Pandaemonium (2000)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Julien Temple

Writer:

Frank Cottrell Boyce (written by)

Release Date:

18 April 2001 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Friendship and betrayal between two poets during the French Revolution. |

Plot Keywords:

Creative Process | Opium | Celebrity | Visionary | Independent Film

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Linus Roache	...	Samuel Coleridge
John Hannah	...	William Wordsworth
Samantha Morton	...	Sara Coleridge
Emily Woof	...	Dorothy Wordsworth
Emma Fielding	...	Mary Wordsworth
Andy Serkis	...	John Thelwall
Samuel West	...	Robert Southey
Michael N. Harbour	...	Walsh (as Michael Harbour)
William Scott-Masson	...	Tom Poole
Clive Merrison	...	Dr. Gillman
Dexter Fletcher	...	Humphry Davy
Guy Lankester	...	Lord Byron
Andrea Lowe	...	Edith Southey
Jacqueline Defferary	...	Miss Holland
Andy de la Tour	...	Andrew Crosse
John Kane	...	Jones
Colin McCredie	...	Messenger
Glyn Owen	...	Fisherman
Peter Harkness	...	Journalist
Niall Vincent	...	Hartley Coleridge (4 Years)
Jason Quick	...	Hartley Coleridge (18 Months)
Miles Quick	...	Hartley Coleridge (18 Months)
Eleanor Russell	...	Hartley Coleridge (2 Months)
Juno Temple	...	Emma Southey
Leo Temple	...	Herbert Southey
Rowena Gaukroger	...	Edith Mae Southey
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Erik McKay	...	Darcy Sinclair
John Standing	...	Rev. Holland

Directed by
Julien Temple

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Frank Cottrell Boyce		written by

Produced by
Michael Kustow	....	co-producer
Nick O'Hagan	....	producer
Mike Phillips	....	executive producer
Jane Robertson	....	line producer
Tracey Scoffield	....	executive producer
David M. Thompson	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Dario Marianelli

Cinematography by
John Lynch

Film Editing by
Niven Howie

Casting by
Liora Reich

Production Design by
Laurence Dorman

Art Direction by
Bill Crutcher
Ben Scott

Set Decoration by
Philippa Hart

Costume Design by
Annie Symons

Makeup Department
Lynne Butterworth	....	hair stylist
Lynne Butterworth	....	makeup artist
Liz Daxauer	....	hair styles supervisor
Liz Daxauer	....	makeup supervisor
Tony Lilley	....	hair stylist
Tony Lilley	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Clare Maclean	....	post-production supervisor (as Clare Oliver)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Dodds	....	third assistant director: dailies
Michael Elliott	....	assistant director
Nick Laws	....	first assistant director
Candy Marlowe	....	crowd second assistant director
Anthony Wilcox	....	assistant director
Niven Howie	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
Simon Aspey	....	stagehand
Paul Bowring	....	carpenter
David Chappell	....	hod carpenter
Mary-Claire Curran	....	art department runner
John Davies	....	hod painter
Matthew Davies	....	assistant art director
Tim Dickel	....	dressing props
Derek Felgate	....	carpenter
Stephen Forrest-Smith	....	storyboard artist
Mike Fowlie	....	dressing props
James Gemmill	....	scenic artist
Douglas Glen	....	stand-by props
Peter Grant	....	property master
Nick Hatton	....	painter
Matthew Hywel-Davies	....	stand-by carpenter (as Matt Hywel-Davies)
Josh Jones	....	construction manager
Greg Long	....	prop storeman
John Pinkerton	....	stand-by painter
Ian Ramshaw	....	painter
Guy Rutter	....	painter
Colin Thurston	....	stand-by prop
Cathy van Abbe	....	art department assistant
Jessie Walker-Stewart	....	vivarium maker (as Jess Walker Stewart)

Sound Department
Tim Alban	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gerry Bates	....	sound maintenance
Peter Burgis	....	foley artist
Paul Davies	....	supervising sound editor
Andie Derrick	....	foley artist
Evelyn Ficarra	....	adr editor
Richard Flynn	....	adr editor
Simon Gershon	....	dialogue editor
Paul Harris	....	adr recordist
Katy Lowe	....	sound trainee
Garth Marshall	....	sound
Dick Philip	....	sound maintenance
James Seddon	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Andrew Stirk	....	dubbing assistant
Graeme Stoten	....	foley editor
Hilary Wyatt	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Neal Champion	....	special effects supervisor
Dave Crownshaw	....	snow effects supervisor
Dave Crownshaw	....	snow effects technician
Gareth Wingrove	....	special effects technician
Trevor Young	....	titles compositor

Visual Effects by
Robin Beard	....	digital effects artist
Simon Frame	....	visual effects supervisor
Pawl Fulker	....	digital artist
Tom Hocking	....	digital effects artist

Stunts
Jim Dowdall	....	stunt coordinator
Tracey Eddon	....	stunts
Sarah Franzl	....	stunts
Paul Heasman	....	stunts
Seon Rogers	....	stunts
Lee Sheward	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Alex Bailey	....	still photographer
Steve Brooke Smith	....	focus puller
Dion M. Casey	....	Steadicam operator
Paul Edwards	....	Steadicam operator
Warren Evans	....	electrician
Kevin Fitzpatrick	....	electrician
Maxim Ford	....	time-lapse photographer
Guy Frost	....	clapper loader
Darren Gatrell	....	gaffer
Pip Hare	....	camera trainee
Stuart Howell	....	Steadicam operator
Mark Hutton	....	gaffer
Clive Mackey	....	focus puller
Colin Manning	....	grip
Keith Manning	....	grip
Skip Margetts	....	clapper loader
Alan McPherson	....	best boy
Dennis O'Connell	....	electrician
Behzad Oliadonighi	....	assistant camera: time-lapse photography
Sky Sharrock	....	clapper loader
Philip Sindall	....	camera operator
Tony Skinner	....	electrician
Andy Thomson	....	crane operator
Nick Wall	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Alex Wilson Jones	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Maria Liljefors	....	additional costume designer
Kay Manasseh	....	assistant costume designer
Charlotte Morris	....	costume assistant
Anne Nichols	....	additional costume designer
Marco Scotti	....	wardrobe supervisor
Rebecca Townsend	....	wardrobe assistant
Gerald Moulin	....	costume assistant (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Steve Farman	....	negative cutter
Clive Noakes	....	color grader
Helen Paszyn	....	first assistant editor
Caroline Perjesi	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Steve Parr	....	music mixer
Steve Parr	....	music recordist
Kevin Townend	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Wayne Thompson	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Guy Barker	....	production accountant
Joanie Blaikie	....	production executive: BBC Films
David Boardman	....	location manager
John Brook	....	stand-in
Heather Burton	....	stand-in
Nicky Coats	....	location accountant
R.H. Davies	....	marine coordinator
Simon Giles	....	title designer
Sarah Hamilton	....	production coordinator
Douglas Isherwood	....	runner
Patrick Isherwood	....	pre-production accountant (as Pat Isherwood)
Jamie Laurenson	....	script editor: BBC Films
Jodi Matterson	....	assistant to producer
Amy McCombe	....	assistant location manager
Jeanette Nelson	....	dialogue coach
Jennie Paddon	....	extras coordinator: London
Geoffrey Paget	....	production executive: BBC Films
Roger Phillips	....	end titles
Marinella Setti	....	script supervisor
Nic Shearer	....	floor runner
Mark Stephenson	....	location scout
Marijne van der Vlugt	....	assistant to producer
Julia Wilson Dickson	....	dialogue coach (as Julia Wilson-Dixon)

Production Companies

• Arts Council of England
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• Film Council
• Moonstone Entertainment (in association with)

Distributors

• 2 Entertain (2002) (UK) (DVD)
• Deal (France)
• Moonstone Entertainment
• PolyGram Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• USA Films (2001) (USA)

Special Effects

• Men in White Coats
• Snow Business International (snow effects)

Other Companies

• ARRI Media  grip and crane rental
• Hypnosis VFX Ltd.  title design
• Lee Lighting  lighting
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Professional Negative Cutting  negative cutting
• The Film Factory at VTR  titles

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for drug content.

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:LH | France:U | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Australia:M | Canada:PG

Filming Locations:

Charlestown, Cornwall, England, UK

Company:

Arts Council of England

Goofs:

Continuity: When William and Dorothy Wordsworth arrive at Coleridge's cottage and they go in search of Sarah Coleridge, the baby, Hartley is sitting on Sarah's lap with bare feet. When Sam introduces the Wordsworths to the baby a second later, he is wearing red boots/booties.

Quotes:

Rev. Holland: No shoes, funny voices. They must be French.

Visually beautiful, well crafted, but esoteric.

A drama first and biopic second, "Pandaemonium" tells of the midlife of renown classical wordsmith and critic Samuel Taylor Coleridge who's life was not terribly interesting though he was on the cutting edge of 19th century neoromantic poetry. Probably taking some liberties for dramatic purposes, the film involves the poet's relationships with William Wordsworth, his opium addiction, his troubled marriage, and, of course, his struggle with the demons of the creative process. Visually beautiful, well acted, but a tad theatrical with some annoying interjections, Pandaemonium" is probably too esoteric for the film-going public at large. A splendid effort which will likely be most appreciated by those into classical literature - particularly 19th century poetry. (B)