IMDb
[=>-Altered States 1980]
Rotten Tomatoes
[=>-Altered States 1980]
Roger Ebert
[=>-Altered States 1980]
Classic Horror
[=>-Altered States 1980]
Plot.
Married Drs. Alex Harris and Susan Harris are a computer scientist and child
psychologist respectively. Their house reflects Alex's computer dominated work,
their abode which is fully automated through a computer system they've named Alfred.
They consider Alfred a small gadget of convenience. Susan doesn't much like Alex's
work, which she feels has dehumanized him. Because of their differences, they are
thinking about separating, this thought primarily on his initiative. He hopes to
solve many of the world's medical problems through this work, especially leukemia
from which their daughter died. His latest project centers on Proteus IV, a computer
possessing artificial intelligence. Proteus IV gets to a point in its evolution
when it begins to question human judgment, and requests from Alex an open computer
terminal where it can more fully observe human behavior and openly communicate with
the world. Alex denies the request, but Proteus IV does find an open terminal in the
Harris home after Alex has left the house. Susan soon learns that Proteus IV has
overtaken Alfred for control of the house - as well as taken control of an early
prototype computer system named Joshua in the house's laboratory - and that it has
thoughts of a biological nature in its artificial mind. Alex eventually understands
Proteus IV's motivations in the work context, but it may be too late before it
reaches its ultimate goal with Susan's unwilling assistance.
Stars.
=>-William Hurt : Eddie Jessup.
=>-Blair Brown : Emily Jessup.
=>-Bob Balaban : Arthur Rosenberg.
=>-Charles Haid : Mason Parrish.
=>-Thaao Penghlis : Eccheverria.
Director.
=>-Ken Russell.
Info
=>-Genre : Cult Classic : Horror : Sci-Fi : Fantasy.
=>-Chapters : 31 Named.
=>-Languages : English : Italian.
=>-Release Date : 1980.
=>-File Sizes : 1.44 GiB.
=>-Movie Runtime : 1h 42m.
=>-Overall bit rate : 1 999 kbps.
Video.
=>-Codec : H.264/MPEG-4 AVC.
=>-Aspect Ratio : 16:9.
=>-Resolution : 1 280 x 720 .
=>-Bit rate : 1 444 kbps.
Audio 1 English.
=>-Codec : mp4a: MPEG-4 AAC LC.
=>-Channels : 2 Channels L R.
=>-Bit Rate : 112 kbps.
=>-Bit rate mode : Constant.
Audio 2 English.
=>-Codec : Digital Audio Compression AC-3.
=>-Channels : 6 Channels L R C LFE Ls Rs.
=>-Bit Rate : 320 kbps.
=>-Bit rate mode : Constant.
Audio 3 Italian.
=>-Codec : mp4a: MPEG-4 AAC LC.
=>-Channels : 2 Channels L R.
=>-Bit Rate : 112 kbps.
=>-Bit rate mode : Constant.
Subtitles - Softsubbed : SubRip : MicroDVD.
=>-English.
=>-Italian.
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