Altered States
It's the late 1960's. Just for a lark, graduate student Eddie Jessup, known for being unconventional, brilliant and slightly mad, conducts experiments with an isolation chamber, using himself as the subject. His experiences in the chamber cause him to hallucinate, much of the imagery being religious-based despite he not being a religious man. Seven years later, he is a respected full professor in the Harvard Medical School. Believing he has lost his edge and has fallen into an unwanted state of respectability, Eddie decides to resume his work with sensory deprivation, this time using hallucinogens, specifically untested ones used in mystical Mexican rituals, to enhance the experience of being in the isolation tank. After initial tests, he claims he entered an alternate physical and mental state. Although unbelieving of Eddie's claims, his colleagues Arthur Rosenberg and Mason Parrish, as well as Eddie's wife, Emily, who is in her own right a respected academic, are concerned for Eddie's well being. However, if Eddie's claims are indeed true, he could do irreparable harm to himself and others around him, especially if his altered states are uncontrollable.
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Source #1: Criterion UHD Blu-ray (video, audio, commentary, subtitles) - thanks TMT!
Source #2: Plaion GER Blu-ray (subtitles) - thanks FULLSiZE!
Source #3: Warner Bros. USA Blu-ray (subtitles) - thanks TTG!
Source #4: Warner Bros. PAL DVD (subtitles)
Source #5: iTunes WEB-DL (subtitles)
Altered States premiered as a 70mm blow-up release, with a 6-track mix with a baby boom configuration, in Warner's short-lived Megasound format, which featured enhanced bass relative to other contemporary formats. A more typical matrixed Dolby Stereo (LCRS) mix was used for 35mm showings in most venues. Due to that format's limitations, its bass reproduction is much more limited.
Criterion's release includes a 2.0 track and a 5.1 track. The former very clearly appears to be the Dolby Stereo mix, but the latter's provenance is a bit less obvious. It appears to be the same track used by Warner Bros. on their previous releases of this film. It sounds very good, with clearly discrete surrounds (similar, but non-identical) and deep punchy bass. I strongly suspect that it's derived from the 70mm 6-track mix with minimal modifications, but don't have anything to back that up. It might be a very slight remix.
Plaion's 5.1 track is the same, minus one lossy patch, and their 2.0 track appears to be a mixdown with some added EQ.
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- Altered States 1980 2160p UHD Blu-ray Remux DV HDR HEVC DTS-HD MA 5.1-CiNEPHiLES
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| 43.7 GB | 01/06/24 | 159 | 33 | ||
| 26.8 GB | 07/03/24 | 149 | 9 | ||
| 56 GB | 11/06/24 | 148 | 52 | ||
| 1.8 GB | 07/02/25 | 147 | 12 | ||
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| 387 MB | 07/21/26 | 143 | 7 | ||
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| 3.6 GB | 08/14/26 | 129 | 6 | ||
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| 1.9 GB | 08/14/26 | 117 | 6 | ||
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| 53.8 GB | 07/01/23 | 110 | 40 | ||
| 1.8 GB | 08/14/26 | 110 | 7 | ||
| 19.8 GB | 02/03/25 | 109 | 16 |