Love Is the Devil
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
John Maybury
Derek Jacobi
Daniel Craig
Anne Lambton
Karl Johnson
Annabel Brooks
Film Details
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Synopsis
One of the 20th century's greatest painters, Francis Bacon (1909-1992), was at the height of his celebrity during London's swinging '60s. Bacon, however, a fiercely cruel artist suffers from the malady of obsession: his passion for his work is nearly exceeded by his obsession with George Dyer--a darkly handsome petty thief who becomes his lover and the model for many of his most reknowned paintings.
Director
John Maybury
Cast
Derek Jacobi
Daniel Craig
Anne Lambton
Karl Johnson
Annabel Brooks
Adrian Scarborough
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Tilda Swinton
Richard Newbold
Ariel Deravenel
Andy Linden
David Kennedy
Gary Hume
Damian Dibben
Antony Cotton
Anthony Ryding
Christian Martin
Ray Olley
Wesley Morgan
Nigel Travis
Eddie Kerr
George Clarke
David Windle
William Hoyland
Mark Umbers
Hamish Bowles
Jibby Beane
Gentuca Bini
James Birch
Liz Clarke
Jemima Cotter
Fiona Dealey
John Dunbar
Victoria Fernandez
Natalie Gibson
Caroline Hardy
Charlie Hayward
Miles Johnson
Kate St Johnson
Ulla Larson
Alistair Mathieson
Chiara Menage
James Mitchell
Gregor Muir
Lorcan O'neill
Jon Spiteri
Francesco Vezzoli
Thalia Valeta
Marjorie Walker
Gillian Young
Maria Bjornson
Judy Blame
John Byrne
Les Child
Jake Dodds
Daniel Farson
Sandy Fawkes
David Harrison
Malcolm Key
Phillipe Krutchey
Steven Linard
Alan Macdonald
Norman Rosenthal
Thomasina Smith
Yolanda Sonnabend
Annie Symons
David Symons
Sue Tilley
Virginia Wetherell Winford
Michael Wojas
Roger Bowdler
Duggie Fields
Pam Hogg
Ben Martin
Amanda Menage
William Middleton
Christina Moore
Elspeth Thompson
Tu Tu
Suzie Bick
Lucy Ferry
Simon Goldberg
David Harvey
Rifat Ozbek
Anita Pallenberg
Jimmy Trindy
Andy Walsh
Gaby Agis
Melanie Arnold
Matt Cogger
Angus Fairhurst
Georgie Hopton
Marco Jackson
Sarah Lucas
Jean Mortimore
Lance Patterson
Johnnie Shand Kydd
Josephine Soughan
Dave Baby
Sam Chapman
Andrew Coltrane
Daniele Minns
Tracey Emin
Caron Geary
Sam Hawkins
Darren King
Donald Mcinnes
Martin Meister
Gillian Wearing
Johnathan Williams
Stevan Zivanovic
Piers Feltham
Ben Gibson
Sam Jilkes
Nick Mortimore
Alan Percy
Baillie Walsh
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Christina Moore
Virginia Wetherell
Crew
Harold Adamson
Tim Alban
Alfredo Antonini
Fernando Aponte
Takashi Asai
Cameron Barnett
E Borschel
Al Bowlly
Emma Buckley
Gavin Burridge
Zoe Cain
Christopher Cameron
Alan Church
Temple Clark
Sally Clayton
James Cohen
James Cohen
Sally Collings
Chris Collins
Christopher Collins
Anne-laure Combris
Richard Conway
Felicity Cottrell
Jim Davey
Paul Davies
Kenneth Essex
Daniel Farson
Ben Gibson
Simon Giles
Daniel Goddard
Daniel Goddard
Mack Gordon
Laura Goulding
Patrice Haddad
Stephane Haddad
Henry Hoffman
Goh Hotoda
Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo
Yvonne Ibazebo
Miles Johnson
Don Jordan
Don Jordan
Alex King
Gary Klein
James Lamb
Ken Lee
Jacquetta Levon
Olivia Lloyd
Alan Macdonald
Glenn Marks
John Mathieson
Susan Maughan
Matthew Maxwell
John Maybury
Donald Mcinnes
Chiara Menage
Christina Moore
Sherman Myers
Bernard O'reilly
Bill Payn
Claire Pollock
Jeremy Price
L Quintero
Tat Radcliffe
Bella Randall
Sara Riesel
Laurent Rizzon
Deborah Saban
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Emma Salter
Miriam Segal
Mary Selway
Dave Sewell
David Sewell
Peter D Smith
Thomasina Smith
Bob Smoke
Frances-anne Solomon
Jack Stew
Graeme Stoten
Jack Strachey
Annie Symons
John Trussler
Jojo Tulloh
Kevin Welch
Rod Woodruff
Vincent Youmans
Trevor Young
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature and the British Performance Award (Derek Jacobi and Daniel Craig, jointly) at the 1998 Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Released in United States Fall October 7, 1998
Released in United States October 9, 1998
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States August 1998
Released in United States October 1998
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States July 2009
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 26 - October 12, 1998.
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival August 16-30, 1998.
Shown at Denver International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) October 8-15, 1998.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (main program) January 27 - February 7, 1999.
Shown at Outfest: Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Strand Releasing Retrospective) July 9-19, 2009.
Completed shooting June 19, 1997.
Began shooting May 5, 1997.
Released in United States Fall October 7, 1998
Released in United States October 9, 1998 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival September 26 - October 12, 1998.)
Released in United States August 1998 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival August 16-30, 1998.)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at Denver International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) October 8-15, 1998.)
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (main program) January 27 - February 7, 1999.)
Released in United States July 2009 (Shown at Outfest: Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Strand Releasing Retrospective) July 9-19, 2009.)