The 51st state

The 51st State (2001)

R 93 min - Thriller, Action, Comedy, Crime - 7 December 2001

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Elmo McElroy is a streetwise American master chemist who heads to England to sell his special new formula - a powerful, blue concoction guaranteed to take you to 'the 51st state.' McElroy's new product delivers a feeling 51 times more powerful than any thrill, any pleasure, any high in history. But his plans for a quick, profitable score go comically awry when he gets stuck in Liverpool with an unlikely escort and his ex-girlfriend and becomes entangled in a bizarre web of double-dealing and double-crosses.

Director: Ronny Yu

Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Nigel Whitmey, Emily Mortimer, Meat Loaf, Paul Barber, Ricky Tomlinson, Rhys Ifans, Mac McDonald, Sean Pertwee, Michael J. Reynolds, Junix Inocian

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Storyline

Collections: Ronny Yu

Tagline: Nice Wheels. Dirty Deals. And One Mean Mother In A Kilt.

Genres: Thriller, Action, Comedy, Crime

Details

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Country: Canada, United Kingdom

Language: English

Release Date: 7 December 2001

Box Office

Budget: $28

Company Credits

Production Companies: Film Council, Alliance Atlantis Communications, The Film Consortium, Focus Films, Momentum Films, National Lottery, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC), Artists Production Group (APG), Fifty First Films

Technical Specs

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.