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Altered States

In the basement of a university medical school, Dr. Jessup floats naked in total darkness. The most terrifying experiment in the history of science is out of control... and the subject is himself.

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A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores these altered states of cognizance and finds that memory, time, and reality itself are states of mind.

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Status
Released
Budget
$15M
Box office
$19.9M
Language
English
  • experiment
  • genetics
  • based on novel or book
  • ritual
  • subconsciousness
  • harvard university
  • psychology
  • surreal
  • drug use
  • magic mushroom
  • drug trip
  • university

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Behind the camera

Director

Ken Russell

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR25 Dec 1980
    • PhysicalRWarner Home Video #17353 [𝐕𝐇𝐒📼] 𝟭𝟬𝟯 mínutєѕ17 Aug 1999
    • PhysicalRWarner Bros. [𝐃𝐕𝐃📀] 𝟭𝟬𝟯 mínutєѕ1 Jun 2004
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical9 Jul 1981
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM24 Jul 1981
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical25 Dec 1980
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical+188 Oct 1981
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical28 Jan 1982
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical15 Jan 1981
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical26 Feb 1982
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1620 Nov 1981
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical1230 Sept 1981
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1622 Jan 1982
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical15 Jan 1982

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Altered States was released on 25 December 1980.

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    Wuchak

    3/11/2019

    7/10

    ***“Night of the Apeman” mixed with some pretty heady material*** In the late 60s and mid-70s, a psychopathologist (William Hurt) from the New York/New England area honestly seeks ultimate truth and the origins of humanity through dubious experiments with sensory deprivation mixed with drugs, including a potent mixture used in ceremonies by Mexican AmerIndians. This leads to altered states of consciousness and ama…

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