TUDW Episode 51 – Altered States (1980)
Respected scientist and psychology professor Edward Jessup (William Hurt) decides to combine his experiments in sensory deprivation tanks with powerful hallucinogenic drugs, convinced that it may help him unlock different states of consciousness. The experiments are a success at first, but as Jessup continues his work, he begins to experience altered mental and also physical states. As he spends more time in sensory deprivation, his grip on reality begins to slip away.
Initial release: 25 December 1980
Director: Ken Russell
Music composed by: John Corigliano
Screenplay: Paddy Chayefsky
Producer: Howard Gottfried
On this episode I’m joined but the incorrigible Mr Peter Nielsen (@Peter_Nielsen) and we are talking Altered States (1980).
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