Saturday, February 14, 2009

Foreign Poster of 'Docter Parnassus'

Though the Joker will most likely always be considered Heath Ledger's swan song it's not the last time we'll see him on the big screen. That's because he filmed some of Terry Gilliams next film, "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus." Despite his death Gilliam was determined to salvage Ledger's footage. We'll see whether he was successful or not in a few months, but for now we have an international poster for the film. And judging from what I see here...

...it's going to be vintage Gilliam weirdness. Gilliam is a director who is one of the more ambitious ones working today. The problem is when he fails, he fails BIG! Sadly he tends to fail more then he succeeds, and he directed Ledger and Matt Damon in one of their worst movies ever. This poster doesn't seem to let on that Ledger is in this movie, or his other co-stars, or even what the movie is about. Will it get Oscar consideration? Perhaps. Ledger may be up for another Oscar nod if the Academy can benefit from his wave of praise. Will the movie do well at the box office? I have no idea. Once again though we'll just have to wait and see.

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