New 'Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' trailer released

[twaddington]

A new trailer for Terry Gilliam's upcoming The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus has just been released. Here it is


The trailer uses the star power of Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell and of course Heath Ledger to its advantage. The four actors all play transformations of the same character, kind of like Doctor Who but better looking. This idea was used as a way of dealing with Ledger's tragic, untimely death in January 2008 halfway through the films production. Have to say after seeing this trailer, which reveals a lot more than previous ones , it's probably top of my most anticipated films list. Being Ledger's last film and Gilliam's latest and with all the other big names attached, it's pretty much guaranteed to be a box office success- something that Gilliam, being the visionary renegade he is, is not particularly used to.

[dnwilliams]

looks sweet, if shockingly cg heavy for a gilliam production.

[Sheridan Passell]

The plot as explained in the trailer makes no sense.

[dalmatianjaws]

Whenever they say "Imaginarium" I giggle like a 12-year-old boy cause it reminds me of "Masterbatorium" from Running with Scissors.

That's all.

This trailer rocked the walls off my Masterbatorium.

[dnwilliams]

The plot as explained in the trailer makes no sense.

parnassus sold the soul of his unborn daughter to the devil in exchange for immortality, heath ledger's character tries to save her from her fate now that she's come of age - which part didn't make sense? that's the most straightforward gilliam pitch ever!

[Sheridan Passell]

You've read around it already, so you can connect the dots. The jump from the Devil to the Imaginarium is baffling and nonsensical.