May 22, 2008

Chemical Wedding



CHEMICAL WEDDING - THE MOVIE
A film by Bruce Dickinson and Julian Doyle

Chemical Wedding is a feature film written by Iron Maiden front-man, Bruce Dickinson and long term Monty Python editor, Julian Doyle, who also directed the film. The film is a gothic sci-fi extravaganza set in Trinity College Cambridge, where a scientific experiment goes awry resulting in the resurrection of the infamous Edwardian Occultist Aleister Crowley, who was immortalised into pop culture by the likes of The Beatles, Jimmy Page and Ozzy Osborne.

Starring Simon Callow who plays the reincarnated Crowley, whilst John Shrapnel plays Crowley in flashback in this gothic, sci-fi thriller.

Worldwide Premiere - London Sci-Fi Festival on May 4th
Cannes Film Festival - Saturday 17th May
Released Nationwide on May 23rd 2008

Thanks to the Good Rev. Anaglyph for the reminder about the film coming out the end of this month, wheeee!