Movie Details

Title

Pandaemonium

Overview

Set in England during the early 19th century, Pandaemonium evokes late-1960s America in its depiction of the relationship between Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Linus Roach) and William Wordsworth (John Hannah). Instead of going to Vietnam, Wordsworth goes off to fight against the French while Coleridge stays at home and promotes utopianism. After the war, the poets live and work together with Coleridge's wife, Sara (Samantha Morton), and Wordsworth's sister, Dorothy (Emily Woof). At first this communal arrangement works to the advantage of Coleridge--who does some of his best writing while Wordsworth stagnates--until Coleridge becomes addicted to opium. Wordsworth, meanwhile, doesn't find his voice until he abandons his friend. In 20th-century vernacular, Wordsworth is the yuppie, Coleridge the hippie.

Runtime

2 h 04 min

Release Date

29 June 2001

Actors

Linus Roache, John Hannah, Samantha Morton, Emily Woof, Andrea Lowe, Dexter Fletcher, Andy Serkis, Samuel West, Colin McCredie, John Kane, Emma Fielding, Michael N. Harbour, William Scott-Masson, Clive Merrison, Guy Lankester, Jacqueline Defferary, John Standing, Andy de la Tour, Glyn Owen, Peter Harkness, Niall Vincent, Jason Quick, Miles Quick, Eleanor Russell, Rowena Gaukroger, Leo Temple, Erik McKay, Mark Tilley, Juno Temple

Certification

PG-13

Genres

Drama

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