Doctor Parnassus is the proprietor of a traveling "Imaginarium"ù in which paying customers are invited to cross into a hallucinatory otherworld to uncover their true selves. Long ago, as an impetuous youth, Parnassus made a deal with the devil, Mr. Nick, for eternal life. Mr. Nick has now come to collect his due: the soul of Parnassus's blushing daughter, Valentina. Parnassus and his ragtag band must race against time in an all-out battle against Mr. Nick within the Imaginarium's surreal fantasy world. The first to claim five souls will win Valentina, and whichever of her suitors (Andrew Garfield and Heath Ledger) can outsmart Mr. Nick will also earn her hand in marriage.  Terry Gilliam gives free rein to his signature whimsicality in the Imaginarium's rich, cartoonish, constantly shifting landscape, and the adventurous film brims with affectionate nods to its late star, Heath Ledger, whose role was assumed by Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell.

Expected to be in attendance:  Producer Amy Gilliam

Terry Gilliam (Director/Producer/Screenwriter/Original Design) first came to recognition in 1969 as the only American member of the wildly popular television show "Monty Python's Flying Circus,î 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, MONTY PYTHONíS MEANING OF LIFE (co-directed with Terry Jones, 1983), BRAZIL (1985),  THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN (1988), THE FISHER KING (1991), TWELVE MONKEYS (1995), FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (1998), THE BROTHERS GRIMM (2005), and TIDELAND (2006).

Terry Gilliam (Director/Producer/Screenwriter/Original Design) first came to recognition in 1969 as the only American member of the wildly popular television show "Monty Python's Flying Circus,î 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, MONTY PYTHONíS MEANING OF LIFE (co-directed with Terry Jones, 1983), BRAZIL (1985),  THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN (1988), THE FISHER KING (1991), TWELVE MONKEYS (1995), FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (1998), THE BROTHERS GRIMM (2005), and TIDELAND (2006).