Pharmaceutical Hallucinations

{{short description|1908 short film by Georges Méliès}}

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| name = Pharmaceutical Hallucinations

| image = Hallucinations pharmaceutiques ou le Truc du potard (1908).webm

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| director = Georges Méliès

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| studio = Star Film Company

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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1908||||}}

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| country = France

| language = Silent

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Pharmaceutical Hallucinations{{citation|first = Georges|last = Méliès|year = 2008|title = Georges Méliès: First Wizard of Cinema|medium = DVD; short film collection|publisher = Flicker Alley|location = Los Angeles|isbn=1893967352}} ({{langx|fr|Hallucinations pharmaceutiques ou le Truc du potard}}) is a 1908 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 1416–1428 in its catalogues.{{citation|last=Malthête|first=Jacques|last2=Mannoni|first2=Laurent|title=L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès|year=2008|publication-place=Paris|publisher=Éditions de La Martinière|isbn=9782732437323|page=355}}

The giant snail prop in the film had been previously used in Méliès's 1906 fantasy The Chimney Sweep. The film's special effects are worked using stage machinery, pyrotechnics, substitution splices, and multiple exposures.{{citation|title=Essai de reconstitution du catalogue français de la Star-Film; suivi d'une analyse catalographique des films de Georges Méliès recensés en France|location=Bois d'Arcy|publisher=Service des archives du film du Centre national de la cinématographie|year=1981|isbn=2903053073|ref={{harvid|Essai de reconstitution}}|pages=332–333}}