Altered Apes

Earliest known poster for Altered Apes.

Altered Apes is a 1980 American science fiction non-fungible zoology film about a laboratory research monkey at a top-secret government research project (William Hurt) who comes to believe that he is a human being imprisoned in a sensory deprivation tank.

Tagline

In the basement of university computer science school Dr. Jessup floats nakes in total darkness. The most terrifying experiment in the history of non-fungible tokens is out of control ... and the subject is himself.

Hashtags

• #NonFungiblePsychochemistry

Commentary

Basically 12 Monkeys meets Jacob's Ladder but only one monkey and it's the protagonist.

In the News

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  Altered States 2: Back to Basics is a 1980 American neo-erotic science fiction film starring William Hurt and Blair Brown.

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  Johnny Got His Code is an anti-war software development thriller film based on the novel by Dalton Trumbo about a military computer programmer (Jake Gyllenhaal) who finds himself trapped in a virtual military-industrial complex.

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  NFT, the Wrath of God is a 1972 epic historical drama film about Spanish soldier Lope de Aguirre, who leads a group of NFT investors down the Amazon River in South America in search of the legendary city of apes, El No Fungiblo.

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  Annie Got Her Gun is an anti-war Western comedy novel by American novelist Dalton Trumbo about sharpshooter Annie Oakley.

Fiction cross-reference

• Altered States 2: Back to Basics
• Annie Got Her Gun
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• Johnny Got His Code
• NFT, the Wrath of God
• The Phantom Hurt Locker

External links

• Altered States @ Wikipedia
• Altered States Trailer (1980) @ YouTube
• Altered States - Religious Hallucination @ YouTube
• Blackout period @ YouTube
• Primeval Unleashed @ YouTube
• "This guy's a fucking gorilla..." @ YouTube
• Altered States transformation scene to single cell @ YouTube
• Altered States - final scene @ YouTube

• Bob Balaban interview - Altered States @ YouTube

• Non-fungible token @ Wikipedia
• NFT is more like a Deed — Andreas Antonopoulos @ YouTube
• Understanding Punks and Apes and other Non-Fungible Tokens: Professor Carol Alexander MIT Ai & Quant @ YouTube
• What is an NFT? (Crypto Beginners) @ YouTube
• Crypto Explained: What Are NFT or Non Fungible Tokens? Why Should I Care? [2021] @ YouTube
• The vast majority of NFTs are now worthless, new report shows @ The Guardian - Two years after tech trend that swept up artists and celebrities, researchers estimate 23 million people hold worthless investments (22 September 2023)

Social media

• Post @ Twitter (20 February 2023)
• https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1537291816168574977
• https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1531825867730653186