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Director:
Storm Thorgerson
Writers:
Charles Baudelaire (essay On Wine and Hashish)
Paul Bowles (novel)
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Cast

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Bernard Hill ... The Presenter

Phil Daniels ... Thomas De Quincey
Jon Finch ... Gérard de Nerval

Danny Webb ... Jean Cocteau (as Daniel Webb)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brian Aldiss ... Himself (author)
J.G. Ballard ... Himself (author)
Virginia Berridge ... Herself (author) (as Dr Virginia Berridge)
Paul Bowles ... Himself (novelist)
Todd Boyco ... Andy Warhol
Robin Buss ... Himself (translator)
Carolyn Cassady ... Herself (author)
Ann Charters ... Herself (author) (as Prof. Ann Charters)
E.M.R. Critchley ... Himself (author) (as Dr E.M.R. Critchley)
Margaret Crosland ... Herself (author)
Tony Dickenson ... Himself (neuropharmacologist) (as Dr Tony Dickenson)
Annette Dolphin ... Herself (neuropharmacologist) (as Prof. Annette Dolphin)
David Gascoyne ... Himself (surrealist poet)
Allen Ginsberg ... Himself (poet)
Ronald Hayman ... Himself (author)
John Hemmings ... Himself (author) (as Prof. John Hemmings)
Bernard Howells ... Himself (King's College, London)
Francis Huxley ... Himself (nephew of Aldous Huxley)
Laura Archera Huxley ... Herself (widow of Aldous Huxley) (as Laura Huxley)
Oscar Janiger ... Himself (experimental psychiatrist) (as Dr Oscar Janiger)
Marek Kohn ... Himself (author)
Malcolm Lader ... Himself (psychopharmacologist) (as Prof. Malcolm Lader)
Timothy Leary ... Himself (LSD advocate) (as Dr Timothy Leary)
Grevel Lindop ... Himself (author)
George Melly ... Himself (collector, surrealist art)
Eric Mottram ... Himself (University of London) (as Prof. Eric Mottram)
Paul O'Prey ... Himself (editor)
Diana Quick ... Anaïs Nin
Peggy Reynolds ... Herself (editor) (as Dr Peggy Reynolds)
John Richardson ... Himself (author)
Avital Ronell ... Herself (author) (as Prof. Avital Ronell)
June Rose ... Herself (author)
Hubert Selby Jr. ... Himself (novelist) (as Hubert Selby Jnr)
John Sessions ... William Burroughs / Ken Kesey (voice)
Harry Shapiro ... Himself (author)
Jay Stevens ... Himself (author)
Robert Stone ... Himself (author)
Lawrence Sutin ... Himself (author)
Ian Walker ... Himself (author) (as Dr Ian Walker)
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Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
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References La belle et la bête (1946) more

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22 out of 23 people found the following comment useful:-
Interesting Documentary, 15 August 2003
Author: dsizzle from San Tropez, France

Storm Thorgeson directs this insightful documentary. Based on the idea that drugs have influenced some of our greatest minds (Poe, Baudelaire etc.) it documents just how influential drug experiences have been on the minds of great writers, poets and thinkers. It shows that one hundred years ago many people thirsted for some form of 'drug' to fuel imagination and creativity. Storm Thorgeson may be known to some viewers as the designer of Pink Floyd album covers. Informative, enjoyable, and spiritual...

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