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If you think your wall is missing what could best be described as Lewis Carroll getting into a fistfight with Salvador Dali as recorded on film by Terry Gilliam, this new poster for THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS (via Slashfilm) just may be for you. The U.S. poster aims to capture what Americans will surely love most about it, namely Heath Ledger being alive and well, but really, why did they make his...
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Will the movie going public be able to see Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus as anything other than the last Heath ledger film? Does it matter if they don't?The way I see it, the movie gets a larger audience from trailers like this, the only one in existence that will ever read: "Academy Award Winner Heath Ledger." This just puts more pressure on the film to speak to that larger audience instead of Terry Gilliam die hards who might be more accustomed to his wild fantasy films.

After making its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, and bowing in the UK in October, Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus" will open for business in American theaters on December 25.

Nearly six months after talks started with potential distributors, Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" is still without a buyer.