Pandaemonium 22 years old

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.

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Pandaemonium Cast

Name Character
Andy Serkis He was 37, now 59 years old as John Thelwall
Linus Roache He was 37, now 60 years old as Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Juno Temple She was 11, now 34 years old as Emma Southey
Samantha Morton She was 24, now 46 years old as Sara Coleridge
Samuel West He was 35, now 57 years old as Robert Southey
John Hannah He was 39, now 61 years old as William Wordsworth
Dexter Fletcher He was 35, now 58 years old as Humphry Davy
John Standing He was 66, now 89 years old as Rev Holland
Emma Fielding She was 34, now 57 years old as Mary Wordsworth
Emily Woof She was 34, now 57 years old as Dorothy Wordsworth
Colin McCredie He was 29, now 51 years old as Messenger
Guy Lankester as Byron
William Scott-Masson as Tom Poole
Andrea Lowe She was 26, now 49 years old as Edith Southey
Michael N. Harbour He was 55, 63 years old when he died as Walsh
Glyn Owen He was 73, 76 years old when he died as Fisherman
Clive Merrison He was 55, now 78 years old as Dr Gillman

Pandaemonium Crew

Name Department
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Pandaemonium (22 years)

  • Release day: Friday, June 29, 2001
  • Runtime: 124 minutes