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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

I wish the young men would stop dying...

Terry Gilliam's imagination ran rioter than normal when Heath Ledger died halfway through this movie. Roping in some famous buddies, the filming went on, leading to some confused viewers at the end. The story is basically about the aged Doctor Parnassus, who made a deal with the devil regarding his sexy young daughter, and who is now fast approaching her sixteenth birthday. Help (possibly) arrives when they rescue a man hanging from a bridge, who happens to have a somewhat magical talent, but is anyone able to succesfully outwit the devil?

120 minutes, Mature Accompaniment under 13 (Language, Violence)
Adventure, Detective/Mystery, On the art circuit

Credits

Cast

Johnny Depp, Heath Ledger, Colin Farrell, Jude Law, Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Verne Troyer

Director

Terry Gilliam

Screenplay

Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown

Music

Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna

Cinematography

Nicola Perorini

Editing

Mick Audsley

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2009

Produced by

Infinity Features, Poo Poo Pictures, Davis-Films, Grosvenor Park Productions, Parnassus Productions

SA Distributor

Nu Metro

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Adventure, mystery, fantasy
Language	Mild to moderate, infrequent, mild impact
Nudity	Very brief non-sexual nudity, infrequent, no impact
Sex	Very brief mildly implied, low impact
Violence	Mild to moderate action fantasy violence, not bloody or gory
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Mild infrequent profanities
Drug abuse	Some alcohol abuse in context, brief use of cigarettes
Comments	None
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

Ratings

Scale (Max)

South African Media

Die BurgerJeanne Calitz

International Media

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert Now what I see are a group of experienced actors gamely trying to keep their heads while all about are losing theirs.

eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is every inch a Gilliam movie, for better and for worse.

ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli If I was a teacher and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was a student's paper, I would give it an ''incomplete.''

Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers It's a chance to see Ledger one last time in the act of doing what he loved. Take it.

Metacritic.com30 critics

RottenTomatoes.com173 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Terry Gilliam remains as indulgent as ever, but The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus represents a return to the intoxicatingly imaginative, darkly beautiful power of his earlier work, with fine performances to match all the visual spectacle.

Internet (IMDB)27534 Netizens The whole is not the sum of the parts - at least not on a single viewing

Average .. 64%

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