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LD 50 Lethal Dose

Synopsis

A free-spirited group of young animal rights activists break into an animal research facility in order to get video footage of grisly experiments for their 'LD-50' website. When cocky group leader, Gary, wanders into a booby-trapped office, his leg gets caught in a hidden steel trap. Unable to free himself, the group panic as they hear the sound of approaching police sirens. Believing that the survival of the group is the most important thing, they flee the building, leaving Gary behind. Gary is taken away in handcuffs as the group's van drives away under the cover of darkness.

Troubled by an unspoken, collective guilt, the group disbands.

One year later, Gary sends a mysterious, encoded message to his brother, Danny, the group's videographer and all round 'tech-head'. Danny is sure that Gary is in trouble, and appeals to the group to reconvene. Reluctantly, they agree to go on one more mission to find out what happened to Gary and to investigate the mysterious MultiTech lab that Gary mentions in his e-mail. But, it is only a fact-finding mission - they will sneak in, find Gary, and get out quickly.

Details

Year
2003
Type of project
Features
Running time
tbc
Format
35mm, Kodak
Director
Simon De Selva 1st Feature
Producer
Alistair MacLean Clark, Basil Stephens
Screenwriter
Matthew McGuchan
Director of Photography
Robin Vidgeon
Principal cast
Katharine Towne, Melanie Brown, Tom Hardy

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Random Harvest/Four Horsemen

Films Label
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath
Bucks SL0 0NH
UK

T+44 (0)1753 783 900

nleese@randomharvest.co.uk

Sales Company

Buena Vista International

(Europe Middle East Asia)
3 Queen Caroline Street
London W4 9PE
UK

T +44 (0)20 8222 1000

Overseas Film Group (Rest of World)

8000 Sunset Blvd, East Penthouse
Los Angeles, CA90046, USA

T+1 323 337 1000

info@firstlookmedia.com

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