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The Fate Of Gilliam's DOCTOR PARNASSUS...
Merrick here...
Quick Stop Entertainment just posted an article about the status of Terry Gilliam's THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS, regarding recent reports that the project has been scuttled in the slipstream of Heath Ledger's death...which would make THE DARK KNIGHT Ledger's last film (an unfortunate-but-useful marketing opportunity for Warner Bros. I should think).
In fact, PARNASSUS' imdb listing says as much: "The project has been shut down" it notes...Ledger's name has been removed from the credits.
Quick Stops indicates this is not the case, in an article you can read HERE.
This matches word from our own folks, who tell us that PARNASSUS is still "on". Clearly Ledger's death has thrown a whopping wrench into the works, but I'm told that current plans allow for material already shot by Ledger to be retained...and for the remainder of his appearance to be recast.
The film's concept actually allows for this to happen somewhat organically. At one point, the Ledger character transitions into a different realm through a magic mirror of sorts...enabling his "other side" personae to be different than the "real world" Ledger.
Word on final casting decisions and official production restart may be coming within days. Until then...PARNASSUS abides.
As a side note, Quick Stop says the film's official site will go online Tuesday February 5, 'round midday Eastern Time.
More info as more is learned.
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gilliam deserves a break
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first time poster...owned
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I'm glad to see the news is right and this film is going forward. I've enjoyed everything that Gilliam has made to greater and lesser degrees. Heck I own Tideland, that's such a difficult little film.
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does nobody remember brothers grimm and the order? why must the public feel the need to fondle somebody's career just because they died. Sure, Ledger was good in dogtown and decent in brokeback (though it's kind of suspect to hook up with a female co-star in a gay cowboy movie, almost like you're trying to convince yourself at that point) and will kick ass in Dark Knight, and I guess it sucks that the rest of the actors in Dr. Parnassus got jewed out of a paycheck, but stop the pity-fest already. Awwww, too soon?
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I'm sure he'd be the last person who'd have wanted to see another Gilliam film fall to pieces.
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Why not just have the character be played by one actor in some scenes and (inexplicably) another actor in the rest. Luis Bunuel did this very effectively and I think the weirdness of it would suit Gilliam very well...
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LET HIM REST IN PEACE!
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Gilliam should film the rest of the movie with actors wearing Heath Ledger masks. It could give the project a weird Silence-of-the-Lambs kinda vibe.
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Love him nevertheless..
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wow what great "news"
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the imdb reference was important, and only 2 sentences of the entire thing. did you even read it? this is important information about the fate of a movie by a fascinating director, whose main star has just died. how is this unimportant?fuck, I hate people that just complain for the sake of complaining. you are a fart in the elevator of the world.
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Feb 05, 2008 12:12:44 AM CST
Terry Fucking Gilliam and Tom Fucking Waits
by guy who got a headache and accidentally
"This films looks lame" Fuck you Jett, go cuddle you're batman body sized pillow while jerking off to catwoman.
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After his breakthrough role as his douchebag self on Entourage, you know Ratner must have thought about it.
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If Ledger was still alive, I doubt we'd all care about this film.
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EVERY single article about Dr.P mentions this 'mirror' stuff, we get it. Also, WB should stick to marketing TDK w Ledger's Joker, as before, and not cave to any misguided dissuasions
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Feb 05, 2008 1:18:58 AM CST
Why does everybody just see what isn't important in the talkback
by milou
imdb listing, mirror stuff... DOn't you see that we have a source within the production saying that the production is moving forward ? Don't you see we'll have an official website later TODAY ???
Great news as far as I'm concerned... I'm a Gilliam fan, he's one of the greatest filmakers alive... His last, Tideland, was a masterpiece and this one, Parnassus, seems to concentrate every part of his universe and imagination... Can't wait ! -
Surely he would have learnt the HARD lesson from his doomed La Mancha project - know when to walk away, know when to run!
Sure it would be nice if dreams could come true and somehow Ledger's incomplete performance be saved by some sort of Movie Magic and the end result be a great film - BUT THAT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN
The best anyone could possibly hope for is a film that doesn't suck - much - let's not kid ourselves here. There is a time to dream and hope for the best - that time has passed - it is now time to move on... -
He's always battling against adversity to get his films finished. It's almost like he's cursed. But he does it anyway. Gilliam's a trooper!
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Nice job getting late, as always
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That's the first time I read that there will be an official website as soon as today.
And anyway it's always good to have several sources to corroborate an information. -
But anything else is old as fuck
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... But tell this to those at imdb who claimed for weeks that the project is shut down and who have erased Heath Ledger's name from the cast list.
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Every time a new actor emerged in the role you would be yanked straight out of the movie and you would automatically start thinking about Ledger's death, the attendant stories, etc. Basically anything else other than the story of the film you are watching. It couldn't help but be a fuck up.
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...On the shitting on Gililams parade...But man, way to fuck a corpse. He's dead. Let it go or start again. This just has a generally sickening feel about it.
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Brothers Grimm was a fucking ungodly awful piece of shit. He could blame the studio for that. But who does he blame for the ungodly awful piece of shit that was Tideland? Great book, great cast and crew, creative control...Stinking pile of dutch angled lazy shit. Sorry man, but Gilliams boat saild a long, long, long, long time ago.
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...I'm not being unkind, I really thought Tideland was the worst movie I ever forced myself to sit through, simply because I respected the directors previous output. That changed once I caught up with Luc Bessons Angel A or How I Learned To Stop Caring About My Movies And Turned To Producing Piles Of Shit To Finance My Fucking Of Super Models.
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Way to fuck a corpse? You don't think Ledger would want his work to go on? Plus it's easy for you to say they should wrap it up when you have zero time, energy, emotion or money invested in the film. Ledger worked as an actor, I'm pretty sure he would want his final performance to be realized and he would probably want his friend Gilliam to finish his movie. It's not like Gilliam is profiting on his death.
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...Is Besson with his Europa factory like the new John Hughes or something? He's written like, 4 film around the same arab taxi driver joke, and 3 films about kids who jump off roofs. Lets not forget Jet Li or Jason Statham kicking stuff.
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It's that simple. It will run out eventually. It's not like he is going to turn into tupac (crappy rappy) here.
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I just had a first hand confirmation the movie will go on with the multiple actors gimmick.
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Seriously, one says they will use someone like Johnny Depp. Another says no replacement actors, it will be CGI. Whatever, just keep the production going.
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Hey buddy, I just wanted to tell you I'm proud of you. You stand up for yourself, and tell the truth about Ledger, even when no one else wants to know the truth: That Ledger is a part of a large community, your community, the community of the Gay Cowboy Jew. God Bless you! Keep fighting!
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Weekend at Ledgers!
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...Gilliam's dentist walk around for the rest of the movie holding a cape over his face.
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Plus, cape technology has advanced so much in recent years.
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http://www.doctorparnassus.com
Just a still there yet (but the first official) but it's enough to show that the movie is going on and that Ledger will be in it ! -
Both the producers and Heath himself said he finished his work on the film, including ADR. There's enough drama with this story without creating more.
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It only takes, what, a couple of days to complete ADR? And they shot for like fucking forever so I doubt they'll need reshoots. And not all pickup shooting would involve The Joker, would it? And if he WAS needed, his stand-in could be used for something like an added establishing shot.
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Did Terry Gilliam piss on in a past life? Seriously, this guy has the luck of a dead man....
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So, maybe Gilliam likes the challenge himself with difficult projects that Hollywood studios don't always want to make? Look, the guys passed on the opportunity to direct films like Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Enemy Mine, Braveheart, and, god help us, Forrest Gump. JK Rowling even wanted him to direct the first Haarry Potter, but the studios wanted Chris Columbus fluff (which is actually fine). He's spent months of his life trying to bring you a filmable 12-hour Watchmen script. Chronically underfunded and always under fire, he hammers away on projects for years, just out of inspiration. Not sure why there's so much hatred here or why you wouldn't want to at least give this a chance at being good. So, all you naysayers better watch out, or The Pirates of The Crimson Permanent Assurance will be coming for you.
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One good thing about Heath Ledger--he wasn't a smart-mouthed turd whose claim to fame is being a talkbacker on a site for worshiping movie characters. Hopefully someone in your family will die tonight and someone can be flippant about it for you tomorrow to give you a taste of what you're dishing out. Probably you wouldn't care if someone in your family died anyway, though, would you, dummy?
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i really do
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WE NEED TO SEE IT!
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Fuck off. You're the worst kind of troll.
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He was on several prescribed medications at once, and they interacted and killed him. So the mean people can stop saying it was suicide and he deserved it. The hopeful people can stop babbling about how they'll miss him in heaven. The cynics can all continue to say it doesn't matter because he didn't know any of us, personally, and wouldn't mourn us if we died.
But he didn't kill himself intentionally. He was ill, and couldn't sleep, and just took drugs that weren't supposed to be taken together. -
Feb 06, 2008 11:58:45 AM CST
Using multiple actors to play the same role is a bad idea
by gimpinmypants
There's no way Gilliam can save his movie unless he reshoots.
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in Die Hard Dracula, didn't they keep changing the "actor/s" of the titular character? granted the film was utter, utter shit, but this messing about with the cast did not in itself create that circumstance.
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showing his wang.
Anyways, I hope it works and doesn't pull us out of the film. I can imagine people thinking "was this planned or is this actually how it's suppose to happen?" Instead of being taken by the story it'll just be an intrigue. But it all depends on the film.
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