Certificate
12A/12
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Director of Photography
Nicola Pecorini
Art Director
Terry Gilliam
Costume Designer
Monique Prudhomme
Production Designer
Anastasia Masaro
Reviews
Daily Telegraph - It's a hyper-active, endlessly mutating cavalcade of colour, noise and surrealistic eccentricity
Consumer Advice
Contains infrequent strong language, scenes of threat, hanging and smoking
Additional Information
Set in the present day, director Terry Gilliam's fantastical morality tale follows the traveling show of the mysterious Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) -- a man who once won a bet with the Devil himself, and possesses the unique ability to guide the imagination of others. Many centuries ago, Dr. Parnassus won immortality in a bet that found the malevolent Mr. Nick (Tom Waits) coming up short. While few would be foolish enough to try their luck against the powers of darkness a second time, Dr. Parnassus did precisely that -- this time trading his mortality for youth on the understanding that his firstborn would become the property of Mr. Nick when the child reaches his or her 16th birthday. Flash-forward to the present day, and Dr. Parnassus' daughter, Valentina (Lily Cole), is about to celebrate her sweet sixteen. Dr. Parnassus is desperate to save his little girl from her fiery fate, and when Mr. Nick arrives to collect, the good doctor presents the Prince of Darkness with a wager too enticing to refuse: Dr. Parnassus and Mr. Nick will each compete to seduce five souls, with possession of Valentina going to whomever manages to complete the task first. As the competition begins to heat up, Dr. Parnassus promises his daughter's hand in marriage to any man who can help him successfully navigate the surreal obstacle course that lies ahead and finally help him undue the many mistakes of his past. While the sudden death of prominent IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS player Heath Ledger in January of 2008 left Gilliam and company scrambling to find a means of salvaging the film -- which was already well into principal photography at the time -- the cavalry soon arrived in the form of Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell, who each serve as alternate-dimension versions of the character originally set to be played by Ledger when the character crosses through a paranormal mirror.
Movie/TV Title
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
Composer
Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna
Sound source
Dolby Digital
Screenwriter
Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown
Editor
Mick Audsley
