New Clip And UK Poster For Doctor Parnassus

Published on October 15, 2009 by Craig Sharp · View Comments

Imaginarium Jude Law A brand new poster and behind the scenes clip have been released for Terry Gilliam’s THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS, starring Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrel.

Pencil the 16th October into your diary for the UK release, I’d love to actually tell you how great the finished movie is, but given the fact that this is one of the few films this year we haven’t been invited to review, sadly I won’t be able to do that until opening night. Suffice to say it’s had mixed reviews so far, but then I think it looks pretty damn fabulous – you’ll have to work the rest out for yourselves folks.

Check out the new poster below, click on it to be taken to the clip.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present day. It tells the story of Dr Parnassus and his extraordinary ‘Imaginarium’, a traveling show where members of the audience get an irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom. Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Dr Parnassus is cursed with a dark secret. Long ago he made a bet with the devil, Mr Nick, in which he won immortality. Many centuries later, on meeting his one true love, Dr Parnassus made another deal with the devil, trading his immortality for youth, on condition that when his first-born reached its 16th birthday he or she would become the property of Mr Nick.

Valentina is now rapidly approaching this ‘coming of age’ milestone and Dr Parnassus is desperate to protect her from her impending fate. Mr Nick arrives to collect but, always keen to make a bet, renegotiates the wager. Now the winner of Valentina will be determined by whoever seduces the first five souls. Enlisting a series of wild, comical and compelling characters in his journey, Dr Parnassus promises his daughter’s hand in marriage to the man that helps him win. In this captivating, explosive and wonderfully imaginative race against time, Dr Parnassus must fight to save his daughter in a never-ending landscape of surreal obstacles – and undo the mistakes of his past once and for all.