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Altered States

Release Date:December 25, 1980

Running Time:103 min

Genres:Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction

Director

Cast

William Hurt Blair Brown Bob Balaban Charles Haid Thaao Penghlis Miguel Godreau Dori Brenner Peter Brandon Charles White-Eagle Drew Barrymore Megan Jeffers Jack Murdock

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores these altered states of cognizance and finds that memory, time, and reality itself are states of mind.

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