Popcorn Taxi

THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT!

Popcorn Taxi is proud to present the
first public screening in Sydney of

THE IMAGINARIUM of DOCTOR PARNASSUS

Heath Ledger
Christopher Plummer
Johnny Depp
Colin Farrell
Jude Law
Tom Waits

PLUS join us for an exclusive audience Q&A after the movie with writer/director

TERRY GILLIAM

live down-the-line from London!

Monday October 26
7PM (sharp)

Event Cinemas Bondi Junction

"Flashes of Gilliam getting back to top form here... born out of a passion and determination that are wholly infectious."

EMPIRE

"It’s mad and beautiful and bewildering; it represents a unique vision; it’s a peek into the treasure trove of oddities that is Terry Gilliam’s head."

THE TIMES (UK)

"A rambling, unruly salute to the transformative power of the imagination that is filled with visual inventiveness, wilful eccentricity and even a burst or two of Pythonesque humour."

DAILY EXPRESS

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present-day. It tells the story of Dr. Parnassus and his extraordinary ‘Imaginarium’, a travelling show where members of the audience get an irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom. Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Doctor Parnassus is cursed with a dark secret. An inveterate gambler, thousands of years ago he made a bet with the devil, Mr. Nick, in which he won immortality. Centuries later, on meeting his one true love, Dr. Parnassus made another deal with the devil, trading his immortality for youth, on condition that when his daughter reached her 16th birthday, she would become the property of Mr Nick. Valentina is now rapidly approaching this ‘coming of age’ milestone and Dr. Parnassus is desperate to protect her from her impending fate. Mr. Nick arrives to collect but, always keen to make a bet, renegotiates the wager. Now the winner of Valentina will be determined by whoever seduces the first five souls. Enlisting a series of wild, comical and compelling characters in his journey, Dr. Parnassus promises his daughter’s hand in marriage to the man that helps him win. In this captivating, explosive and wonderfully imaginative race against time, Dr. Parnassus must fight to save his daughter in a never-ending landscape of surreal obstacles – and undo the mistakes of his past once and for all!

Watch Trailer Here

More on Terry Gilliam
(Director/Producer/Screenwriter/Original Design)
Terry Gilliam first came to recognition in 1969 as the only American member of the wildly popular television show “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”, for which he crafted the animated sequences.
In 1975, he co-directed, with Terry Jones, his first feature, “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”, which was soon followed by his solo directorial debut “Jabberwocky” (1977). His subsequent films include “Time Bandits” (1981), “Monty Python's The Meaning of Life” (co-dir. Terry Jones; 1983), “Brazil” (1985), starring Jonathan Pryce and Robert De Niro, for which he received an Oscar® nomination for Best Original Screenplay, a Los Angeles Film Critics award for Best Film and widespread critical praise, “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen” (1988), a return to historical fantasy and “The Fisher King” (1991), which earned him a Golden Globe® nomination for Best Director and the Silver Lion at the Venice International Film Festival. Returning to the director’s chair with the starstudded science fiction epic “Twelve Monkeys” (1995), he then went on to make “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” (1998), an adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's 1971 novel.

In 2000, Gilliam started production on his lifelong dream, “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote”. Unfortunately, severe problems led to the production being shut down within the first week of filming – against his wishes.

In 2005, Gilliam released “The Brothers Grimm”, starring Matt Damon and Heath Ledger, followed, a year later, by “Tideland” starring Jeff Bridges, Jodelle Ferland and Janet McTeer.