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Writer:
Alejandro Jodorowsky (written by)
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Release Date:
21 August 1974 (West Germany) more
Plot:
A Christlike figure wanders through bizarre, grotesque scenarios filled with religious and sacrilegious imagery... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Little Scene: The Films of Alejandro Jordorowsky
 (From t5m.com. 10 September 2009, 9:36 AM, PDT)

Filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky Returning With 'King Shot'
 (From FirstShowing.net. 22 May 2009, 1:15 PM, PDT)

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Lush, Hallucinatory, Visionary. more (89 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Alejandro Jodorowsky ... The Alchemist (as Alexandro Jodorowsky)
Horácio Salinas ... The Thief (as Hector Salinas)
Zamira Saunders ... The Written Woman (as Ramona Saunders)
Juan Ferrara ... Fon
Adriana Page ... Isla
Burt Kleiner ... Klen
Valerie Jodorowsky ... Sel
Nicky Nichols ... Berg
Richard Rutowski ... Axon (as Richard Rutowsky)
Luis Lomeli ... Lut
Ana De Sade ... The Prostitute
Chucho-Chucho ... The Chimpanzee
Letícia Robles ... Bald Woman 1 (as Leticia Robles)
Connie De La Mora ... Bald Woman 2
David Kapralik ... Tourist
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
La montaña sagrada (Mexico)
The Sacred Mountain (International: English title) (reissue title)
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Runtime:
114 min
Country:
Mexico | USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Colour:
Colour (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:18 (re-rating, uncut) | UK:X (original rating, cut version) | France:-16 | Netherlands:18 | Australia:MA (2007 re-rating) | South Korea:18 | West Germany:18 | Italy:VM14 (2001) | New Zealand:R18 | USA:R | Hong Kong:III

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The chanting played during the opening scene ritual includes the lineage of Buddhist teachers. Jodorowsky's name appears exactly as the chant says "Shakyamuni", which refers Siddhartha Guatama, commonly known as "the" Buddha. more
Quotes:
The Alchemist: You are excrement. You can change yourself into gold. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Mise-en-abyme (2006) more

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Lush, Hallucinatory, Visionary., 18 December 2000

Alejandro Jodorowsky's sprawling, psychedelic opus almost defies interpretation in any conventional sense. Steeped in symbolism and spirituality it is a piece of art that attempts to redefine the psyche and the human condition through a celebration of the surreal, the grotesque and the beautiful. Its inner meaning is deliberately vague, allowing personal interpretation to take the place of empty preaching and contrived moral messaging. Simply breathtaking.

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