'Parnassus' Eyes September Release Date

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'Parnassus' Eyes September Release Date

Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 11:38AM

We haven't seen confirmation on this yet from the usual sources, but News Chief claims that the new U.S. release date for Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus will be September 24, 2009.

That date has been validated for the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic will see the film on October 1st, but to this point, we hadn't heard talk of an American opening day. Parnassus is the last film featuring Heath Ledger, who died before completing the production. To assist Gilliam and to honor Ledger's memory, Jude Law, Colin Farrell, and Johnny Depp all filled in for Ledger during the rest of the film, and all of them donated their checks to Ledger's young daughter, Matilda.

Even without Ledger's untimely death, Gilliam is one of the few directors who could get away with four actors playing one character, although the director assured reporters last spring that there was a way you could execute it without the change in actors being that jarring.

By the time the film is released, Ledger should be an Oscar winner for The Dark Knight, and there will be significant interest in seeing that final performance, though I think we can safely assume it won't be half a billion dollars worth of interest. Since this is the first we're hearing about an actual release date, we'll try to find so verification for it, but it doesn't sound like it's too far-fetched.

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I cannot wait to see this movie!!!

Sunday, January 4, 2009 |

Alexz10

Terry Gilliam is a terrific director. In a few decades I am sure that people will have forgotten his commercial ineptitude and just enjoy his films for what they are, rather unique visions.

There is however a moment in almost every Gilliam film when it loses its focus and starts wandering off in head-ache inducing twists and turns.

If a lot of young fans of Heath Ledger go to see Parnassus, the film is sure to suffer from a backlash of frustrated movie-goers who don't get it and don't like it.

Sunday, January 4, 2009 |

Lengthy Johnson

I couldn't agree more about Gilliam. The unfocused spots are occurring more and more frequently these days, but even when Brazil or Munchausen went a little too esoteric, they were interesting. That wasn't the case with Brothers Grimm at all.

Monday, January 5, 2009 |

Colin Boyd

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