Project Detail

Chemical Wedding

Synopsis

Edwardian Magician Aleister Crowley, dubbed the 'Wickedest Man in the World', shocked the establishment with his exploration of sexual magic, experiments with hallucinogenic drugs and his bizarre occult ceremonies.

Although he gloried in the notoriety, calling himself 'The Beast', Crowley was a sensitive poet, a world champion mountaineer, a skilled chess player and an expert in occultism. Astonishingly, he was an enthusiast of the new science of quantum physics.

So when a secret experiment goes awry leaving occult obsessive lecturer Professor Haddo, believing he is resurrected as Crowley, his masonic counterparts at Cambridge try and put a stop to his progressively wild indulgencies in drugs, sexual magic and obscene rites. But when Crowley's magic comes into conflict with quantum physics the outcome is extraordinary, with one of the most amazing triple twist endings in movie history.

Details

Year
2009
Type of project
Features
Running time
107 mins
Director
Julian Doyle
Producer
David Pupkewitz, Raimund Berens, Karl Richards, Rod Smallwood, Bill Jones, Paul Astrom Andrews, Peter Bevan, Peter Dale, Andy Taylor
Co-Producer
David Pupkewitz, Raimund Berens, Karl Richards, Rod Smallwood, Bill Jones, Paul Astrom Andrews, Peter Bevan, Peter Dale, Andy Taylor
Editor
Bill Jones
Screenwriter
Bruce Dickinson, Julian Doyle
Director of Photography
Brian Herlihy
Production Designer
Mark Tanner
Composer
André Jacquemin
Principal cast
Simon Callow, Kal Weber, Lucy Cudden, Jud Charlton, John Shrapnel

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Production Status

Production Company

Focus Films

The Rotunda Studio
Rear of 116-118 Finchley Road
London NW3 5HT
UK

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Sales Company

Cinema Management Group

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USA

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