Formula 51 (2001)
| Release Date | 07 December 2001 |
| Budget | $28,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $5,000,000 |
| Tagline | Nice Wheels. Dirty Deals. And One Mean Mother In A Kilt. |
| Genre | Thriller, Crime, Comedy, Action |
| Country | UKCanada |
| Filming Locations | Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Dolby Digital, SDDS, DTS |
| Color | Color |
The 51st State (also known as Formula 51) is a 2001 British film produced by Focus Films Ltd. (UK). It was directed by Ronny Yuand written by Stel Pavlou. The cast starred 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 and on the Wirral Peninsula.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Nigel Whitmey
L.A. Highway Patrol
Robert Jezek
Priest
Jake Abraham
Konokko
Mac McDonald
Mr. Davidson
Aaron Swartz
Mr. Yuri
David Webber
Mr. Jones
Michael J. Reynolds
Mr. Escobar
Sonny Muslim
Boy in Plane
Barbara Barnes
Boy's Mother
Junix Inocian
Mr. Ho-Fat
Christopher Hunter
Lawrence
Stephen Walters
Blowfish
James Roach
Grimtooth
Michael Starke
Arthur
Nick Bartlett
Trevor
Angus MacInnes
Pudsey Smith
Joan Campion
Hotel Maid
Anna Keaveney
Shirley DeSouza
Marc Anwar
Pharmacist
Paul Broughton
Anfield Commissionaire
Robert Fyfe
Hector Dougal McElroy
Gaute Grøtta Grav
Rave boy
Paul T. Murray
Bones
Stel Pavlou
Bouncer
Matt Routledge
Dancer
Director
Writer
Stel Pavlou
Producer
Mark Aldridge
co-producer
Stephanie Davis
executive producer
Jonathan Debin
producer
Andras Hamori
producer
Malcolm Kohll
producer
Seaton McLean
producer
Stel Pavlou
co-producer
David Pupkewitz
producer
Eli Selden
executive producer
Julie Yorn
executive producer
Original Music
Headrillaz
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Casper Kedros
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Darius Kedros
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Cinematographer
Hang-Sang Poon
Editor
David Wu
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Casting Director
Nina Gold
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Production Designer
Alan MacDonald
Art Director
Grant Armstrong
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Hannah Moseley
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Philip Robinson
Set Decorator
Anita Gupta
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Duncan Wheeler
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Costume Designer
Kate Carin
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Makeup Department
Allan A. Apone
makeup artist: Samuel L. Jackson
Helen Barrett
hair stylist, makeup artist
Christine Beveridge
hair designer, makeup designer
Sarah Grispo
makeup artist
Catherine Muir
makeup artist
Robert L. Stevenson
hair stylist: Samuel L. Jackson
Victoria Wood
wig maker: Mr. Jackson
Production Manager
Lu Cien Hioe
production manager: LA unit
David Myatt
unit production manager
Beverley Syme
unit manager
Alan J. Wands
production manager
Lori A. Waters
post-production supervisor
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Daniels
assistant director: second unit
Kate Hazell
assistant director: second unit
Nick Heckstall-Smith
first assistant director
Ben Howard
third assistant director
Mira Husseini
third assistant director: second unit
Carl Lawrence Ludwig
first assistant director: Los Angeles
Kerric Macdonald
second unit director
Michael G. Maurer
second second assistant director: second unit
Crispin Reece
second unit director
George Walker
second assistant director
Art Department
Tony Asije
props
Mario Bueno
property master
Matt Gant
art department junior
Beverley Gerard
assistant set decorator
Rik Loughran
art department junior
Nick Pelham
storyboard artist
Mike Roberts
dressing prop
Christian Short
stand-by props
Nic Stubbings
stand-by props
Lee Howarth
rigger: art department
Sound Department
Christopher Atkinson
sound assistant
Chris Atkinson
sound assistant
Fred Brennan
supervising sound editor, dialogue and adr editor
Bruce Carwardine
production sound mixer
Colin Cooper
adr recordist
Stacy Coutts
sound re-recording mixer assistant
Roderick Deogrades
sound effects editor
Caoimhe Doyle
foley artist
Cornelia Mariana Gavrilescu
foley recording assistant
Peter Gleaves
adr mixer
Graham Jones
assistant dialogue editor
Martin Gwynn Jones
assistant sound editor
Garrett Kerr
sound designer
Steve Kostick
first assistant sound
Goro Koyama
foley artist
Kirk Lynds
re-recording assistant
Andy Malcolm
foley artist
Craig Mann
re-recording assistant
David McCallum
supervising sound editor
Brent Pickett
first assistant sound effects
Mark Shnuriwsky
sound effects editor
Orest Sushko
sound re-recording mixer
Jane Tattersall
sound effects editor
Markus Wade
boom operator
Brandon Walker
adr editor
Robert Warchol
sound effects editor
Don White
foley recording mixer
Special Effects
James Brady
senior special effects technician
Trevor Butterfield
senior special effects technician
Mark Clayton
senior special effects technician
Conor Coughlan
pyrotechnician, special effects technician
Yves De Bono
special effects coordinator
Mark Griffin
special effects buyer
Michael Kearns
special effects technician
Roger Nichols
special effects technician
David Plewis
senior modelmaker
Terry Rigarlsford
special effects technician
Robert Schofield
wireman
Andrew Wilson
special effects coordinator
Visual Effects
Simon Carr
digital compositor
Tom Debenham
visual effects supervisor: LA unit
Robert Duncan
visual effects supervisor
Ian Fellows
digital compositor
Jamie Hallett
digital compositor
Robert Hall
digital paint artist
Jolene McCaffrey
digital compositor: CFC
Joel Meire
digital artist
Stanley Monahan
optical effects
Simon Payne
digital artist
Dave Salter
digital compositor
Maria Stroka
digital lab operator
Matthew Twyford
compositing artist
Victor Wade
digital effects artist
Corrina Wilson
digital paint artist
Jan Hogevold
digital lab producer: Framestore CFC
Stunts
Dave Bickers
stunt rigger
Paul Bickers
stunt rigger
Richard Bradshaw
stunts
Stuart Clark
stunts
George Cottle
stunts
Gabe Cronnelly
stunts
Graeme Crowther
stunts
Ray De-Haan
stunts
Jim Dowdall
stunt coordinator
Jamie Edgell
stunts
Kiante Elam
stunt double: Mr. Jackson
Neil Finnighan
stunts
Sarah Franzl
stunts
Joss Gower
stunts
Nick Hobbs
stunts
Morgan Johnson
stunts
Sid Karne
stunts
Neil Keene-Soper
stunt rigger
Derek Lea
stunts
Mark Lisbon
stunts
Tony Lucken
stunts
Tina Maskell
stunts
Andy Merchant
stunts
Brian Naunton
stunt rigger
Ray Nicholas
stunts
Seon Rogers
stunts
Lee Sheward
stunt coordinator: second unit
Dick Keens Soper
stunt rigger
Alan Stuart
stunts
Rocky Taylor
stunts
Chris Webb
stunts
William Willoughby
stunts
Paul Heasman
stunt driver, stunts
Paul Herbert
stunt double: Robert Carlyle, stunts
Lynda Van Den Berg
stunt double: Emily Mortimer, stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
John M. Barbour
assistant camera: stunt unit
David Bourke
chief rigging gaffer
Michael Costelloe
assistant camera
Liam Daniel
still photographer
Zoran Djordjevic
director of photography: second unit, car chase sequence
John Evans
second assistant camera: second unit
Tom Gates
gaffer
Chris Gilbertson
lighting console operator
Kenny Groom
assistant camera
Alan Hall
assistant camera: "a" camera
Ian Jackson
gaffer: second unit
Ed Jones
clapper loader
Koji Kojima
second assistant camera: international unit
Peter Krajewski
camera operator: video camera
Rod Marley
focus puller
Micky May
electrician
David McAnulty
second unit: key grip
Adrian McCarthy
key grip
Zac Nicholson
focus puller: second unit
Stewart Nick
video assist trainee
Rupert Power
Steadicam operator
Howard Smith
Steadicam: second unit, director of photography: second unit, camera operator: second unit
Jamie Summers
best boy
Roger Tooley
Steadicam operator
Rick Tucker
key grip: second unit
John Welsh
electrician
Tony Wilcock
rigging gaffer
Casting Department
Louis Elman
adr voice casting
Tamara Gillon
casting assistant
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anette Czagany
assistant costume designer: Los Angeles
Askia Won-Ling Jacob
costumer, wardrobe
Dena Thanopoulos
costume supervisor
Editorial Department
Randy L. Anderson
color timer
Clare Bambrough
assistant editor
Andrew Coutts
assistant editor
Michele Francis
assistant editor
Chad Glastonbury
negative cutter
Valerie Laurie
post-production assistant
Ricardo Olivero
color timer
Catherine Rankin
negative cutter
Paul Rubenstein
first assistant editor: avid
Dawn M. Stoliar
first assistant editor
Deanna Strong
post-production coordinator
Paul Whitehead
assistant editor
Music Department
Martin Bell
music editor
Abi Leland
music supervisor
Barney Quinton
composer: additional music
Dan Rose
music supervisor
Transportation Department
Guy Bostock
action vehicle coordinator
Ian Clarke
vehicle technician
John Kennedy
driver: Mr. Jackson
Martin Lavelle
driver: Mr. Carlyle
Paul Pearson
driver: Ms. Mortimer
Steve Royfee
action vehicle coordinator
Sean Thornton
picture vehicle technician
Other Crew
Vicki Allen
floor runner
Victoria Allen
floor runner
Donald Ayres
continuity
Claire Berrie
assistant: Mr. Carlyle
Sarah Best
assistant: Mr. Debin
Early Boyd
executive assistant: Mr. Hamori
Laurie Boyle
key production accountant
Jackie Callon
utility stand-in
Sue Clarke
animal wrangler
Sean Crotty
assistant: Mr. Yu
Steven Cummings
stand-in: Mr. Carlyle
Rob Delp
assistant: Ms. Selden
Dale Dreher
location scout, location manager
Sammy Duplay
stand-in: Mr. Jackson
Ava DuVernay
publicity consultant
Anna Graham
production assistant
Alice Greenland
contact: London
Nicole Gregory
unit publicist
David Grout
assistant to director: post-production
Andy Holt
location manager
Julia Jones
unit publicist
Rob Jones
creative director: titles
Andrea Mann
executive assistant: Mr. McLean
Jaynie Miller
production secretary
Michelle Morton-Banks
assistant: Mr. Hamori
Andrew Rosen
production executive: Alliance Atlantis
Dug Rotstein
script supervisor
Donald Sabourin
production coordinator: second unit
Janice Schumm
script supervisor: second unit
Mark Shelley
weapons armorer
Boyan Stergulc
title designer
Graham Taylor
assistant: Mr. Yu
Leonard L. Thomas
assistant: Mr. Jackson
Luis Torres
title designer
Lucinda Van Rie
assistant: Mr. Pupkewitz and Mr. Kohll
Winnie Wishart
production coordinator
Chris Judd
floor runner: second unit
Jonathan Taylor
assistant to head of production: The Film Consortium
Production Company
Alliance Atlantis Communications
Focus Films
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Fifty First Films
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National Lottery
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Artists Production Group (APG)
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Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC)
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Film Council
Film Consortium, The
Distributor
Momentum Pictures
Metropolitan Filmexport
Indies Film Distribution
Screen Gems
Highlight Film
Dutch FilmWorks (DFW)
,
Humax Pictures
GAGA Communications
New World Films Internacional S.A.
United International Pictures (UIP)
Gativideo
,
Alliance Atlantis Communications
Hollydan Works
Imagem Filmes
Paramount Home Entertainment
Special Effects
Computer Film Company, The (CFC)
Film Effects
Hothouse Models and Effects
Miscellaneous
Action Cars
action vehicles
ChapmanLeonard Studio Equipment
second unit camera dollies provided by
Clairmont Camera
second unit cameras supplied by
De Lane Lea Sound Centre
adr recording facility: London
DeLuxe Laboratories
color timing
Film Effects
opticals
Future Post
adr recording facility: London
Mediacom 24-7
travel agent
Moviecam
camera equipment
Shotmaker
crane provided by
Spin Productions
title design
Sun Lighting
lighting: second unit
Tattersall Casablanca
sound re-recording, sound editing facility provided by, adr recording facility: Toronto
V.F.G.
grip and electrical equipment
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