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Found by FANtasticJD at IMDB
From imdb, here are pics of the 3 alternate Tonys, from the current Cannes issue of the French magazine Studio.

From Risky Business
Hollywood Reporter
Risky Biz Blog
May 08, 2009
The first reactions to Dr. Parnassus come in
By Steven Zeitchik
"Is it brilliant or is it muddled?" we've been quizzing acquisition execs who saw "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus" at the first and heretofore only buyers' screening earlier in the week. "And, more to the point, would you buy it?"
The first question has returned an answer of surprising consistency. Both, most of them said. Not always strong or simple on the narrative, and that sometimes makes for a muddle, but visually and at times conceptually very sharp, which that can make the Terry Gilliam film brilliant. (A rendering of some juicy plot details courtesy of Nicole Sperling over at Entertainment Weekly.)
On the second question, buyers were not opposed, but for the most part they said the answer would come down to price (doesn't it always?). Heath Ledger and the triumvirate of Depp, Law and Farrel make it eminently publicity-friendly, so there's value in the film if you spend the right amount, they said. (ah, but whose right amount?).
To go above that threshold, though, they noted a movie of this sort needs word of mouth, and it's tricky to determine how much the visuals and vision would carry that. "And Gilliam fans are tough to read," said one buyer. "It's hard to say how many of them there are, and, among them, how many will come out and buy a ticket for a new movie."
While certain early reactions -- a Mr. Harry Knowles comes to mind -- have loved it (or, more technically, noted that their response was Holy F%*#ing Wow), for a full critical reading we'll have to wait for the Cannes premiere next weekend. We have a feeling we'll be hearing a lof of 'both' there too.

From Collider
New Images from THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS
5/7/2009
Posted by MattGoldberg
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Written by Matt Goldberg

While we were all shocked and saddened by the sudden loss of Heath Ledger, a great many film fans (myself included) had a thought in the back of our minds: "Man, Terry Gilliam cannot catch a break." And even when Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell stepped up to play Ledger's role, in the back of our minds we thought: "Gilliam's not going to make it. Fate hates Gilliam." But Fate must have turned its attention elsewhere (probably to the economy and swine flu) because "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" is finished and will be showing at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Since most of us can't afford tickets to said festival, we just have to look at these new photos [via DVD-Forum.at] and wonder what we're missing out on.

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From FilmOfilia
Cannes Film Festival 2009 Official Selection On April 23
Posted by Fiona 20 April, 2009
Cannes Film Festival LogoThe official selection for the 62nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which will run from May 13 to 24, 2009, will be unveiled on April 23, 2009 at the traditional press conference. Fest director Thierry Fremaux and his selection committee still have numerous films to watch. Fremaux prefers to keep his options open to a certain extent until he’s seen everything, leaving anxious filmmakers, distribs and sales companies in the dark until the final bell. If you saw Barry Levinson’s “What Just Happened” you know how they feel now.
The news are coming and by now we know that the fest will have movies from top international filmmakers as directors including Ang Lee, Jane Campion, Michael Haneke, Quentin Tarantino, Ken Loach, Pedro Almodovar, Bong Joon-ho, Marco Bellocchio, Lars von Trier and Johnnie To among others.
At the moment it’s been confirmed that Disney Pixar’s “Up” directed by Pete Docter will open Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday May 13th, 2009 and we know French actress Isabelle Huppert will head the jury at this year’s Festival de Cannes.
It’s also been confirmed Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” will have its world premiere during the prestigious French film festival. “Inglorious Bastards” will be “in competition.”
Fest toppers saw Ang Lee’s “Taking Woodstock,” and the movie was offered an immediate invitation to screen in Cannes.
Longtime Ang Lee collaborator, James Schamus, wrote the script based on a book by Elliot Tiber with Tom Monte and the film stars Liev Schreiber, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Paul Dano, Kelli Garner, Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff, Emile Hirsch, Eugene Levy… Set in 1969, the film is described by Focus as the story of a man, “who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the famed happening it was.” Focus is planning an August release for the movie.
If Ang Lee’s movie is on the Cannes roster, it is widely expected to join opening night film “Up” from Pixar, Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds,” Pedro Almodovar’s “Los Abrazos rotos,” and Lars Von Trier’s “Antichrist,” a horror drama with Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg as a couple who retreat to a secluded forest cabin after the death of their son.
Francis Ford Coppola won’t be bringing his new film, Argentine family drama “Tetro,” with Vincent Gallo to next month’s Cannes Film Festival, declining an offer to screen his film out of competition. Coppola said, “While I very much appreciate the invitation, this is an independent film, self-financed and self released, and I felt that being invited for a non-competition gala screening wasn’t true to the personal and independent nature of this film.” He will instead debut the movie at the Seattle International Film Festival on June 10th, 2009.
An almost certain midnight attraction will be Sam Raimi’s horror-thriller “Drag Me to Hell,” starring Justin Long and Alison Lohman. Werner Herzog’s “Bad Lieutenant” remake, starring Nicolas Cage is in race for a special or midnight screening.
There’s a possibility that Terry Gilliam’s “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” featuring Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law, may make its debut in Cannes.
Numerous insiders said that the fest would include Ken Loach’s “Looking for Eric,” Jane Campion’s “Bright Star,” Michael Haneke’s “The White Ribbon,” Tsai Ming-liang’s “Face,” Johnnie To’s “Vengeance,” Alejandro Amenabar’s “Agora,” Jacques Audiard’s “A Prophet,” Lee Daniels‘ “Precious” (formerly known as, “Push”), Lynn Shelton’s “Humpday,” and Cherien Dabis’s “Amreeka.”
So here’s the list of films expected to be shown in Cannes:
Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, the Nazi-hunter saga with Brad Pitt
Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock, about 1969 music fest, with Emile Hirsch
Werner Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant remake with Nicolas Cage
Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell, horror-thriller with Alison Lohman
Pete Docter’s Up, the 3D Pixar adventure with Ed Asner
Jane Campion’s Bright Star, a John Keats bio with Ben Wishaw
Lars von Trier’s Antichrist, horror in the woods with Willem Dafoe & Charlotte Gainsbourg
Ken Loach’s Looking for Eric, about a troubled teen soccer fan
Johnny To’s Vengeance, a hitman-turned-chef in Hong Kong to avenge his daughter’s murder, with Johnny Hallyday
Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank, teen troubles with Michael Fassbender
Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon, about incipient fascism at a rural school in 1913 - shot in black and white
Pedro Almodovar’s Broken Embraces, a noirish melodrama with Penelope Cruz
Marco Bellocchio’s Vincere, about Mussolini’s secret lover
Bong Joon-ho’s Mother, a thriller about a ghastly murder
Park Chan-wook’s Thirst, about a small-town priest who turns into a vampire
Lou Ye’s Spring Fever, about a young threesome overcome with erotic longings
Lu Chuan’s City of Life and Death, epic about the 1937 massacre of Nanking by the Japanese army
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Air Doll, about the love affair between a videostore clerk and an inflatable sex doll
Tsai Ming-liang’s Face, about a Taiwanese director in Paris to make a film about Salome, with Mathieu Amalric, Jeanne Moreau, Fanny Ardant, Nathalie Baye, Laetitia Casta and Jean-Pierre Leaud
Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, a fantasy with Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law
The big day approaches, the lineup for the 62nd Cannes Film Festival (2009) is set to be unveiled this Thursday and then we’ll know for sure which films will be shown.

From Comic Book Movie
LEDGER'S LAST FILM MAY NOT GET U.S. RELEASE!
Even though it's Ledger's last film, it may not be released. Plus some new photos from the film.
Entertainment Weekly recently reported that Heath Ledger's final film may not be in the US
Ledger was in the middle of shooting The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, a film directed by Terry Gilliam, when he died of an accidental drug overdose last January.
When it looked like the film, would never reach completion Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell filled in to finish edger’s role. They each play different versions of Ledger's character Tony.
Gilliam was able to secure distribution in the UK through Lionsgate. Unfortunately executives in the US are reluctant to commit to the film.
"The script isn't a slam dunk," said one Hollywood executive. "Having Heath in it is appealing. But I'm waiting to see the movie."
Gilliam has refused screen the film to anyone in advance until he has assembled the final cut.
Director Gilliam said about the film not being sought after in the US markets, "I think people are going to be astonished when they see the film, and there will be a rush to want it. So I'm happy to wait. Nobody came forward at the right time, and now it's going to cost them."
I for one hope that it does get released in the US.

From Radar Online
Ledger's Last Film?
Director Terry Gilliam is renowned for his oddball flicks like Brazil and 12 Monkeys.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus -- about a very strange traveling magician -- would have been one of them even if Heath Ledger had lived to finish it. Instead, the half-completed film was rewritten to allow Jude Law, Colin Farrell and Johnny Depp to play different facets of the Parnassus character.
And, reportedly, distributors are concerned that audiences will be as confused as they are by the finished film.
Still, fans shouldn't despair.
"This movie stars Heath Ledger in his final performance," an anonymous independent film professional told The Hollywood Reporter. "it will get a deal and come out in the U.S."

From JoBlo
Parnassus in trouble? Feb. 24, 2009
There is a murmur afoot that Heath Ledger's final movie, THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR PARNASSUS may have trouble finding US distribution. The film also stars Colin Farrell, Johnny Depp and Jude Law, who stepped in to complete the role that Ledger had started.
During the summer there were several interested parties, reportedly including Lionsgate, but since, things have died down. You can read the full lowdown HERE, but the gist is the usual bullshit of 'too experimental' and 'not marketable enough' and that kind of garbage. Obviously, the most important thing to remember at this obviously difficult time (especially with that emotional speech from Ledger's family at the Oscars) is that UK distribution is already secure, so, living over here in London, I'm ok.
Extra Tidbit: Depp, Farrell and Law donated their earnings for this movie to Ledger's daughter Matilda.

From Slash Film First Look: Depp, Law and Farrell in The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Posted on Friday, February 20th, 2009 at 5:15 am by: Brendon Connelly
Bored? Frustrated? Desperate for something a bit more filling than the typical bot-crunching blockbuster? If you want something to really get excited about, try The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, the next sly and subversive fantasy from Terry Gilliam. It certainly works for me.
Below the break is our very first look at most of the main cast in character and costume. This is the first time we’ve seen Johnny Depp, Jude Law or Colin Farrell in their shared role of Tony, and there’s another - cheeky- shot of Heath Ledger as Tony too.
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The picture appeared on the website of Nicola Pecorini, and possibly without authorization because, frankly, that’s how the Pecorini rolls. He was the film’s cinematographer and previously collaborated with Gilliam on the Scorpion Football ads, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Tideland and a good chunk of The Brothers Grimm (the chunk before the Weinsteins replaced him).
Peering into the cards, I think you should also be able to recognize Christopher Plummer, as the Dr. of the title; Tom Waits as his infernal nemesis; Lily Cole as the Dr.’s daughter; Andrew Garfield and Verne Troyer as part of the Dr.’s traveling sideshow.
Hopefully set to premiere at Cannes, Parnasuss is unfortunately already infamous for being the final project of Heath Ledger. After his sad and untimely demise in the midst of production, it appeared that the film could not be completed, yet Gilliam took advantage of his film’s fantastical premise, called on his considerable imaginative abilities and pushed the pieces around a little to make the puzzle fit together in a new way…
Instead of Heath Ledger playing the role alone, three more actors would step in and portray aspects of the role, the four facets coming together for the whole. Of course, we’ll never have the originally planned version of the film for comparison, but I can’t escape the idea that these unexpected, unwanted repairs can only have made the film stranger and more interesting (though, of course, only possibly and not necessarily any better). What a horrible irony.
Depp, Law and Farrell famously donated their fees for the film to Ledger’s family. The film is now announced not as a Terry Gilliam film but “A Film by Heath Ledger and friends”. Unfortunately, the insurance companies created some fuss and tried to withhold funds necessary to realize the transformation of Ledger into his three alter-egos, which appears to have held up the release.
As different distributors are handling the film in different territories it has proven nearly impossible to determine a realistic release pattern. I simply hope we get to see the film as soon as possible.

From Digital Spy
Gilliam: 'Ending Ledger film was madness'
Monday, February 16 2009, 1:02am EST
By Sarah Rollo, Entertainment Reporter
Terry Gilliam has spoken about the difficulty of finishing The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus without Heath Ledger.
Speaking to ITN, the BAFTA-winning director described the weeks following the January 2008 death of the Australian actor as "madness".
The movie, which stars Ledger, Christopher Plummer and Tom Waits, is about the leader of a travelling theatre troupe which takes audience members through a magical mirror to explore their imaginations.
Production was suspended following Ledger's death, while Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell stepped in to portray his character Tony in dream sequences.
Gilliam said: "It was madness, frankly, trying to rescue a film with Heath dying in the middle of it. But I think the sheer pressure of having to do something made us just go for it. You couldn't double-think anything, you just make some decisions, jump in and hope it worked.
"But shooting it after that point, I was never sure whether it would or wouldn't work. But I can actually say it works and it works brilliantly."

Found by emma at Khaleej Times
(excerpt)
City Times
Terry Nice to Meet You
David Light
14 December 2008
Off the wall director and ex-Monty Python animator Terry Gilliam gives an in-depth account of his latest projects, including directing Heath Ledger’s last film during which he tragically passed away and what receiving the lifetime achievement here in Dubai award means to him
THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL Film Festival honours three individuals for their lifetime contribution to the art of cinema every year. This year’s Honouree from the west is director Terry Gilliam, one time Monty Python star and since then a hugely successful director famed for creating a rich visual tapestry in his regularly unconventional movies. He comes to Dubai on the back of completing his latest work ‘The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus,’ the last film to star the late Heath Ledger. As well as collecting the award fans and industry professionals had the rare opportunity to engage in a discussion with Gilliam on Friday evening discussing the life and work of this remarkable man.
Gilliam’s current project is ‘The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus,’ now in post-production. Filming was temporarily halted following the death of star Heath Ledger in New York City in January 2008 but Colin Farrell, Johnny Depp and Jude Law volunteered to continue as three different versions of Ledger’s character furthering the ‘magical’ world of the film.
“Basically the movie (Dr Parnassus) is finished apart from about 600 special effects shots which are not quite finished,” Gilliam told City Times. “We’re in the final stages of development. Some of the effects have to be reshot because of Heath’s passing. He’s never computer generated in the film, but certain other things have to be changed. We had to change the script in certain ways. It was also partly due to the schedules of Johnny, Colin and Jude because they were all involved in other projects and we had to shoot very fast and not as controlled as I would like to be just to get them done. We literally had Johnny for a day and a half and I had a lot of work to do. Trying to work the transitions out from Heath’s character to the others took longer in some instances so everything just started growing.”
Gilliam used everything he had already shot of Ledger despite the rewrites that occurred. “I used every inch of film. I managed to do it in a couple of days (the rewrite). It was a matter of making a few key decisions and just going for it. A few scenes Heath would have been in I tried to do them with some clever tricks but in the end decided not to. Things just got rearranged. I didn’t come here prepared to deal with the details of the film so I’m still trying to work out what I did.”

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