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In 1815, authors Lord Byron, Mary Shelley and Percy Shelley get together for some philosophical discussions, but the situation soon deteriorates into mind games, drugs and sex. full summary | add synopsis
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(Credited cast) | Philip Anglim | ... | Lord Byron |
| Alice Krige | ... | Mary Godwin |
 | Eric Stoltz | ... | Percy Shelley |
 | Alex Winter | ... | Dr. John William Polidori |
 | Laura Dern | ... | Claire Clairmont |
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| Peter Berling | ... | Maurice |
| Donald Hodson | ... | Rushton (as Don Hodson) |
| Giusto Lo Pipero | ... | Berger |
| Antoinette McLain | ... | Elise |
| Terry Richards | ... | Fletcher |
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The film was originally scheduled to be directed by John Huston before Ivan Passer was assigned the job.
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Dr. John William Polidori:
I have written a play. I think it quite good.
Lord Byron: Do shut up, John.
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Lord Byron: Do shut up, John.
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While "Gothic" (Ken Russell's surprisingly good psychotic drug trip fantasy) has attracted more of a following, this film simply took a different route to chronicle the intensely powerful relationships that existed among this group of artists and writers.
Phillip Anglim's performance dominates every other. He grips the part of Byron with an iron hand and draws the viewer into this story. While, Alice Kreige and Eric Stolz also offer good performances they sometimes become lost in Anglim's. Alex Winter's and Laura Dern's sometimes seem to disappear into the scenery.
While this film is not exactly a masterpiece, it is worthy of more attention than it has had. It makes the lives of these people more accessible than "Gothic" did. It breathes life into people that Americans tend to view simply as moth eaten old poets with scandalous and mythical reputations who's work they are forced to read in school.