The 51st State (also known as Formula 51) is a 2001 British film produced by Focus Films Ltd. (UK) directed by Ronny Yu, written by Stel Pavlou, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Ricky Tomlinson, Sean Pertwee, Rhys Ifans, Meat Loaf and Robert Fyfe. Most of the filming was done on location in Liverpool. For its U.S. release, the film was renamed Formula 51. Both names reference the drug — POS 51, which the film centres ar...
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The 51st State (also known as Formula 51) is a 2001 British film produced by Focus Films Ltd. (UK) directed by Ronny Yu, written by Stel Pavlou, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Ricky Tomlinson, Sean Pertwee, Rhys Ifans, Meat Loaf and Robert Fyfe. Most of the filming was done on location in Liverpool. For its U.S. release, the film was renamed Formula 51. Both names reference the drug — POS 51, which the film centres around — that is apparently "fifty-one times more powerful than cocaine, fifty-one times more hallucinogenic than acid, fifty-one times more explosive than ecstasy."
The 51st State was directed by Ronny Yu, perhaps best known for Freddy vs. Jason and Bride of Chucky. This film was the first script from writer Stel Pavlou. Since then, he has written Kochana Cafe, starring himself and Max Bollinger. The soundtrack featured popular artists such as PJ Harvey, Run DMC, Nelly, and Stephen Day.
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