The 51st State (2001)

Directors

Ronny Yu

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson, Nigel Whitmey, Emily Mortimer, Meat Loaf, Jake Abraham, Mac McDonald, Aaron Swartz, David Webber, Michael J. Reynolds, Sonny Muslim, Barbara Barnes, Junix Inocian, Robert Carlyle, Paul Barber, Stephen Walters, Sean Pertwee, Michael Starke, Ricky Tomlinson, Rhys Ifans, Ade, Nick Bartlett, Angus MacInnes, Terry O'Neill, Anna Keaveney, Marc Anwar, Robert Fyfe

The story

In 1971, a policeman pulls over Elmo McElroy, a recent college graduate with a degree, for driving under the influence of marijuana. Due to his arrest and conviction, McElroy cannot find work as a pharmacologist. In the present day, drug lord "the Lizard" calls a meeting of his colleagues, hoping to sell a new substance invented by Elmo.

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