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The Young Poisoner's Handbook

Movie (1995)

A sinister tale of genius gone wrong, The Young Poisoner's Handbook chronicles a young man's descent into madness against the absurd backdrop of suburban English life. Hugh O'Conor plays Graham Young, a schoolboy from the London suburbs whose deadly obsession with toxic substances causes him to dabble in experimental murder.

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Released:	Jan 20th, 1995
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The Young Poisoner's Handbook Main Cast

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Tobias Arnold
plays Young Graham

Ruth Sheen
plays Molly

Roger Lloyd-Pack
plays Fred

Hugh O'Conor
plays Graham Young

Norman Caro
plays Mr. Goez

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The film was not screened at many local cinemas, due to the tone of the film, and out of respect for the surviving victims, and the relatives of the dead.
The "Newton's Diamond" that Graham is obsessed with is a fictional device. Antimony sulfide forms a crystal called stibnite which is gray and opaque, not clear and colorless like most gem-quality diamonds. "Diamond" was the name of Isaac Newton's dog.
Movie Goof (factual errors): When Dr. Zeigler visits the institution for mentally unstable criminals in which Graham is hospitalized, the director of the institution says, referred to another patient: "Vulpes pilum mutat, non mores", saying it means "The leopard never changes his spots". Graham corrects him, saying it means instead: "The wolf changes its fur, but not its nature". Actually, "vulpes" means "fox".
The story is based on the story of Graham Young, known locally as The Bovingdon Poisoner.

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