The trailer has been posted for Terry Gilliam’s latest film “The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus”. I’ve been wondering how this would turn out, and from the trailer it looks great. You might remember this as the last film Heath Ledger shot before dying, and since principal photography hadn’t yet wrapped when he passed away, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, and Jude Law stepped into his role.
The film follows the leader (Christopher Plummer) of a travelling theatre troupe who, having made a deal with the Devil, takes audience members through a magical mirror to explore their imaginations. Ledger, Law, Depp, and Farrell all play Tony, an outsider who joins the troupe. This is Gilliam’s first film with collaborator Charles McKeown since “The Adventures of Baron von Munchausen”, which was a great film but serious box office disappointment. By the way, if you’re looking for some great reading about life behind the scenes on a Terry Gilliam production, check out the book, “Losing the Light: Terry Gilliam and the Munchausen Saga” by Andrew Yule.
