A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting.
Genre(s): Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Rating: 7.4/10 (5,804 votes)
Release Date: 22 May 2009
Country: UK, Canada, France
Languages: English
Company: Infinity Features Entertainment
Sound: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
Director(s): Terry Gilliam
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Producer(s):
Amy Gilliam - producer
Terry Gilliam - producer
Samuel Hadida - producer
Robert How - line producer
Patrice Theroux - executive producer
David Valleau - executive producer
William Vince - producer
Writer(s):
Terry Gilliam - written by
Charles McKeown - written by
Cast:
Andrew Garfield - Anton
Christopher Plummer - Doctor Parnassus
Richard Riddell - Martin
Katie Lyons - Martin's Girlfriend
Richard Shanks - Friend of Martin
Lily Cole - Valentina
Verne Troyer - Percy
Bruce Crawford - Face Changed Martin
Johnny Harris - Policeman
Lorraine Cheshire - Mum
Music: Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna
Amy Gilliam - producer
Terry Gilliam - producer
Samuel Hadida - producer
Robert How - line producer
Patrice Theroux - executive producer
David Valleau - executive producer
William Vince - producer
Writer(s):
Terry Gilliam - written by
Charles McKeown - written by
Cast:
Andrew Garfield - Anton
Christopher Plummer - Doctor Parnassus
Richard Riddell - Martin
Katie Lyons - Martin's Girlfriend
Richard Shanks - Friend of Martin
Lily Cole - Valentina
Verne Troyer - Percy
Bruce Crawford - Face Changed Martin
Johnny Harris - Policeman
Lorraine Cheshire - Mum
Music: Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna
Posted on: December 25, 2009
December 27th, 2009
There is no doubt of the visual imagination of the director. This isclear and impressive but it is unfortunately not matched by similarmoral or narrative abilities.
There is a weak and meandering storyline which seems to twist and turnand random with no direction. It is obvious that there was a disasterwith the casting and the story-line reflects this.
The film hints at serious themes : religion, choices and moral dilemmasbut delivers none of these. But instead it serves up a mish-mash ofvisual icons : tarot cards, god and a rock & roll devil, easternmysticism, a homage to Hitchcock, you name it, it is probably here.
It is like a large bow festooned box of chocolates, with brightcolours, shiny papers, crinkly wrappers but lacking sweets.