Project Detail

The 51st State

Synopsis

An action comedy set in Liverpool, The 51st State, is the story of Elmo McElroy, a streetwise American master chemist, who heads to England to set up his last big deal - to introduce a new designer drug to the European market. He soon becomes embroiled in a web of double-dealing as he's escorted around Liverpool's underworld rave scene by rabid local hood Felix. Theirs is not a match made in heaven - Felix hates all things American. The crazy Yank in a skirt and the loud-mouthed Scouser are forced to team up and forget their differences.

Details

Year: 2002
Type of project: Features
Running time: 92 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Ronny Yu
Producer: Mark Aldridge
Editor: David Wu
Screenwriter: Stel Pavlou
Director of Photography: Poon Hang-sang
Composer: Headrillaz
Principal cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Sean Pertwee, Rhys Ifans, Ricky Tomlinson, Meatloaf

Genre

Action Comedy Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Alliance Atlantis

121 Bloor Street East
Toronto
Ontario
M4W 3N5

T +1 416 967 1174

www.allianceatlantis.com

Sales Company

Momentum Pictures

184-192 Drummond Street
London
NW1 3HP
UK

T +44 (0)20 7388 1100

Publicityuk@momentumpictures.co.uk

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