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Added: Oct 21, 2009
Trailer #1 (International Trailer) NOTE: This is Heath Ledger's LAST film before he died. (R.I.P. Heath Ledger) Plot: A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting. In the present day, immortal 1,000-year-old Doctor Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) leads a traveling theatre troupe—including a sleight of hand expert, Anton (Andrew Garfield), and a dwarf, Percy (Verne Troyer)—that offers audience members a chance to go beyond reality through a magical mirror in his possession. Parnassus had been able to guide the imagination of others through a deal with the Devil (Tom Waits), who now comes to collect on the arrangement, targeting the doctor's daughter (Lily Cole). The troupe, which is joined by a mysterious outsider named Tony (portrayed by Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell), embark through parallel worlds to rescue the girl. Delaying effect of Ledger's death Production was disrupted by the death of Heath Ledger in New York City on 22 January 2008. Ledger's involvement had been a "key factor" in the film's financing. Gilliam was presiding over concept art when he received the phone call that told Ledger had died; his initial thought was "The film's over, it's as simple as that." Although production was suspended indefinitely by January 24, according to Christopher Plummer, who plays Doctor Parnassus, Gilliam, determined to "salvage" the film, initially considered using computer-generated imagery to make Heath Ledger's character magically change his appearance, perhaps into another character, in order to keep his final work in the film, and, if the film was made, would dedicate it to Ledger. The imagery would be similar to transformation techniques seen on Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and those employed to Roy Scheider in his posthumous release Iron Cross. Involvement of Depp, Farrell, and Law Eventually, actors Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law were cast to replace Heath Ledger, portraying the new idea of transformed versions of Ledger's character traveling through magical realms, thus the footage shot with Ledger would remain in the film as his character's "real-world" appearance. With the role recast, filming resumed in Vancouver in March 2008. Depp was a friend of Gilliam who starred in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and the aborted The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, and had been compared to Ledger by cinematographer Nicola Pecorini. Law was a friend of Ledger and had been considered for the role of Tony, and Farrell had also been friends with Ledger. Depp, Farrell, and Law opted to redirect their wages for the role to Ledger's young daughter, Matilda, who had been left out of an old version of Ledger's will, and Gilliam altered the part of the credits saying "A Terry Gilliam film" to "A film from Heath Ledger and friends." Release date(s) United Kingdom: October 16, 2009 Australia: October 29, 2009 New Zealand: October 29, 2009 United States: December 25, 2009 Canada: December 25, 2009 Full 1080p HD quality Trailer song: "The Odyssey" by X-Ray Dog
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