The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a wildly imaginative film from the mind of Terry Gilliam. And what a trip it is indeed.
Doc P (played by Christopher Plummer and referred to as Doc P from now on) has a traveling magic show. Doc P is immortal - he is about 1,000 years old. He arrived at his immortality by making a deal with Mr. Nick (Tom Waits). Oh, Mr. Nick is the equivalent of the devil himself. The deal is that he must hand over his daughter Valentina (Lily Cole) to Mr. Nick when she turns sixteen. And that is within a few days. Valentina has someone who loves her - Anton (Andrew Garfield) one of the people who works with the show. The show also includes a midget named Percy (Verne Troger). Also coming into the mix is the mysterious Tony (Health Ledger). As we all know Ledger's untimely death happened while he was making this film. So rather than scrap the film the creative Gilliam decided to have three other actors play Tony at various times during the film. They are Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell. I won't say more about the plot.
All of the acting is good and your realize what a loss Ledger is. I thoroughly enjoyed Plummer. He is such a find actor. And the visuals are absolutely stunning.
This film is not for everyone. But for those of you who like something a bit strange and trippy this film is for you. Does the story have a happy ending. Well, I can't say. See the film to find out.
Doc P (played by Christopher Plummer and referred to as Doc P from now on) has a traveling magic show. Doc P is immortal - he is about 1,000 years old. He arrived at his immortality by making a deal with Mr. Nick (Tom Waits). Oh, Mr. Nick is the equivalent of the devil himself. The deal is that he must hand over his daughter Valentina (Lily Cole) to Mr. Nick when she turns sixteen. And that is within a few days. Valentina has someone who loves her - Anton (Andrew Garfield) one of the people who works with the show. The show also includes a midget named Percy (Verne Troger). Also coming into the mix is the mysterious Tony (Health Ledger). As we all know Ledger's untimely death happened while he was making this film. So rather than scrap the film the creative Gilliam decided to have three other actors play Tony at various times during the film. They are Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell. I won't say more about the plot.
All of the acting is good and your realize what a loss Ledger is. I thoroughly enjoyed Plummer. He is such a find actor. And the visuals are absolutely stunning.
This film is not for everyone. But for those of you who like something a bit strange and trippy this film is for you. Does the story have a happy ending. Well, I can't say. See the film to find out.
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