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Sideshow freaks scare in Adelle trailer

2 November 2009 1:24 PM, PST | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

Earlier in the year we posted a teaser trailer for Adelle, a little thriller from Andy Davis, the man behind the post apocalyptic zombie film 2. It’s the story of Adelle, a young deaf girl who is abandoned by her parents in the middle of nowhere only to end up in the midst of a nightmarish adventure.

The film stars Madeline McNulty as the wide eyed little girl who follows a white rabbit (in reality a man in a freakishly creepy bunny suit) into a world reminiscent of a traveling sideshow and populated by individuals even stranger and creepier than the white rabbit (hard to believe but true!).

There's a new full length trailer for the film which provides a little additional footage but what I can't quite figure out is what part of this story is actually happening and what is part of Adelle's imagination (one thing is for »

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Review

19 October 2009 1:11 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Short version: Despite its flaws, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus still offers some jaw-dropping visuals, fine performances and showcases a fantastically creative imagination that make it worth seeing.

Screen Rant’s Ross Miller Reviews The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

There are a handful of directors out there - including Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch and The Coen brothers - whose new films are always considered to be cinematic events. Amongst that list of directors (for me) is Terry Gilliam, who I think is one of the most imaginative and creative filmmakers out there when it comes to the ideas and subsequent visuals that come the wild imagination he possesses.

Even when he’s at his weakest, Gilliam always offers something worth watching in my books, whether it be ambitious sci-fi (Twelve Monkeys) or almost self-indulgent fantasy (Tideland). So does his latest fantasy-laden film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus deliver yet again on that Gilliam charm? »

- Ross Miller

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Check Out 'The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus' Trailer In Freeze Frames

14 October 2009 3:30 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

I'm intrigued by "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus." Director Terry Gilliam is one of my all-time favorites, even if his output over the past decade -- just two movies, "The Brothers Grimm" and "Tideland" -- has left a lot to be desired. Still, we're talking about the guy who successfully adapted Hunter S. Thompson's book "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas." Who gave the world classics like "Brazil," "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and "Time Bandits." Surely there's some benefit left to extinguish any doubts, right?

There certainly is if you've seen the latest trailer for "Doctor Parnassus," which is filled with mind-bending eye candy. Even if you can't figure out what's going on, you'll have a hard time not being dazzled by what you see. And with the movie serving up the late Heath Ledger's final screen performance, you've got yet another reason to believe we're in for something good. »

- Adam Rosenberg

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Q+A: Terry Gilliam for The Imaginarum Of Doctor Parnassus

13 October 2009 9:30 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »

In the dark days following the death of Heath Ledger, Terry Gilliam was grieving the loss of a close friend and couldn't bring himself even to contemplate what would happen to the film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, that they had both been working on when the young Australian actor sadly passed on.

"It was a terrible time," he says. "And frankly I was just devastated by the loss of such a great guy. The film didn't really come into it at that point."

But gradually, encouraged by his collaborators including his daughter, Amy Gilliam, who is a producer on the film, he began to accept that finishing it would be a fitting tribute to Heath even though, at first, he couldn't see how they could do it. Ledger died in January 2008 with the British end of the production completed but with weeks of shooting still planned on sound stages in Canada. »

- Paul

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Mirror/Mirror – “There Is a Place Like No Place on Earth”

11 October 2009 8:58 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

2009 and 2010 will see the release of two films by master visionary directors — Alice in Wonderland by Tim Burton and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus by Monty Python alum Terry Gilliam. In a world that’s full to the brim of remakes and reboots, unoriginal thought after unoriginal thought, you’d think we’d be happy to see some artistic ingenuity. And before you start: yes, I’m aware that Alice in Wonderland is in no way a “new” idea, but it’s been quite a while since it has been brought to life on screen effectively.

This got me thinking though, with the release of Alice in March and Parnassus this coming December, that here we have two directors whose stylistic flair is almost inseparable from their body of work. Each has had their share of blockbuster successes as well as flops. When they flop, they tend to flop hard. »

- John Cooper

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Listen To Genius Producer Jeremy Thomas

10 October 2009 11:24 PM, PDT | Deadline Hollywood | See recent Deadline Hollywood news »

I knew there was a reason that David Cronenberg’s enigmatic film of J.G. Ballard’s Crash is one of my favorite motion pictures. So its producer, Oscar-winner Jeremy Thomas (The Last Emperor, The Sheltering Sky, Naked Lunch, Sexy Beast, Rabbit-Proof Fence, Tideland, Fast Food Nation, and Creation), was the keynote speaker at Film Independent’s 5th annual Filmmaker Forum [...] »

- Nikki Finke

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - Trailer

9 October 2009 11:48 AM, PDT | Latemag.com/film | See recent LateFilmFull news »

First trailer for Terry Gilliam's (Tideland) The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which stars the late Heath Ledger alongside Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Christopher Plummer.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present-day. It tells the story of Dr. Parnassus and his extraordinary 'Imaginarium', a travelling show where members of the audience get an irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom. 

 

Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Doctor Parnassus is cursed with a dark secret. An inveterate gambler, thousands of years ago he made a bet with the devil, Mr. Nick, in which he won immortality. Centuries later, on meeting his one true love, Dr. Parnassus made another deal with the devil, trading his immortality for youth, on condition that when his daughter reached her 16th birthday, she would become the property of Mr Nick. »

- Leigh

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Happy birthday to 'Eclipse' star Jodelle Ferland and (belated) to 'New Moon' star Noot Seear!

9 October 2009 8:39 AM, PDT | Twilight Examiner | See recent Twilight Examiner news »

Today, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse star Jodelle Ferland celebrates her 15th birthday. Ferland, though not long in the tooth, has had a very prolific and successful career in films and television. She started acting at the far-from-ripe age of five years old in the television series Cold Squad. Since then, Ferland has appeared in films such as Tideland, Silent Hill, The Messengers, Good Luck Chuck, and Case 39. She has also appeared in television shows like Kingdom Hospital, Masters Of Horror, and Smallville. Though she is best known, like her friend and Eclipse co-star Cameron Bright, for her "young but creepy" .. October 5th, The Twilight Saga: New Moon actress Noot Seear turned 26. She, a long-term, successful model-turned-actress, has just recently made her way into the realm of films (though she did also appear on an episode of Cold Squad as well). With her great »

- thetwilightexaminer

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Terry Gilliam To Chase Windmills Once Again

9 October 2009 7:19 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

“The Brothers Grimm” aside, I tend to believe that Monty Python alumni Terry Gilliam is a cinematic genius. “Brazil” is one of my favorite movies ever bestowed upon mankind, as is “Time Bandits” and the slightly misunderstood “Tideland.” As such, I’m pretty pumped to hear that the director’s long-awaited dream project, “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,” is on the fast track to becoming a reality. For those who are a little slow on the uptake, Gilliam’s adventures in Quixoteland were chronicled in Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe’s 2002 documentary “Lost in La Mancha,” a film that should be seen by anyone with a passing interest in how movies are made. I highly recommend checking it out. Good stuff all the way around and back again. While doing a little PR work for the British premiere of “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” Gilliam had quite a bit »

- Todd

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2009 Fantastic Fest Day 4 – Krabat, Burantino, and The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus

5 October 2009 5:00 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Day 4 of Fantastic Fest was a heaping teaspoon of films that directly play to the name of the festival.  It was chockfull of imagination, magic, illusions, wonder, and even a living, breathing wooden baby.  It was one of the more satisfying days of film at this year’s fest overall, and was capped off by one of the most eagerly anticipated films of the year for genre fans.

Continue to check back for pieces on the second half of the fest which provided 2 of the best films I’ve seen this year, as well as a reunion between Jean Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren; and no, that wasn’t one of the best films I’ve seen this year, but was amongst the most surprising.

Krabat

A young boy, Krabat, is trying to survive in 16th Century plague-ravaged Europe.  Krabat is found starving by a mill owner who offers »

- Adam Charles

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Opening Case 39

5 October 2009 9:19 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

The plot device of adults protecting children is a time-honored subject in horror films. An omnipresent evil plotting and casting its inky tendrils toward the young and innocent has been seen in films as diverse as John Schlesinger’s Santeria-inflected The Believers, the Dean Koontz adaptation The Servants Of Twilight and Chuck Russell’s misguided Bless The Child. The defense of youth inspires the most protective of emotions in audiences, and the latest film to tap into these specific emotions is Paramount’s supernatural thriller Case 39.

Directed by German up-and-comer Christian Alvart, who first attracted attention with his serial-murder saga Antibodies and subsequently helmed this fall’s sci-fi chiller Pandorum, from a script by Pulse’s Ray Wright, Case 39 stars Oscar-winner Renee Zellweger, Deadwood’s Ian McShane and ubiquitous young actress Jodelle Ferland. After numerous delays (and release in numerous other international territories this winter), the film will open in U. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Carnell)

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Roger Avary is Returning to Silent Hill

15 September 2009 10:30 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

There will be more shenanigans in Silent Hill. The 2006 film, directed by Christoph Gans didn't do terribly well, but Konami's game series is a perpetual seller, suggesting that there is room for another film. So screenwriter Roger Avary is re-teaming with producer Samuel Hadida to rebuild the foggy, freaky town. Or perhaps Konami is just jealous that Capcom will soon collect yet another Resident Evil licensing package when they've only nabbed one. (Hadida has the right idea; he produces both franchises.) Can't say this is terribly exciting; Avary's script was arguably the real weak link in the original film. Gan brought fog and atmosphere, Carol Spier did some excellent production design work, and I liked some of the cast, which included Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Alige Krige and Tideland's Jodelle Ferland. But Avary's script had Mitchell running around yelling her daughter's name over and over again, and »

- Russ Fischer

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Tiff Review: The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

13 September 2009 8:02 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

I love Terry Gilliam. I know that film critics aren't supposed to open a review with such an obvious and subjective opinion, so call the press police. I'm guilty. From his Monty Python work to Time Bandits to Brazil and all points thereafter, Mr. Gilliam has been one of my very favorite storytellers and movie-makin' educators. His silliness and darkness, surreality and sweetness, his sense of adventure of endearing youthfulness ... he's just one of those filmmakers who truly "speak" to me, and I know I'm not alone in my affection for his varied and eclectic works.

Having said that, I now say this: I haven't thought much of the man's last three films. I've tried (and tried) to foster an affection for Fear and Loathing..., but for the most part it just won't take. I struggled through Tideland at the Toronto Film Festival one year and quite simply did not like the film. »

- Scott Weinberg

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Tiff Review: The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

13 September 2009 7:03 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

I love Terry Gilliam. I know that film critics aren't supposed to open a review with such an obvious and subjective opinion, so call the press police. I'm guilty. From his Monty Python work to Time Bandits to Brazil and all points thereafter, Mr. Gilliam has been one of my very favorite storytellers and movie-makin' educators. His silliness and darkness, surreality and sweetness, his sense of adventure of endearing youthfulness ... he's just one of those filmmakers who truly "speak" to me, and I know I'm not alone in my affection for his varied and eclectic works.

Having said that, I know say this: I haven't thought much of the man's last three films. I've tried (and tried) to foster an affection for Fear and Loathing..., but for the most part it just won't take. I struggled through Tideland at the Toronto Film Festival one year and quite simply did not like the film. »

- Scott Weinberg

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Se&L's 10 Must-See Films of Fall/Winter 2009 (Short Ends and Leader)

8 September 2009 10:30 AM, PDT | PopMatters | See recent PopMatters news »

At last count, there are close to 80 movies slated for release in the next four months, not including the off studio independents, heralded foreign imports, and frequent film festival surprises. As the transition from summer's popcorn pleasantries to fall's forced import begins, it's often hard to get a handle on what, exactly, deserves your dollars - and more significantly, your precious entertainment attention span. The push towards Awards season consequence is always complicated. Release dates shuffle, perspectives shift, and what seemed like a sure thing only a few weeks ago can fade into oblivion faster than a Will Farrell take on a classic Saturday morning kid's show from the '70s. With that in mind, Se&L has been sizing up the offerings on tap for the next 17 weeks, and we've complied our very own Top 10 Must-See titles. Now, this is not an attempt to gauge the best films of the year, »

- By Bill Gibron

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Gilliam Intrigued by Philip K. Dick Novel

24 August 2009 9:05 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

Along with finally filming The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Terry Gilliam might helm an adaptation of Philip K. Dick. That’s big news, and not altogether undeserved, given that Gilliam himself admits he’s been ripping the sci-fi author off for years.

The Dick novel that has piqued the director’s interest is "The World Jones Made", which takes place on a world torn apart by ideological war. Following a great disaster, people live their lives according to relativism, or the moral and ethical philosophy that everyone is free to believe whatever they wish, so long as they don’t make anyone else try and follow that principle.

However, the established order is challenged by Floyd Jones, whose predictions about the future prove correct. Hermaphrodite mutants and alien life forms abound, but the novel is also known for exploring notions of predestination and free will.

Gilliam, in a video interview with /Film, »

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'Battlestar Galactica' Alumni Link Up in 'The Green Chain'

21 August 2009 11:23 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

If you are a fan of Syfy's Battlestar Galactica, you probably know that some scenes of the series were filmed in and around the extensive forests of western British Columbia. What you may not realise, however, is that two of the show's stars - Tricia Helfer (Number Six) and Tahmoh Penikett ('Helo') - have lent their talents to a new indie docu-drama that is intended to raise awareness of issues associated with cutting down some of these forests.

The film, called The Green Chain, was written, directed and co-produced by Vancouver-born Mark Leiren-Young. His previous credits include scripts for episodes of the series The Collector, Blood Ties and Psi Factor. He has also written a book, 'Never Shoot a Stampede Queen', articles for 'Time Magazine', 'Maclean's' and 'The Utne Reader', and stage plays.

True to his roots, Leiren-Young focuses The Green Chain on the debate in British Columbia, but it »

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Full Trailer For The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

11 August 2009 1:55 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

A full trailer has recently appeared online for Terry Gilliam’s latest fantasy flick, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. The film stars the late Heath Ledger as Tony, a “mysterious outsider” who, along with a dwarf named Percy (Verne Troyer) and a magician named Anton (Andrew Garfield), helps to save the daughter (Lily Cole) of the immortal Doctor Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) from the Devil (Tom Waits). Yep, you read that right.

 

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was just one of many films that made an appearance at Comic-Con this year, and Terry Gilliam and Verne Troyer were there to show off some clips from the movie, as well as give us some new info on the plot/characters. At the panel, Gilliam funnily said that the clips are of the “boring bits” as he believes trailers shouldn’t give away the best parts of the movie.

Truer words have rarely been spoken, »

- Ross Miller

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'The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus' Trailer Is Vintage Terry Gilliam

10 August 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

I've soured a bit on Terry Gilliam in recent years. The 2005 two-punch of "The Brothers Grimm" and "Tideland" couldn't have been more disappointing, especially as a long-awaited follow-up to 1998's fantastic adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas." With "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" however, it looks like Gilliam is back.

Putting aside the cast -- which features Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell, Christopher Plummer and Heath Ledger, in his final performance -- you've still got what looks like another delightfully twisted fantasy adventure, sort of like a cross between "12 Monkeys" and "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen." I know this because a new trailer dropped over the weekend. Now you can know it too.

@ Yahoo! Video

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- Adam Rosenberg

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First Trailer For The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

8 August 2009 5:48 AM, PDT | SciFiCool.com | See recent SciFiCool.com news »

Terry Gilliam  is a mad, mad genius. Like all geniuses, in his pursuit for greatness he rides the  line between wonder and train wreck. You go to a Gilliam movie not knowing if it will be Brazil or if it will be Tideland. It could be 12 monkeys or it could be Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Most of you will know the story of “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”. It is the last movie Heath Ledger made before his death. In fact of course, he left this world with the role unfinished. Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Ferrell all stepped in to get Heath’s character over the finish line. The story of “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” in synopsis: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present day. It tells the story of Dr Parnassus and his extraordinary ‘Imaginarium’, a travelling »

- endymi0n

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