Last week I debuted the Imaginarium of Dr Parnassustrailer from the UK. I was intrigued by the new shots of Heath Ledger and Johnny Depp so I thought I would screen cap some of them. (And I love screen caps, believe me, I annoy probaby everyone I know by sending them screen caps of things. In this case, the end justifies the means.) So here they are. Heath and Johnny.
P.S. I want to see this movie so bad! I can’t wait to find out an US release date!
I didn’t sleep very good last night, I was up tossing and turning like I have been doing alot. I go to my reader like I usually do every morning and I see the first trailer for Heath Ledger’s last movie, The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus. (I have to admit that I cried watching the trailer.) I have still been trying to find a US release date but there isn’t one yet. It gets released in the UK in October.
The trailer is stunning, I know you will have to watch it a couple of times to really take in everything. You also get to see Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law in the roles that they took so that they could finish the film. I am still crying thinking about how they did that. (And seeing Heath laughing and acting again also did it for me too.)
It should be interesting to see how many variations of this trailer will be as it comes out all over the world.
I have been waiting to finally see a clip of Heath Ledger in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Finally, my curiosity has been satisfied. This clip of Heath appearing as Tony, the lead character, performing in a white suit and wearing a white mask. He asks: “Can I ask you a question – ‘Do you dream?’ Or should I say, ‘Can you put a price… on your dreams?’†(It seems like his last two roles take on my two biggest fears, and making me own up to them and get over them. I am very scared of clowns (The Joker) and masks (Tony). )
It made me gasp to hear his voice again. Even with that smooth Australian accent made me want to see the rest. If you want to see all the movies in the Cannes Film Festival package you can go to the official site. (The clip that Heath is in is around the 21:27 mark.)
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus was Heath Ledger’s last movie. And I feel like I need to write about it every chance I get. I want to see this movie brought to the big screen and see him. While I was over at the new Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus Support Site I found this scan.
I love seeing how Heath was transformed into this creepy character. We all know that Heath puts himself into everything he does. In Brokeback Mountain he made me cry in the end when he felt bad for his lover’s death. In The Dark Knight he made me cry because seeing him in that role was bittersweet. I’m so glad they honored him with an Oscar.
I still miss him like crazy and I’m sure that feeling will never go away. But one thing is for sure I really want to see that movie. I hope the reception of it at Cannes this week is a good one.
I was kinda bummed yesterday when the trailer for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus came out and there was not one picture of Heath Ledger or anyone else in that movie in there. So today I compiled as many pictures as I could find so that we can see Heath on the set once again. (NOTE: There may be images that you feel are uncomfortable to look at, just remember he was alive and was acting. So viewer discretion may be advised.)
Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law had taken over the roles of Heath Ledger after he died. Heath was filming the movie The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, where Heath’s character was in a traveling troupe and makes a deal with the devil. Terry Gilliam said that he can change into different people and that’s where Johnny, Colin and Jude came in. Without that flexibility Heath may not have been able to stay in the film.
When Johnny, Colin and Jude found out that Heath had left behind an old will with all of his money going to his dad, the guys thought they could help by donating their paychecks from the film to Heath’s daughter, Matilda, so she would be taken care of.
Director Terry Gilliam now in post-production on the film says of his leading men,“The three actors were totally heroic coming in. This doesn’t happen very often . . . where there’s a tragedy like this, and very famous, very successful actors suddenly say, ‘Okay, we’ll do whatever it takes to help.’ They came; they did the work; they allowed the movie to be finished; they didn’t take money–the money goes to Heath’s daughter. That’s extraordinary! And wonderful . . . and when you’re part of that, you think, ‘Ah, this is maybe why I went into the movies, in the beginning. I thought it would be full of wonderful people.’ And in our case, we’ve got a movie full of wonderful people, who did extraordinary things to help.â€
I am so glad these guys are so humble. That’s why they make a great addition to the film. It will be bittersweet seeing this movie knowing he was filming it only days before he died. This picture still hurts to see because as we all know he did die a couple of days after this picture was taken. My thoughts will always be with Heath.
