Altered States (1980)
| Release Date | 25 December 1980 |
| US Box Office | $25,000,000 |
| Tagline | When he heard his cry for help it wasn't human |
| Genre | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Fantasy |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Language | English, Spanish |
| Sound Mix | Dolby, 70 mm 6-Track |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Psychological Sci-Fi, Creature Film |
| Mood | Mindbenders |
| Themes | Experiments Gone Awry |
| Tones | Chilly, Creepy, Hallucinatory, Menacing, Ominous, Paranoid, Tense |
| Tags | Consciousness, Drugs, Experiment, Fantasy Sexual, Hallucination, Homemaker, Mutant, Obsession, Repression, Rescue, Roommate, Science Runs Amok, Scientist, Woman, Writing |
Altered States is a 1980 American science fiction-horror film adaptation of a novel by the same name by playwright and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky. It was the only novel that Chayefsky ever wrote, as well as his final film. Both the novel and the film are based on John C. Lilly's sensory deprivation research conducted in isolation tanks under the influence of psychoactive drugs like ketamine and LSD.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Miguel Godreau
Primal Man
Dori Brenner
Sylvia Rosenberg
Peter Brandon
Hobart
Charles White-Eagle
The Brujo
Megan Jeffers
Grace Jessup
Jack Murdock
Hector Orteco
Francis X. McCarthy
Obispo
Deborah Baltzell
Schizophrenic Patient
Hap Lawrence
Endocrinology Fellow
John Walter Davis
Medical Technician
Cynthia Burr
Parrish's Girl
Susan Bredhoff
Echeverria's Girl
Ora Rubinstein
Young Medical Student
Paul Larsson
Charlie Thomas
Eric Forst
Mingus
Adriana Shaw
Dr. Antonini
Martin Fiscoe
Graduate Student
Olivia Michelle
Veronica
Director
Writer
Producer
Howard Gottfried
producer
Daniel Melnick
executive producer
Original Music
John Corigliano
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Cinematographer
Jordan Cronenweth
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Editor
Eric Jenkins
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Casting Director
Howard Feuer
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Jeremy Ritzer
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Production Designer
Richard Macdonald
Set Decorator
Thomas L. Roysden
Costume Designer
Ruth Myers
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Makeup Department
Carl Fullerton
special makeup assistant
Michael Hancock
makeup artist
Craig Reardon
special makeup assistant
Dione Taylor
hair stylist
Production Manager
David Silver
unit production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gary Daigler
assistant director
Peter Schindler
second assistant director
Art Department
Gary Clark
head paint foreman
Stan Cockerell
assistant props
Sidney H. Greenwood
property master
Jeff Howard
assistant art director
Joseph Hurley
illustrator
Bill Iiams
general foreman
Roger Irvin
construction coordinator
Ronald C. Jacobs
lead man
Stephane Goulet
property supervisor
Richard M. Kristy
set dresser
Sound Department
Willie D. Burton
sound mixer
Michael Colgan
supervising sound editor
Laurey Condon
assistant sound editor
Les Fresholtz
sound re-recording mixer
Don Higgins
sound editor
Jerry Jacobson
adr editor
Stephen Katz
sound consultant
Marvin E. Lewis
boom operator
Michael Minkler
sound re-recording mixer
Arthur Piantadosi
sound re-recording mixer
Fred Stafford
sound editor
Colin Waddy
sound editor
Jay Wertz
sound editor
Special Effects
David Domeyer
special effects
Larry L. Fuentes
assistant special effects
Chuck Gaspar
special effects
James Kagel
sculptor
Visual Effects
Robert Blalack
special optical effects
Bran Ferren
special visual effects
Jamie Shourt
special optical effects
Stunts
M. James Arnett
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Garrett Brown
Steadicam operator
James Glennon
camera operator
Adam Glick
set lighting technician
Barbara Hanania
additional assistant camera: Boston
Gary Holt
gaffer
Johnny E. Jensen
first assistant camera
Carey Jones
second assistant camera
Sal Martorano
electrician
Morgan Renard
still photographer
Bob Rose
key grip
Louis Schwartzberg
time-lapse photographer
Casting Department
Stephen Kolzak
additional casting
Joel Thurm
additional casting
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Darryl M. Athons
costumer: men
Shanan Harrell
costumer: women
Editorial Department
Cari Coughlin
apprentice editor
Arthur W. Forney
assistant editor
Thomas Penick
assistant editor
Music Department
Donald Harris
music editor
Pierre Henry
music excerpt: Voile d'Orphee
Christopher Keene
conductor
Sheldon Shkolnik
assistant to composer
John David Earnest
composer: additional music, orchestrator
Brian L. McCarty
music playback
Dan Wallin
scoring mixer
Transportation Department
Gina August
driver
John M. Woodward
transportation coordinator
Other Crew
Scott Bartlett
technical advisor
Richard Clark
technical advisor
Carline Davis-Dyer
script supervisor
Jimsie Eason
production associate
Richard Greenberg
title designer
Christina Lear
assistant to producer
Paul Pav
location manager
Vivian Russell
assistant: Mr. Russell
Alan Shapiro
production intern
Lee Stitch
production secretary
Susan Tarr
research assistant
John Cunningham Lilly
scientific researcher
Bill Iiams
general foreman
Craig Miller
marketing consultant
Philip Sharpe
effects technician
Production Company
Warner Bros. Pictures
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Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Warner Home Video
Warner Home Video
Warner Home Vídeo
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Warner-Columbia Films
Special Effects
MPI James Shourt & Robert Blalock
Miscellaneous
Cinema Research
optical effects
Laser Media
special laser effects
Optical House, The
optical effects
Oxford Scientific Films
macro photography
RGreenberg Associates
title credits
VA Medical Center, Sepulveda, California
medical facilities
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