Pandaemonium Movie Review 2000

Friendship, rivalry, and jealousy between 19th century English romanticists William Wordsworth (Hannah) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Roache). In 1813, debilitated by opium abuse, Coleridge attends a reception for the now-distant Wordsworth and flashes back to their first meeting some 20 years before. Coleridge and his wife Sara (Morton) move to a country cottage with Wordworth and his sister Dorothy (Woof) living nearby as the two men collaborate on a poetry collection. Coleridge becomes (mutually) attracted to Dorothy and finds inspiration in drugs. A rift between the two men deepens when Wordsworth marries and Coleridge dependency on drugs worsens--even as his poetry soars.

Distribution

USA Home Entertainment, 1 W. Forest, Englewood, NJ 07631-4004, Phone: (201)871-1000, URL: http://www.polygram-us.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 125 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Writers, Period Piece: 19th Century, Great Britain, Drug Use & Abuse, Period Piece: 18th Century, Jealousy, Brothers & Sisters, Marriage

Screenplay

Frank Cottrell-Boyce

Cast

Linus Roache, John Hannah, Samantha Morton, Emily Woof, Emma Fielding, Andy Serkis, Samuel West, Guy Lankester

Cinematography

John Lynch

Director

Julien Temple

Music

Dario Marianelli

Producer

BBC Films