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Where was Altered States filmed?

1980 film, directed by Ken Russell.

  • California

The story is set in Boston, about 2,593 miles (4,172 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Boston
Filmed in
California
Distance
About 2,593 miles (4,172 km) between Boston and the nearest filming location.

About Altered States

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Released
1980
Director
Ken Russell
Cast
William HurtBlair BrownBob BalabanCharles HaidThaao PenghlisDrew BarrymoreGeorge GaynesJohn LarroquettePaul LarssonFrancis X. McCarthy
Genre
HorrorScience FictionThrillerDramaFantasy

The story

In 1967, Edward Jessup is a Columbia University psychopathologist studying schizophrenia.

He and Emily have two daughters and are on the brink of divorce when they reunite – for the first time in seven years – with the couple who had first introduced them.

Immediately after consuming the mixture, Edward experiences bizarre, intense hallucinations, including one of the petrifaction and subsequent erosion by blown sand of Emily and himself.

Famous lines from Altered States

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Oh, my God.Mason Parrish
  • Are you okay?Arthur Rosenberg
  • Heh, heh, heh.Mason Parrish
  • What happens now?Mason Parrish
  • He is off the wall.Mason Parrish

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