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What's playing at the cineplex and in your neighborhood. OPENING DAYBREAKERS After most of the planet has been transformed by plague into vampires, a medical researcher looks for a way to save the dwindling, still fighting human race.

Read, for example, David Yule's book Losing the Light: Terry Gilliam and the Munchausen Saga on the making of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen .

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus will never be remembered as a great movie, even though there are some who will say it is.

Terry Gilliam is not someone you'd expect to see lounging poolside at a luxury hotel.

Television Weekend TV: Laughing 2010 in From left Eric Idle, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin in New York before the premiere of their new documentary Monty Python: Almost The Truth , in October 2009.

Worst-case scenario: Jonathan Pryce's Sam Lowry deals with the chain of command in Terry Gilliam's 1985 corporate horror story, "Brazil." Could "The Peter Principle" at least partially explain what's happened to our country in recent months? We're not naming names, but, as New Scientist magazine points out, the idea that managerial incompetence is ...

"People often compare us, but I think they must be talking about the trouble we have making movies rather than the movies themselves, because he's an absolute genius." Ingmar Bergman "I don't think anyone else has ever used film to look so deeply inside the human spirit." Federico Fellini "He's a wizard, a magician, the man who could do it all.

If The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is the new Wizard of Oz, as one fan enthused at the Closing Night screening at this year's Hampton's International Film Festival in October, then filmmaker Terry Gilliam is indeed the man behind the curtain.

Liam Lacey Published on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009 2:02PM EST N ovember 2006 Terry Gilliam and Charles McKeown start on the Script for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus , the third of their written collaborations, following Brazil and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen .

The imaginarium of director Gilliam Visionary filmmaker returns to fine art of storytelling, gives Ledger free reign By STEPHEN COOKE Entertainment Reporter Thu.

Through The Looking Glass: Surreal visuals, a stream-of-consciousness plot and three actors playing fantasyland alter egos for the late Heath Ledger: Doctor Parnassus isn't easy to follow, but it's fun to look at.

To realize the vision for his new movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus , Terry Gilliam needed a star to play slippery antihero Tony, and he needed money.

It should have been the must-see movie of the Christmas season, directed and co-written by the critically acclaimed Terry Gilliam and featuring the marquee cast of Johnny Depp , Jude Law , Colin Farrell and, in his final role, Heath Ledger .

Heath Ledger in "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," a fantasy film by Terry Gilliam.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 66 % Tomatometer How does the Tomatometer work Reviews Counted: 68 Fresh: 45 Rotten: 23 Average Rating: 5.9/10 Consensus: Terry Gilliam remains as indulgent as ever, but The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus represents a return to the intoxicatingly imaginative, darkly beautiful power of his earlier work, with fine ...

If you are suffering from a dearth of anxiety this holiday season, the Brattle has the movie for you.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" might also be called the imagination of Terry Gilliam.

Not many supermodels have made graceful transitions from the runway to the big screen, but Lily Cole may prove an exception.

TERRY GILLIAM , whose new movie, "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus" opens Dec. 25, talks a lot these days about the "film gods" - otherworldly creatures, sometimes benign, more often malicious, who have taken over his life and run it at their whim.

Heath Ledger in "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" FILMMAKER FOCUS Exclusive conversations with the industry's top directors and producers about the latest releases and trends in the feature film business.