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Pandaemonium

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The friendly collaboration of poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Linus Roache) and William Wordsworth (John Hannah) ultimately turns to betrayal during the French Revolution.

Critics Reviews

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Sandi Chaitram BBC.com 09/17/2001
4/5
Successfully gets to the heart of the obsessions that drive great writers -- and will have you dusting down your old school copy of the 'Lyrical Ballads'! Go to Full Review Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly 07/23/2001
B+
Goes a long way toward capturing the compelling delirium of opium among a crowd of freethinking British iconoclasts. Go to Full Review Lawrence Van Gelder New York Times 07/13/2001
4/5
Literate and handsome. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/08/2005
2/5
Tom Grealis RTÉ (Ireland) 02/13/2003
2/5
It's probably somewhat ironic that 'Pandaemonium' would have been far more appealing if its central characters were hoi-polloi poetic wannabes. Go to Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com 09/22/2002
3/5
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10/06/2016 If you like classic poetry then it should appeal, but it's more art-house than storyline. See more 01/11/2011 A fanciful and atmospheric fantasy based loosely on the lives of Coleridge and Wordsworth - there's more than a hint of Schafer's Amadeus in this tale of tortured artists and jealousy. Great cast, beautifully shot and poetry of a kind both new and old as the script dovetails effortlessly with some of England's greatest romantic verse. See more 01/28/2010 I especially enjoyed Lord Byron mocking Wordsworth See more 03/24/2009 What a train wreck. One star for the poetry, and one star for the decent performances by the two female leads (Emily Woof and Samantha Morton). See more 10/07/2008 as far as i know the only wordsworth and coleridge movie, which is a crime. the movie is wonderfully acted and absurdly anachronistic. live it. love it. come for the laudanum, stay for the coleridge dance remix. See more 02/27/2008 Den här filmen finns lugnt med på min topp fem-lista. Scenen då Coleridge kommer ur Kubla Khans grotta är oförglömlig. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Julien Temple

Director

Linus Roache

Samuel Coleridge

John Hannah

William Wordsworth

Samantha Morton

Sara Coleridge

Emily Woof

Dorothy Wordsworth

Emma Fielding

Mary Wordsworth

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Pandaemonium

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Movie Info

Synopsis The friendly collaboration of poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Linus Roache) and William Wordsworth (John Hannah) ultimately turns to betrayal during the French Revolution.
Director
Julien Temple
Producer
Nick O'Hagan
Screenwriter
Frank Cottrell Boyce
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
May 13, 2008
Runtime
2h 4m
Sound Mix
Surround