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Laboratory Conditions

  • 2017
  • 17m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
683
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Laboratory Conditions (2017)
DramaHorrorMysterySci-FiShortThriller

A physician investigating a missing body disrupts an unlawful experiment.A physician investigating a missing body disrupts an unlawful experiment.A physician investigating a missing body disrupts an unlawful experiment.

  • Director
    • Jocelyn Stamat
  • Writer
    • Terry Rossio
  • Stars
    • Marisa Tomei
    • Minnie Driver
    • Paulo Costanzo
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    683
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jocelyn Stamat
    • Writer
      • Terry Rossio
    • Stars
      • Marisa Tomei
      • Minnie Driver
      • Paulo Costanzo
    • 11User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 34 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Marisa Tomei
    Marisa Tomei
    • Emma Holloway
    Minnie Driver
    Minnie Driver
    • Marjorie Cane
    Paulo Costanzo
    Paulo Costanzo
    • Robbins
    Lisa Renée
    Lisa Renée
    • Alice
    • (as Lisa Renee)
    Robert Scheid
    Robert Scheid
    • Dan
    John F. Kearney
    • George Lockwood
    • (as John Kearney)
    Casey Strand
    Casey Strand
    • Clinical Nurse
    • (as Casey Russell)
    Laura Maccabee
    Laura Maccabee
    • Staff Nurse
    Gayla Goehl
    Gayla Goehl
    • Charge Nurse
    Bob Bancroft
    Bob Bancroft
    • Orderly
    Samba Schutte
    Samba Schutte
    • Lab Technician
    Jenny March
    • Creepy Girl
    • Director
      • Jocelyn Stamat
    • Writer
      • Terry Rossio
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews11

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    10rragnarokr

    Intriguing and original

    Left me wanting more, I wanted to see further into the story and what happens. It peeked my interest, it felt real, the actors played excellent and the idea itself was new and original as well as the way it was displayed.

    I saw people who were kind, who were selfish and who were in between as well as the idea of supernatural and death. These elements combined, where the selfish person forced the hand of the gifted one peeked my interest in wanting to see the continuation of the entire situation as well as the backtories.

    But somehow in this short video, a lot of questions were answered about what drives and motivates each person. I was able to root and feel like I knew these people while watching the entire video for such a short period of time. The ability of the actors to say and express so much even without saying is to be admired.
    10tbible-1

    Creepy

    Keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole time. And the ending is... well I don't want to spoil it, but you might want to watch with the lights on. Bring on the feature!
    10charlie-bowen7

    Wow.... Just WOW! More Please

    Terry Rossio is simply a creative genius\mastermind!!! This was an amazing Short! It has some of the top actors\actresses that draw you in and make you want to be there. You will be left want to know more about them, what led them there, and why it has to be discovered.

    I even had to watch it a few times.... still wanting more This is one of those rare shorts that makes your mind continue the story... for a time ever after the credits roll What a fantastic storyline with gripping life questions and the overall debate\connection between faith and science.

    Please make this into a full length movie!!!!!!
    10pinky1234

    A truly cinematic short-film experience

    Saw this at the Napa Valley Film Festival... what a gem! Performances, production design and overall production value rivals that of most feature-films. It's no surprise that the script was written by Terry Rossio (Shrek, Men In Black, Aladdin) as it achieves in 15 mins what most full-length horrors can't muster in 90+ mins: genuine tension, a payoff that doesn't feel forced and a general feeling that you don't know what's going to happen next throughout. It's a testament to the short-film format when star writers and directors make genre shorts, because it shows that the medium isn't just for experimentation - sometimes it's for great ideas that are born to be told quickly and efficiently. Also a big shoutout to the production team on this one who clearly worked their socks off to bring this to fruition, especially wrangling the schedules of two star actors in Marisa Tomei and Minnie Driver (both fantastic) and a team of super talented people behind the camera. Definitely one of the best and highest-quality short-films I've ever seen. Catch it if you can!
    Kirpianuscus

    provocative

    A not comfortable idea but a very old curiosity . The duel between familiar actors. A small detail defining the end. And something returning us to old questions, doubts and sources of fascination, faith and old lectures.

    In short, the discover, out of doubts, of soul.

    A stolen patient, a doctor looking for him, an experiment and the images saw only by the doctor. And the cold truth , changing everything, reminding the angry of God against Egyptians in the time of Moses.

    Many reasons to define it as a film with Minnie Driver, Marisa Tomei and Paulo Constanzo. And , maybe, this is the motif of provocative subject, less original but powerful at whole.

    A great short film for the fine manner to craft questions . Maybe, for the basic truth, discovered by each viewer as a precious remind about life. And death.

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    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Emma Holloway: Go ahead, open it. Let's see what happens.

    • Soundtracks
      Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
      (uncredited)

      Written by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer

      Performed by Lisa Renée

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 13, 2018 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official "Alter" YouTube Channel
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Лабораторные условия
    • Filming locations
      • ATB Studios, Burbank, California, USA(laboratory)
    • Production company
      • Joe Russell Productions
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    • Runtime
      17 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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