EMR (2004)

Londoner Adam Jones is stuck in a dead end job; lives alone with his cat and spends his free time obsessing over the latest conspiracy theories on the Internet. Taking an experimental drug ... See full summary »

Directors:

James Erskine, Danny McCullough

Writers:

James Erskine, Danny McCullough

Stars:

Anthony Azizi, Gil Bellows, Kate Buffery

4 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Anthony Azizi	...	Taxi Driver
Gil Bellows	...	Paramedic
Kate Buffery	...	Mrs. Jones
George Calil	...	Agent 6
Lara Cazalet	...	Dr. McLean
Kevin Christy	...	Barfly
Whitney Cummings	...	CyberBunnyLilly
Toby Dantzic	...	Carl
Jose de Valencia	...	Priest
Richard Dillane	...	Victor
Jeremy Edwards	...	Kevin the Barman
Jade Gordon	...	Estella
Adam Grant	...	Jelly Boy
Rebecca Greenwood	...	Call Attendant
Tom Hardy	...	Henry

Storyline

Londoner Adam Jones is stuck in a dead end job; lives alone with his cat and spends his free time obsessing over the latest conspiracy theories on the Internet. Taking an experimental drug for his epilepsy, manufactured by the Pfenal corporation, Adam begins suffering from seizures, black outs and terrifying visions. When he wakes up in a hotel room in Mexico missing a kidney, Adam becomes convinced that he's unwittingly stumbled into the middle of a conspiracy. Drugged by mysterious paramedics, Adam finds himself back in his London flat. Just as he assumes it's just been a bad dream, the pain of a scar on his back serves to convince him that something dark and disturbing is indeed happening. Worse still, Adam's one friend at work, Tracey, informs him that he's been missing from work for a week and as a result he's been fired. He turns to his doctor, but she seems to be overly zealous in prescribing the drug company's medication. His only confidant is his beautiful and mysterious ...

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Plot Keywords:

conspiracy | independent film

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Taglines:

Swallow your fear

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Genres:

Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Pfenal Corporation Truth Vendor

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 July 2005 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Essex, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

£90,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cottonopolis Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

On the first day of filming in San Francisco, the lead actor, Adam Leese, became locked in his hotel bathroom, after the lock failed, and had to kick his way out, breaking his toe.

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Quotes

Head Agent: No, you don't understand. You've got it all wrong, Mr. Jones.
Adam Jones: What do you mean?
Head Agent: We've given you what you wanted.
Agent 6: You should be thanking us, Mr. Jones.
Head Agent: All that time and effort spent on you and you can't even find it in your heart to thank us.
[Agent 6 starts slapping Adam's face again]
Adam Jones: Thank you? Thank you for what? For making my life a fucking misery? For making me fear my dreams?
Head Agent: No. For giving you what you've longed for. What you've been fantasizing about for years. All those days and weeks ...

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Soundtracks

"The Suicide"
Creel Commission

User Reviews

Interesting but not innovative

EMR is a nice movie. It starts with a nice introduction of the main character and in the first few minutes gets you right into the movie. The main Char is very well performed and the storyline flows very nicely providing the feelings of confusion and loss that the movie intends to intensify.

For the way it transmits feelings of overwhelming mix between dreams and reality it is a great movie but the theme of conspiracy and the way this movie handles its twists is really not very innovative leaving one expecting for a bit more.

This way I rated EMR above average but not too much, too see on a Sunday afternoon ;)