Altered States (1980)

Loosely based on the Paddy Chayefsky novel, this sci-fi spectacle tells the incredible story of a research scientist who experiments with altered states of human consciousness. Great performances and mind-blowing special effects. Academy Award Nominations: Best Sound, Best Original Score.

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In this 1980 sci-fi horror film, William Hurt plays Eddie Jessup, a scientist obsessed with discovering mankind's true role in the universe. To this end, he submits himself to a series of mind-expanding experiments. By enclosing himself in a sensory-deprivation chamber and taking hallucinogenic drugs, Jessup hopes to explore different levels of human consciousness, but instead is devolved into an apelike monster. Director Ken Russell helmed Altered States from a script by Paddy Chayefsky, who adapted his own novel of the same name. Unhappy with the finished product, Chayefsky had his name replaced with his pseudo...
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Eddie Jessup (William Hurt) is researcher aan de universiteit van Cordell. Hij onderzoekt de oorsprong van het leven en spuit zichzelf in met een van de Indianen afkomstige drug, die hem via hallucinaties terugvoeren naar het prilste begin van het leven op aarde. Om zich volledig te kunnen concentreren, sluit hij zich op in een stalen kist om één te worden met de aapmens. Dit onder felle protesten van zijn echtgenote en collega's, die vrezen dat dit experiment fout kan aflopen...

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