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Altered States

  • 6.9 /10

  • 725

  • 86%

Plot

A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores these altered states of cognizance and finds that memory, time, and reality itself are states of mind.

Cast

William Hurt as Professor Eddie Jessup
William Hurt

as Professor Eddie Jessup

Blair Brown as Emily Jessup
Blair Brown

as Emily Jessup

Bob Balaban as Arthur Rosenberg
Bob Balaban

as Arthur Rosenberg

Charles Haid as Mason Parrish
Charles Haid

as Mason Parrish

Thaao Penghlis as Echeverria
Thaao Penghlis

as Echeverria

Miguel Godreau as Primal Man
Miguel Godreau

as Primal Man

Dori Brenner as Sylvia Rosenberg
Dori Brenner

as Sylvia Rosenberg

Peter Brandon as Hobart
Peter Brandon

as Hobart

Charles White-Eagle as The Brujo
Charles White-Eagle

as The Brujo

Drew Barrymore as Margaret Jessup
Drew Barrymore

as Margaret Jessup

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • December 25, 1980

Production Companies

  • Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

  • Español

Budget

  • $15,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $19,853,892.00

Runtime

  • 1.70 hrs

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Reviews

***“Night of the Apeman” mixed with some pretty heady material*** In the late 60s and mid-70s, a psychopathologist (William Hurt) from the New York/New England area honestly seeks ultimate truth and the origins of humanity through dubious experiments with sensory deprivation mixed with drugs, including a potent mixture used in ceremonies by Mexican AmerIndians. This leads to altered states of …