Altered States

Director: Ken Russell

Category: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy

Actors:

William Hurt …. Professor Eddie Jessup
Blair Brown …. Emily Jessup
Bob Balaban …. Arthur Rosenberg
Charles Haid …. Mason Parrish, Professor of Endocrinology at Harvard Medical School
Thaao Penghlis …. Prof. Eduardo Eccheverria at University of Mexico
Miguel Godreau …. Primal Man
Dori Brenner …. Sylvia Rosenberg
Peter Brandon …. Alan Hobart
Charles White-Eagle …. The Brujo, Hindris Indian
Drew Barrymore …. Margaret Jessup
Megan Jeffers …. Grace Jessup
Jack Murdock …. Hector Orteco
Francis X. McCarthy …. Obispo (as Frank McCarthy)
Deborah Baltzell …. Schizophrenic Patient
Evan Richards …. Young Rosenberg

Synopsis:

Manic psychologist William Hurt’s experiments combine sensory deprivation and mind-bending drugs to unlock the inner self. His handiwork shuttles him back and forth on the human evolutionary spectrum — from human to ape-man. Hurt and colleague Blair Brown regurgitate Paddy Chayefsky’s script at hyperspeed (director Ken Russell hated the dialogue but was contractually bound not to change it).