Austrian website, DVD-Forum.at has four gorgeous new photos from Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, featuring Heath Ledger in his final starring role. Though the film gets its official premiere in Cannes in a couple of weeks, Entertainment Weekly reports on a screening held exclusively for buyers interested in a distribution deal.
Although Ledger died during production on Parnassus and was replaced by three actors — Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell — one source in attendance says that the late Oscar winner indeed appears throughout the film as Tony, a crooked philanthropist. His three replacements, meanwhile, only pop up in dream sequences. (Farrell’s sequence is the longest, says one person who attended the screening.) The two-hour film apparently features amazing visuals, but the storyline is rather complex, centering on Christopher Plummer as Dr. Parnassus, a man who runs a traveling sideshow with his daughter, a young barker, and a sidekick, played by Verne Troyer. Tom Waits plays the Devil, with whom Parnassus makes a Faustian bargain, and Ledger’s character joins the troupe after they find him hanging from his neck under a London bridge.
3 more stills after the cut.
14 Responses for "Photos from The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"
Oh Lily Cole, what are we going to do with you?
Why, what’s she doing wrong?
As far as models becoming actresses is is concerned, I’d say she’s doing everything right.
A couple of these were featured in the teaser that Gilliam made a while back. In case you haven’t seen it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1Hkve3FSE4
It’s not much, and really I think he just wanted to indicate that the film wasn’t doomed, but it’s nice. Words cannot express how much I am looking forward to this film.
They should have cast gemma ward but lily looks solid.
im going to cry again. miss you heath!
PLOT DETAILS FOR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S ‘INCEPTION’:
:::: SPOILERS :::: SPOILERS :::: SPOILERS :::: SPOILERS :::: [RCA]
* Basically the whole idea of Inception is ‘dreams.’ They have figured out a way to enter into peoples’ dreams.
* Leo DiCaprio’s character (CEO type) is somewhat of a criminal. He dives into peoples’ dreams to extract information. Cillian Murphy’s character is a business type who is soon to become a head of a company.
* Apparently, Leo’s team is trying to insert an idea into the head of Murphy’s character. The idea is to have the BUSINESS TYPE separate the company into smaller companies (For what reason, I have no clue).
* There really isn’t a stereotypical villain. Although Leo’s wife can be labeled one (A femme fatale?) Leo and his wife once got stuck in many levels of dreams – Leo’s wife convinces him to stay in the dream world; saying that it’s better than real life. But Leo’s character wants to return to his children in the real world – His wife commits suicide in the dream, hoping it will return her to the real world. She dies in a sense, but I’M NOT QUITE CLEAR WHAT HAPPENS HERE. THIS SCRIPT DEFINITELY REQUIRES RE-READS.
* When Leo’s character returns to the real world, he is charged with the murder of his wife. He has to flee his home and children. And, i’m not quite clear on this, but I believe the whole reveal is that he’s trying to insert the idea into Murphy’s character’s head to return to his children.
* Ellen Page plays a college student, studying in Paris, who is part of Leo’s team. Leo’s team create the dreams – and Page’s character is an ‘architect.’ That engineers the dreams. There are roughly 4 people on the team.
* The movie is not your typical Sci-Fi fare at all. It is set in the real world. Present day. And when they enter into dreams, it is NOT a machine like the Matrix or The Cell. In Inception, it is something that they inject into the blood stream. They can carry the technology in a suitcase. In one scene, they enter a person’s dream while on a plane. It plays very REALISTIC.
* There are some action scenes. That occur mostly in the dream sequences.
* The movie will be shot in L.A., Paris, Morocco, and London.
That’s a really interesting breakdown, Erin. Can you tell us the source? Have you read the script yourself?
The source came from someone who works on the film. I posted it on imdb, but it got taken down three times. This person knew the names of the cast members months before they were announced, and had read a hard copy of the script.
Wow Erin… that sounds kind of fascinating. Another inside scoop for Awards Daily it appears…
Does sound fascinating, I agree.
Hi guys, check out the trailer for Julia. Tilda Swinton looks really amazing here!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mqc4w4oV6U
I think she will give Emily Watson a match for the best leading performance by an actress in 2009
Manuel…Tilda looks pretty good, but she’s just recently won so… but I wouldn’t ever count her out. Right now, just for people that know a good performance/material looks like Swank, Watson and Streep at this time have the most word of mouth going. People are talking Carey Mulligan for An Education, but I feel there is too much star power this year and past Oscar nominees in the category that I feel she will be this year’s Sally Hawkins. Maybe some critics awards and a Globe nod, but just shy of Oscar.
I love Tilda but that trailer scremas give-me-an-oscar-now-because-as-you-can-see-I-am-crying-alone-in-a-dark-room-and-displaying-so-much-raw-emotion-right-now. It looks too contrived, melodramatic and over the top. It’s not working for me.
Also, de ja vu anyone? Tilda in a desert like scenario looking for a lost kid make me think of Babel. Adrianna Barraza on the Mexican border searching for those two white kids.
Babel by the way was robbed of its best picture win. What crappy movie won that year? was it that Scorcese blood fest? you know, the one ripped off from a Hong Kong classic. A remake winning best picture; how original. Ugh! fuck me sideways.
“Babel by the way was robbed of its best picture win. What crappy movie won that year?” -Afrika
Babel was the biggest piece of shit movie. It was the movie that screamed “give me an Oscar” now. It was so inauthentic. The only part that really worked was the Japanese story with Rinko Kikuchi, who I thought deserved the Oscar for her devastating portrayal of Cheiko. But, that’s all. Not much worked in that movie.
And, Afrika, you should know that Tilda Swinton does not do ‘look at me Oscar’ acting. She is true to herself with her choices in film.
Leave a reply