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Chemical Wedding (2008)
Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 2007
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DIRECTION
Directed by: Julian Doyle
CREW
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Cinema Managemennt Group and Warner Music Entertainment
presents a Bill & Ben, Duellist Film, Focus Films production in
association with E-Motion, Big Red Pixel UK & Robert Fraser Asset
Management
Executive Producers: David Pupkewitz & Peter Dale, Andy Taylor,
Rod Smallwood & Paul Astrom Andrews, Peter Bevan & Karl Richards,
Patrick Vien, John Reid, Conrad Withey
Produced by: Ben Timlett & Justin Peyton
Focus Films Producer: Malcom Kohll
Co-Producers: Raimund Berens & Bill Jones
Line Producer: Andy Chapman
Associate Producer: Caroline Whittle
Assistant to the Producers: Jonny Kemp
Production Manager: Tina Pawlik
SCRIPT
Screenplay by: Bruce Dickinson, Julian Doyle
DIRECTION
2nd Unit Director: Neil Tuohy
First Assistant Director: Neil Tuohy
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Director: Margarita Doyle
Second Assistant Director: Suzy Mottram
Third Assistant Director: Andrew Gradwell
Additional Third Assistant Director: Craig Topham
Directors Assistant: Margarita Doyle
Script Supervisor: Angelica Pressello
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Brian Herlihy
Camera Operator: Steve Kendrick
Steady Cam: Joe Bulleu
Camera Assistant: Eloise Parfitt
2nd Unit Camera Assistant: Brian Lockyer
Camera Trainee: Niall Herlihy
Gaffer: Mark French
Best Boy: Christos Georgas
Electricians: Paul Starkey, Ben Fordesman
Rigger: Nic Giles
Grip: Oly Durey
Additional Grips: Tony Haughney, Simon Thorpe
Stills Photographer: Nick Rutter
Camera: Thomson VIPER FilmStream
Viper Camera's provided by: MotionFX
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Bill Jones
Offline Editing Services: Bill and Ben Productions
Colorist: Vanessa Taylor
Digital Film Recording by: Lip Sync Post
Head of Post: Kevin Phelan
Film Recording Supervisor: James Clarke
Film Recording Operators: Daniel Tomlinson, Aileen McIntosh, Chris Bentley
Color by: Motion FX
Film Develop and Print: Soho Images
MUSIC
Music: Bruce Dickinson, Andre Jaquemin, Dave Howman
Additional Music - Keyboards: Rod Melvin
Additional Percussion: Ray Cooper
Additional Music Supplied by: Extreme Music
Music Producer: Bruce Dickenson
Music Clearance: Ben Timlett & Andy Taylor
SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
"Chemical Wedding"
Written by Dickinson/Ramirez
Performed by Bruce Dickinson
(P) Warner Chappell
"Can I Play With Madness"
Written by Dickinson/Harris/Smith
Preformed by Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd
administered by Imagem Music Ltd
"Wickerman"
Written by Dickinson/Smith
Performed by Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd administered by Imagem Music Ltd/Warner Chappell
Music Ltd
"Man of Sorrows"
Written by Bruce Dickinson
Performed by Bruce Dickinson
(P) Warner Chappell
"Still Life"
Written by Harris/Murray
(P) Zomba Records
"Fanlight Fanny"
Written by George Formby
Performed by George Formby
(P) Music Sales Limited
"Hush Hush Here Comes the Bogie Man"
Written by Brownsmith/ Lowry
Performed by Henry Hall
(P) Warner Chappell
"Violin Concerto"
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart
Provided by Carlin Music
"The Alleluya Chorus"
Written by George Frideric Handel|Handel
Provided by Carlin Music
"Une faune Apres Midi"
Written by Claude Debussy|Debussy
Provided by Carlin Music
"Separation by Skin"
Written by Hill/Richards/Jones/House/ Tree
Performed by Earth Lab
Skin Violin by Simon House
(P) MCPS Copyright Control
SOUND
Sound Recordist: Gerardo Pietrafesa
Boom Operator: Louis Doyle
Sound Assistant: Joseph Adesunloye
Sound Supervisor: Andre Jaquemin
Sound Design: Andre Jaquemin, Jean Dedieu
Sound Design Recorded at: Redwood Studios, London
Mixed at: Twickenham Film Studios by Craig Irving
ADR Extra's: Jamie Lisa Jaquemin
Foley: Jerry Richards, Saul Gillingham
Sound Trainee: Louis Doyle
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designer: Tabitha Doyle
Costume Supervisor: Katarina Borosova
Costume Assistant: Catherine Pearson
Costume Trainee: Susanna Pupkewitz
Hair and Make-Up Designer: Felicity Wright
Hair and Make-Up Supervisor: Vienna McMahon
Additional Hair and Make-Up: Florence Carter, Vikki Lawson
Make Up Trainee: Kelly Mims, Helen Smith
SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
Prosthetic Visual Effects by: Brendan Lonergan, Sunil Chandragiri, Sophie
Lidiard
VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects by: Motion FX
Visual Effect Artists: Clare Heneghan, Jonathan Cheetham
Data Field Technicians: John O'Quigley, Ross Fall
Monitor Graphics by: Concrete Post Production
Green Screen Studio: Broadley Studios
TITLES AND OPTICALS
Front Credit Design: Chris Tozer
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Mark Tanner
Art Director: Lucienne Suren
Standby Art Director: Nick Ainsworth
Props Buyer: Charlotte Taylor
Props Master: Toby Marrow
Standby Props Master: Joe Borowski
Assistant Props Buyer: Katie Ralph
Props Dressing: Lucy Marrow, Nathan Totton, Stuart Silver, Tom Roberts,
James Egan
Props Driver: Alex Denholm
Carpenter: Ian Paley
Screen Design: Abi Tomasiewicz
Additonal Screen Design: Justin Weyers
Screen Design done at: Concrete, London
OTHER CREW
Production Accountant: Sarah Teboul
Production Assistant: Barney Goodland
Production Runner: Brian Lockyer
Floor Runners: John Robinson (II)|John Robinson, Mike Leeson
Mini Bus Driver: Harry Reece
Unit Driver: Louise Ashby
Driver for Mr Callow: Saj Butt
EPK Director & Camera: Nick Rutter
EPK Additional Camera: Robert Allnutt
Publicity: Caroline Whittle
Production Lawyers: James Greenslade, Razwana Akram, Barney Monahan
Insurance Provided by: Allan Chapman & James Insurance Brokers Limited
E&O insurance provided by: Hiscox
Stock Shots and Stills Provided by: Getty Images
Private Car Services Provided by: Chiltern Executive Cars
Catering Services: Woodhall's Catering
LOCATIONS
Filmed on location at Bushey Campus, Hertfordshire
Location Manager: Margarita Doyle
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Producers would like to thank the following for their assistance
and generosity: Frankly Darling Lingerie; The Minton Spring Water Company;
Deborah Italia; Prop A. Ganda; Big Film Group Ltd; Julie Dunne; Steve
Daly; Yellow Technology; Val Janes; Simon Key from Brand Exposure; Movie
Makers; TCE Danwood; Upson Mobility Vehicles Ltd.
And a very special thank you for much valued assistance to: Jon Sadler;
Kevin Phelan; David Rogalski
CASTING
Casting Director: Georgia Parris
Additional Casting Services: Christine Jacquemin, Ollie Smith
CAST
Simon Callow (Haddo)
Kal Weber (Mathers)
Lucy Cudden (Lia)
Jud Charlton (Victor)
Paul McDowell (Symons)
John Shrapnel (Crowley)
Geoff Breton (young Symonds)
Sean Rea (young Alex)
Thomas Nelstrop (Jones)
Robert Ashby (chaplain)
Esme Bianco (Mavis)
Gemma Hiles (Ruby)
Annie Walker (Rene)
Lizzie Millne (secretary)
Christina Chong (Mei-Ling)
Lily Dumont (Joyce)
Andrea Sadler (Stella)
Jaime Markham (Erzsebet Bathory)
Mark Wainwright (inspector)
Kirk Brandon (ceremonial guard)
Nicola Rockhill (Kate the violin girl)
Jean Leppard (doctor)
Kare Silversten (drunk)
Bruce Dickinson (landlord)
Ellia Morgan (Lady Amazonia)
Mat Fraser (Anton Le Fay)
Ollie Smith (postboy)
Natasha Ford (ceremony girl)
Antonia Beamish (Glastonbury woman)
Thomas Hugo (the policeman)
Alex Leppard (official)
Bill Jones (toilet queen)
Jared Ashe (student Ashby)
Rhik Samadder (student Rick)
Danny Szam (student Ben)
Grace Fox (student Clarice)
Carly Davis (student Brenda)
Robin Goodchild (student Phil)
Joni Levison (Hotbuns Berkhoff)
Dean Butler (ceremony man)
Peter White (station guard)
Toby Parker (porter)
George Grafton (guard)
Justin Peyton (organist)
Bill Jones (man with bag on head)
Sonia Timlett (girl at train station)
Bruce Dickinson (blind man)
Kia Dickinson (blind man's daughter)
Neil Tuohy (driver)
David Pupkewitz, Paul Astrom-Andrews, Ruth Timlett, Michael Timlett,
Bruce Parris, Peter Dale, Perrine Moran, Steve Jenner, Cherrill Parris,
Laura Hickman (lecturers)
David Rogalski (leading mason)
Martin Jacquemin, Paul Gillingham, Nigel Walsh, Andre Jacquemin, Robert
Leeson, Justin Cowan, Steve Jenner, Andy Aliffe, Steve Jenkins, Bob
Andrews, Douglas Higgins, Ralph Williams, Bruce Parris, John Sommerville,
Joshua Antwi, John Hope, Chris Baker, Chris Luck, Michael Robinson,
Steve Leigh (masons)
Chris Szuca, Sarah Hewett-Horne, Elaine Stanley (restaurant diners)
Caroline (dinner lady)
Darryl Bunker (florist)
Nick Ainsworth (the end is nigh man)
Toby Marrow (curb crawler)
Mathew Smith, Max Dawes, Hannah Boyd, Emma Teboul, Georgina Teboul,
Milo McDowell, Elaine Stanley, Amil Dunell, Adam Timlett, Claire Timlett,
George Grinley, Augustin Le Page, Owen Williams, Caroline Schwartz,
Joss Haynes, Rahee Bhagani, Rossi Griggs, Rebecca Smith, Katie Westford,
Laura Gingell, Julia Girolami, Aaron Upton, Tashan Chong-Ken, Charlotte
Smiley, Toby Hopwood, William Frederick Wood, Saskia Warren, Matthew
Kempton, Grace Prince, Alex Thomson (II)|Alex Thomson, Daisy Mount,
Wilby Wyndham, Gerard Don-Daniel, Harry Steer, Maya de Paula Hanika,
Sonia Timlett, Agnieszka Legierska, Austin Dickinson, Griffin Dickinson,
Rachel Bolam, Anna Soderstrom, Harry Soames, John Williams, Ed Hammond,
Ben Timlett, Jonathan Ashby, Patrick Martin, Laurence Bourke, Tina Pawlik,
Patric Holm (student extras)
PLOT SUMMARY
A team of researchers at Cambridge University have developed a cutting
edge virtual reality suit. But one of the team, programmer Victor Neumann
has secretly loaded the system with all of Aleister Crowley's occult
ceremonies hoping that he and his accomplice Dr Haddo can use technology
to carry on "The Beast's" work.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros. (2008)
DVD Distributors: Warner Music Entertainment (2008)
USA
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Music Entertainment (2008)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
UK
Rating: 18
TIMELINE
2007
July
31: UK - filming begins
September
2: UK - filming ends
2008
May
4: UK- shown at Sci-Fi-London
17: France - shown at Cannes Film Market
30: UK - theatrical release
September
8: UK - DVD release (Warner Music Entertainment)
REFERENCES
PERIODICALS
Total Film no.141 (June 2008) p.20 (UK)
illustrated interview with Bruce Dickinson (Chemical Wedding)
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits
KEYWORDS
Aleister Crowley, computers, magic, universities, virtual reality
Last Updated:
1 January, 2009
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