''Pandaemonium'' is a 2000 film, directed by
Julien Temple
Julien Temple (born 26 November 1953) is a British film, documentary and music video director. He began his career with short films featuring the Sex Pistols, and has continued with various off-beat projects, including ''The Great Rock 'n' Roll ...
, screenplay by
Frank Cottrell Boyce. It is based on the early lives of
English poets
Samuel Taylor Coleridge and
William Wordsworth, in particular their collaboration on the ''
Lyrical Ballads'' (1798), and Coleridge's writing of ''
Kubla Khan'' (completed in 1797, published in 1816).
Much of the film was shot on location on and around the
Quantock Hills in
Somerset.
Cast
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Linus Roache as
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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John Hannah as
William Wordsworth
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Samantha Morton as Sara Fricker Coleridge (Coleridge's wife)
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Emily Woof
Emily Woof is an English actress and author, best known for film and TV roles including Nancy in ''Oliver Twist'', ''The Full Monty'', an ITV adaptation of ''The Woodlanders'', ''Velvet Goldmine'', ''Wondrous Oblivion'', '' Silent Cry'' and '' T ...
as
Dorothy Wordsworth
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Samuel West as
Robert Southey
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Andy Serkis as
John Thelwall
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Andrea Lowe as Edith Southey
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Clive Merrison as Dr. Gillman
Reception
Release Dates
Accolades
"It's rattling good stuff. There's just one small objection. None of it ever happened. This is fantasy literary history". John Sutherland.
References
External links
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''Pandaemonium''at
Box Office Mojo
''Pandaemonium''at
BBFC
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The Guardian review
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2000 films
2000 drama films
British historical drama films
Films scored by Dario Marianelli
Films about poets
Films directed by Julien Temple
Films set in the 18th century
Films set in the Lake District
Films shot in Somerset
Films with screenplays by Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
William Wordsworth
Biographical films about poets
2000s English-language films
2000s British films