious delusion among acute schizop...

All right, we'll get married,
since it's that important to you. - Altered States

All right, we'll get married, since it's that impo...

Am I really that weird in bed - Altered States

Am I really that weird in bed

- Daddy, I'm tired.
- We'll give the lady a ride. - Altered States

- Daddy, I'm tired. - We'll give the lady a ride.

He's still crazy - Altered States

He's still crazy

For God's sake is that how you imagine me A respected and admired figure - Altered States

For God's sake is that how you imagine me A respected...

Emily's quite content to go on with this life - Altered States

Emily's quite content to go on with this life

There is no Buddhist God per se - Altered States

There is no Buddhist God per se

Memory is energy - Altered States

Memory is energy

It's all right for you
to participate in the ceremony. - Altered States

It's all right for you to participate in the ceremony.

Your soul will return to the first soul. - Altered States

Your soul will return to the first soul.

Then you will propel into the void. - Altered States

Then you will propel into the void.

He wants you to hold the root.
Put out your hand with the palm up. - Altered States

He wants you to hold the root. Put out your hand with the pa...

The noise is stupefying - Altered States

The noise is stupefying

The sun became black... - Altered States

The sun became black...

And the beast ascends
from the bottomless pit. - Altered States

And the beast ascends from the bottomless pit.

He's blacked out These blackouts can get pretty freaky - Altered States

He's blacked out These blackouts can get pretty freaky

They seem to have fantastic staying powers - Altered States

They seem to have fantastic staying powers

Where are we going We were going to get something to eat - Altered States

Where are we going We were going to get something to eat

I already did these first three.
You do the rest. - Altered States

I already did these first three. You do the rest.

Well, well, well. - Altered States

Well, well, well.

Couldn't resist right - Altered States

Couldn't resist right

Are you okay? - Altered States

It sounded like he was having a bad trip to me - Altered States

It sounded like he was having a bad trip to me

It sounded like he was having
a bad trip to me. - Altered States

It sounded like he was having a bad trip to me.

I thought you said these things don't last
more than four hours. - Altered States

I thought you said these things don't last more than fo...

I think he's in shock. - Altered States

I think he's in shock.

What do you want blood tests for? - Altered States

What do you want blood tests for?

Is it possible it's mechanical? - Altered States

Is it possible it's mechanical?

- Do me a favor.
- Bilateral aspiration pneumonia. - Altered States

- Do me a favor. - Bilateral aspiration pneumonia.

- Are you okay, Dr. Jessup?
- Yes. - Altered States

- Are you okay, Dr. Jessup? - Yes.

I have been probed scoped and palpated - Altered States

I have been probed scoped and palpated

Don't patronize me It's just possible I'm not mad you know - Altered States

Don't patronize me It's just possible I'm not...

- What's the trouble?
- There's an animal loose in the basement. - Altered States

- What's the trouble? - There's an animal loose in...

Charlie. Charlie Thomas. Where are you? - Altered States

Charlie. Charlie Thomas. Where are you?

Must be in here somewhere. - Altered States

Must be in here somewhere.

What the--?
Get out. Get on out of here! - Altered States

What the--? Get out. Get on out of here!

What were you doing in the tank room? - Altered States

What were you doing in the tank room?

I loved you - Altered States

You don't know the trouble I had
getting these clothes. - Altered States

You don't know the trouble I had getting these clothes.

Did I wake you? It's Emily. - Altered States

Did I wake you? It's Emily.

And I'm trying to tell you this is an all bets are off sort of thing - Altered States

And I'm trying to tell you this is an all bets are off...

Eddie! - Altered States

No, no! Eddie! - Altered States

Oh! - Altered States

Eddie! - Altered States

His signs are all good. - Altered States

His signs are all good.

Of all the God damn men in this world - Altered States

Of all the God damn men in this world

I was never real to him - Altered States

I was never real to him

He's a truth lover - Altered States

He's a truth lover

I'm on fucking fire - Altered States

I'm on fucking fire

What we saw tonight was a physical phenomenon - Altered States

What we saw tonight was a physical phenomenon

How are you? - Altered States

You redeemed me from the pit - Altered States

You redeemed me from the pit

Defy it, Eddie.
You made it real. You can make it unreal. - Altered States

Defy it, Eddie. You made it real. You can make it unreal.

You made it real - Altered States

You made it real

Ugh! - Altered States

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A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.

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Director: Ken Russell

Writer: Paddy Chayefsky

Production: Warner Bros. Pictures

Genre: horror, sci-fi, thriller

Year: 1980

MetaScore: 58/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

BoxOffice: $19,853,892

Released: 25 Dec 1980

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 1 win & 7 nominations total

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