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Drug-Taking and the Arts (1993) Poster

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Directed by 

Storm Thorgerson

Writing Credits  

David Gale ... (written by)
 
Storm Thorgerson ... (devised by)
 
Edgar Allan Poe ... (letters)
Philip K. Dick ... (novel)
Charles Baudelaire ... (essay On Wine and Hashish)
Paul Bowles ... (novel)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning ... (poem)
William S. Burroughs ... (novel)
Jean Cocteau ... (journal Opium)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge ... (poems)
Thomas De Quincey ... (autobiography Confessions of an English Opium Eater)
Théophile Gautier ... (book)
Allen Ginsberg ... (poem)
Robert Graves ... (letter Between Moon and Moon)
Aldous Huxley ... (book)
Anna Kavan ... (novel)
Jack Kerouac ... (novel)
Ken Kesey ... (notebooks)
Jay McInerney ... (novel)
Gérard de Nerval ... (book)
Anaïs Nin ... (diary)
Arthur Rimbaud ... (letters Letters of the Visionary)

Cast (in credits order)  

Bernard Hill ... The Presenter
Phil Daniels ... Thomas de Quincey
Thom Booker Thom Booker ... Edgar Allan Poe
Patrick Barlow Patrick Barlow ... Théophile Gautier
John McEnery ... Charles Baudelaire
Jon Finch ... Gérard de Nerval
Danny Webb ... Jean Cocteau
Brian Cory Brian Cory ... Robert Graves
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brian Aldiss Brian Aldiss ... Self (author)
J.G. Ballard J.G. Ballard ... Self (author)
Virginia Berridge Virginia Berridge ... Self (author) (as Dr Virginia Berridge)
Paul Bowles ... Self (novelist)
Todd Boyco Todd Boyco ... Andy Warhol
Robin Buss Robin Buss ... Self (translator)
Carolyn Cassady Carolyn Cassady ... Self (author)
Ann Charters Ann Charters ... Self (author) (as Prof. Ann Charters)
E.M.R. Critchley E.M.R. Critchley ... Self (author) (as Dr E.M.R. Critchley)
Margaret Crosland Margaret Crosland ... Self (author)
Tony Dickenson Tony Dickenson ... Self (neuropharmacologist) (as Dr Tony Dickenson)
Annette Dolphin Annette Dolphin ... Self (neuropharmacologist) (as Prof. Annette Dolphin)
David Gascoyne David Gascoyne ... Self (surrealist poet)
Allen Ginsberg ... Self (poet)
Ronald Hayman Ronald Hayman ... Self (author)
John Hemmings John Hemmings ... Self (author) (as Prof. John Hemmings)
Bernard Howells Bernard Howells ... Self (King's College, London)
Francis Huxley Francis Huxley ... Self (nephew of Aldous Huxley)
Laura Archera Huxley ... Self (widow of Aldous Huxley) (as Laura Huxley)
Oscar Janiger Oscar Janiger ... Self (experimental psychiatrist) (as Dr Oscar Janiger)
Marek Kohn Marek Kohn ... Self (author)
Malcolm Lader Malcolm Lader ... Self (psychopharmacologist) (as Prof. Malcolm Lader)
Timothy Leary ... Self (LSD advocate) (as Dr Timothy Leary)
Grevel Lindop Grevel Lindop ... Self (author)
George Melly George Melly ... Self (collector, surrealist art)
Eric Mottram Eric Mottram ... Self (University of London) (as Prof. Eric Mottram)
Paul O'Prey Paul O'Prey ... Self (editor)
Diana Quick ... Anaïs Nin
Peggy Reynolds Peggy Reynolds ... Self (editor) (as Dr Peggy Reynolds)
John Richardson ... Self (author)
Avital Ronell ... Self (author) (as Prof. Avital Ronell)
June Rose June Rose ... Self (author)
Hubert Selby Jr. ... Self (novelist) (as Hubert Selby Jnr)
John Sessions ... William Burroughs / Ken Kesey (voice)
Harry Shapiro Harry Shapiro ... Self (author)
Jay Stevens Jay Stevens ... Self (author)
Robert Stone Robert Stone ... Self (author)
Lawrence Sutin Lawrence Sutin ... Self (author)
Ian Walker Ian Walker ... Self (author) (as Dr Ian Walker)

Produced by 

Jon Blair ... producer

Music by 

David Gilmour

Editing by 

John Lee

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Alex Westover ... co costume designer

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