Trailer!: The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

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Trailer!: The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

POSTED: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 9:39 PM

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So, here it is: The final bow of an actor taken before his time, aka, Heath Ledger's last role. Posthumous movie releases can be both a blessing a curse, although they usually never tarnish the reputation of the deceased celeb. James Dean did the most iconic work of his career in Rebel Without a Cause and Giant, released a month and 13 months after his death, respectively. While Raul Julia's last bash on the screen before succumbing to cancer was in Street Fighter.

What's interesting about this trailer is that there's no mention of the actors ' Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell ' who eventually took over Ledger's part when he passed away before filming could be completed. Understandably, it would be difficult to the explain their roles in the film without completely dismantling the verisimilitude of the storyline, especially in a minutes-long trailer, but I'd figure producers at least wanted to get some star wattage out of them.

But Ledger doesn't interest me so much. The Dark Knight will always be Ledger's swan song and whether he's good in this or not is not the point. I'm interested in both Tom Waits as the devil (AMAZING casting) and model-turned-actor Lily Cole, who looks like she should be in a Henry Selick movie. Or a Terry Gilliam one.

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