Friday, 8. January 2010
Topic: HOLLYWALD - on January 8, 2010 at 2:57:00 PM CET
How Terry Gilliam Weathered Loss of Heath Ledger to Finish Fanciful Imaginarium
Nearly all Terry Gilliam’s movies since Monty Python and the Holy Grail have survived more than the usual load of stress and strain wrought by busted budgets, distributor hassles, arguments over cinematographers and fights over final cut — not to mention floods, heart attacks and a broken back.
But all those obstacles pale next to the tragedy Gilliam (pictured) faced in January 2008, when his star actor Heath Ledger died halfway through production on The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, the director’s latest cinematic flight of fancy.
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