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The 51st State, aka Formula 51 (2001)Written by Stel PavlouElmo McElroy (Samuel L. Jackson) 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.McElroys new product delivers a feeling 51 times more powerful than any thrill, any pleasure, any high in history. But his plans for a quick and profitable score go comically awry when he gets stuck in Liverpool and becomes entangled in a bizarre web of double-dealing and double-crosses.COUNTRIES UK/Canada Co-ProductionLOGLINE Hi-octane thriller set in LiverpoolBUDGET $25 millionDIRECTOR Ronny Yu (Freddy vs. Jason, Bride of Chucky)CAST Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer, Sean Pertwee, Rhys Ifans, Ricky Tomlinson, MeatloafDISTRIBUTORS Columbia TriStar, Screen Gems, Alliance Atlantis, Momentum PicturesAWARDS Nominated: DGC Craft Award 2003, Directors Guild of CanadaTRAILER IMDb Trailer

A witty, profane, hugely violent action comedy, "The 51st State" takes a peculiarly American genre, a huge American star, and sticks them in Liverpool with bloody but entertaining results.

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