Pandaemonium is a 2000 film, directed by Julien Temple, 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).

Pandaemonium
Directed byJulien Temple
Written byFrank Cottrell Boyce
Produced byNick O'Hagan
StarringLinus Roache
John Hannah
Samantha Morton
CinematographyJohn Lynch
Edited byNiven Howie
Music byDario Marianelli
Distributed byOptimum Releasing
Release dates
  • 15 September 2000 (2000-09-15) (Toronto Film Festival)
  • 14 September 2001 (2001-09-14) (United Kingdom)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15 million
Box office$17,113

Much of the film was shot on location on and around the Quantock Hills in Somerset.

Cast

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Reception

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Release dates

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Country Date
Canada

15 September 2000 (Toronto International Film Festival) (Premiere)

Sweden

31 January 2001 (Gothenburg Film Festival)

France

18 April 2001

United States

29 June 2001

United Kingdom

14 September 2001

Norway

23 October 2001 (Bergen International Film Festival)

Australia

14 July 2005

Accolades

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Award Category Recipients and nominees Outcome
British Independent Film Award Best Actress Samantha Morton Nominated
Emden International Film Festival Emden Film Award Julien Temple Won
Evening Standard British Film Awards Best Actor Linus Roache Won

"It's rattling good stuff. There's just one small objection. None of it ever happened. This is fantasy literary history". John Sutherland.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Is Pandaemonium entertainment or historical travesty?". TheGuardian.com. 7 September 2001.
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