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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
MEANRANK
66/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3077
- IMDb #2835
- Rotten Tomatoes #2995
- Metacritic #2044
- Letterboxd #3165
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3147
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3341
- Metacritic Critics #1950
- Metacritic Audience #2314
- Criticker #1992
- Douban #1746
- Kinopoisk #2638
- AlloCiné #2567
- Trakt #3506
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The immortal, millennia-old Doctor Parnassus travels London in a fantastical theatre troupe with his daughter. He possesses the unique ability to guide people’s imaginations through a magical mirror. His power is the result of a ancient deal with the devil, Mr. Nick, who has come to collect his long-overdue payment: the doctor’s daughter. A race ensues to save her soul through a series of imaginative adventures.
Details
- Director
- Terry Gilliam
- Writers
- Charles McKeown, Terry Gilliam
- Studio
- Infinity Features, Davis Films, Poo Poo Pictures
- Released
- 1 October 2009
- Country
- Canada, France, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $30.0M
- Box office
- $64.4M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 12 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 14 →2 wins from 14 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2009 | Best Art Direction | Dave Warren, Anastasia Masaro and Caroline Smith | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2009 | Best Costume Design | Monique Prudhomme | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 2009 | Best Production Design | Dave Warren, Anastasia Masaro and Caroline Smith | Nominee |
| BAFTA Awards 2009 | Best Make Up & Hair | Sarah Monzani | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Awards 2009 | Best Achievement in Production | Nominee | |
| Costume Designers Guild 2009 | Excellence in Fantasy Film | Monique Prudhomme | Winner |
| Empire Awards 2009 | Best British Film | Nominee | |
| Empire Awards 2009 | Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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14 awards — The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
×| Best Art Direction | Dave Warren, Anastasia Masaro and Caroline Smith | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Monique Prudhomme | Nominee |
| Best Make Up & Hair | Sarah Monzani | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Dave Warren, Anastasia Masaro and Caroline Smith | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Monique Prudhomme | Winner |
| Best Art Direction and Production Design | Anastasia Masaro, Dave Warren, Terry Gilliam | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | Terry Gilliam For the song "We Are the Children of the World" | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Nominee |
| Excellence in Fantasy Film | Monique Prudhomme | Winner |
| Best British Film | Nominee | |
| Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Nominee |
| Best International Film | Nominee | |
| Best Make-Up | Sarah Monzani | Nominee |
| Best Achievement in Production | Nominee |