It has been widely reported today on sites such as movieweb and ComingSoon.net that Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus is set to open in select theaters in the USA on Christmas Day, 2009. While we here at the support site certainly hope it is true, we have not reported this simply because there has been no “Official” announcement of this from either Sony Pictures Classics or the producers of the movie for this release date.

Again, we certainly hope this is true, however, just feel that we must wait for official word before we celebrate too much! And, please remember our goal is to see this film throughout the United States in many, many cities, not just select theaters, so your continued support for the US and other countries is needed more now than ever.

CALL YOUR LOCAL THEATER. GET THEIR ATTENTION! START LETTING THEM KNOW NOW THAT YOU’RE OUT THERE WAITING FOR THIS MOVIE!!!!! START SUPPORTING IT NOW ON YOUR LOCAL LEVEL!

Let’s all keep our fingers crossed that this is true and that we will hear an Official announcement very soon.

UPDATE: IMDb IS NOW ALSO LISTING DECEMBER 25 AS THE RELEASE DATE FOR THE USA (REMEMBER PLEASE THIS IS BEING STATED ONLY FOR SELECT CITIES WHICH USUALLY MEANS LA, NYC and maybe CHICAGO, THE LARGE CITIES).

Thank you.

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Sherlo from the United Kingdom is so excited that Terry Gilliam’s much anticipated new film, The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus, will be opening there on October 16, 2009 that she can’t wait to tell the world. She has joined in the worldwide fan campaign to raise global public awareness of the film so that her friends around the world can share in her excitement and anticipation and see Dr. Parnassus in their own countries and hometowns!

Loreen, a Croatian fan from the ennisjack forums wants to tell the world that Terry Gilliam’s new film, The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus, is coming soon! The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus stars Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude Law, Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Verne Troyer, Lily Cole and Andrew Garfield.

Jessyca from Brazil wants to tell everyone the great new Terry Gilliam, Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Christopher Plummer movie, The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus is coming soon and she can’t wait to see it in Brazil!

Brazilian fan and Depplovers member, C Tainan, shares a photo of her beautiful country as she stands beside Brazil’s famed “Christ” in her photo telling the world, she wants to see Dr. Parnassus Around The World!

Brazilian fan, Jamille, can’t wait to tell the rest of the world that Terry Gilliam’s much anticipated new film, The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus, is coming soon!!!!

Source: The London Times

She is disconcertingly doll-faced. Pale bow lips that look like they’re drawn on. Cornflower-blue eyes like giant orbs. Red Crystal Tipps cartoon hair. It’s a round face that manages to look wise and gormless at the same time. It’s the face of a Marks & Spencer model who appeared controversially on the cover of French Playboy, hair in bunches, cuddling a teddy, naked except for little white socks. In the flesh, the look is more minx than exploited girlie.

It was the same extraordinary face, both sweet and uncompromising, that catapulted Lily Cole to fame after she was discovered by Storm model agency while shopping with friends in London. How could she look so babyish and so sophisticated? How could she earn so much when she was so young? (The Sunday Times Rich List estimates that she is worth at least £4m.) How could she miss so much school and earn a place at Cambridge, gaining a first this summer in her first-year exams.

It was perhaps inevitable that, after a short period of catwalk adulation, Cole would turn to acting. She had a small part in the 2007 remake of St Trinian’s, but now she is poised for a meatier role as the female lead in a film that has become memorable before it has even opened. It was an experience both wonderful and blighted, because her co-star died in the middle of filming.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus has had a troubled genesis. Prior to production, its iconoclastic director, Terry Gilliam, faced a series of obstacles: the dithering of backers, the usual wrangling over money.

Gilliam took a risk on Cole, then just 19, who had never performed such a huge and integral role. There was considerable stress over how exactly she had to raise her game, but there was absolute devastation when her co-star Heath Ledger was found dead by his housekeeper in his New York loft in January 2008. Most of her scenes were with him. She worked with him perhaps more than any other member of the cast. She got to know his generous spirit. “He definitely helped me. From the beginning he understood that I would be overwhelmed and scared by the size of this project. He encouraged me and said he was really proud of me, constantly fed me support.”

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Film Festival Screenings
Cannes Film Festival – 22 May 2009

Munich Film Festival – 26 June 2009

San Sebastian Film Festival – 18 September 2009

Toronto International Film Festival – 18/19 September 2009

Atlantic Film Festival – 19 September 2009

Argentina
Distributor: Sony Pictures Argentina
Release Date: 5 November 2009

Australia
Distributor: Hoyts
Release Date: 29 October 2009

Belgium
Distributor: ?
Release Date: 11 November 2009

Brazil
Distributor: Sony Pictures Brasil
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Bulgaria
Distributor: Tandem Films
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Canada
Distributor: Seville Pictures
Release Date: 16 October 2009

Croatia
Distributor: MG Film
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Czech Republic
Distributor: Hollywood Classic Entertainment
Release Date: 29 October 2009

France
Distributor: Metropolitan Filmexport
Release Date: 11 November 2009

Germany
Distributor: Concorde Film
Release Date: 3 December 2009

Greece
Distributor: Village Films
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India
Distributor: PVR Pictures
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Italy
Distributor: Moviemax
Release Date: 16 October 2009

Japan
Distributor: Showgate
Release Date: 2010

Netherlands
Distributor: RCV Film Distribution
Release Date: 11 February 2010

New Zealand
Distributor: Hoyts
Release Date: 29 October 2009

Norway
Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Norway
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Poland
Distributor: Polsat/Gutek FIlm
Release Date: 8 January 2010

Portugal
Distributor: ?
Release Date: 19 November 2009

Romania
Distributor: MediaPro Distribution
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Slovakia
Distributor: Continental Films
Release Date: 3 December 2009

South Korea
Distributor: Showtime
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Spain
Distributor: Sony Pictures España
Release Date: 6 November 2009

Switzerland
Distributor: Pathe Films AG
Release Date: 3 December 2009

Turkey
Distributor: United International Pictures (UIP)
Release Date: 12 March 2010

United Kingdom
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Release Date: 16 October 2009

United States
Distributor: Sony Picture Classics (no formal announcement yet)
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We will have an Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus Support Site Chat on Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. (Pacific Time – Los Angeles – USA) to discuss ways you and we can help to get the movie to a theater in your hometown. We need your help and your participation. Though distribution may be obtained by your country, we now have to get it into theaters around the world which is in the hands of exhibitors not distributors. This is a vital step and the fans have a huge say in this as we are the audience. If you want this film around the world please take a while Saturday and come to the chat and then participate and help. You would be amazed at what a few minutes a day of your time can accomplish.

We will also be discussing US distribution.

Please check the world clock online to find out what time the chat will take place in your country or state if you are in the USA and join us.

Here is the link to the chat room. You do not have to register, just enter your nickname and join the chat. Bring your ideas and enthusiasm please and learn more about what is going on with this movie around the world and what you can do to make it a huge success. You can also find the link to the chatroom in the right hand side bar here on the homepage and in one of the tabs at the top of our forum.

See you Saturday.