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MK Ultra (film)

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MK Ultra
Official release poster
Directed byJoseph Sorrentino
Written byJoseph Sorrentino
Produced by
  • Lee Broda
  • Brian Mercer
  • Andreas Schilling
  • Joseph Sorrentino
  • Jerry Tankersley
  • Seth Willenson
Starring
CinematographyDiego Romero
Edited byCristóbal Fernández
Music byTony Neiman
Production
companies
  • LB Entertainment
  • Ten Past Nine Productions
Distributed by
Release date
  • October 7, 2022 (2022-10-07)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

MK Ultra is a 2022 American psychological thriller film written and directed by ex-intelligence officer Joseph Sorrentino.[1][2] Based on a true story about the human experimentation program MKUltra conducted by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the 1960s, the film follows Dr. Ford Strauss (Anson Mount), a psychiatrist who gets involved in a government experiment and conspiracy involving the use of psychedelic and other mind-controlling substances. It was released theatrically and on video on demand on October 7, 2022.

Premise

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In the early 1960s, during the CIA's secret and illegal human experimentation program MK-Ultra,[a] Dr. Ford Strauss (Anson Mount), a psychiatrist, is attempting to get medical LSD testings approved; his moral and scientific boundaries are pushed to the limit, as he is approached by CIA agent Galvin Morgan (Jason Patric) to run a subsect of the program in a rural Mississippi psychiatric hospital. As he conducts the experiments on a drug addict, an arsonist, a transgender woman, and an animal killer, Dr. Strauss begins to question Agent Morgan’s ethics and disentangles an incomprehensible conspiracy.[3][4][5][6]

Cast

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  • Anson Mount as Ford Strauss
  • Jaime Ray Newman as Rose Strauss
  • Jason Patric as Galvin Morgan
  • Alon Aboutboul as Townsend
  • Jen Richards as Laura Stanley
  • David Jensen as Dr. Miller
  • Wanetah Walmsley as Nurse Irwin
  • Jared Bankens as Gunther
  • Harrison Stone as Brian Mercer
  • Matt Nolan as Dwyer
  • Charles Green as Kevin Mercer
  • Susan McPhail as Peggy
  • Cotton Yancey as Senator Mathis
  • Bill Luckett as Senator Mathis
  • Robert Aberdeen as The German
  • Jill Renner as Shelly
  • Josh Whites as Dallas Shepard
  • Ted Ford as Confused guard
  • Dalton Russell as Mental Patient
  • Tony Key as Desmond
  • Greg Dees as FBI Agent
  • Cameron Abel as Father Jerry Schilling

Production

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Formerly titled Midnight Climax,[7][8] MK Ultra is the third feature film directed by Joseph Sorrentino,[1] who previously comes from an Intelligence Operations background.[2] He wrote the film based on a true story about the illegal human experimentation program Project MK-Ultra,[9][10] conducted by Central Intelligence Agency in the 1960s.[11][12] The film is produced by LB Entertainment and Ten Past Nine Productions with Suzy Bergner, Tom Rooker and Sigurjon Sighvatsson as executive producers.[11]

Release

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The official trailer has been released on August 31, 2022.[13] The film was released theatrically, and on video on demand on October 7, 2022[7] in the United States through Cinedigm,[11] and worldwide through Bleiberg Entertainment.[14]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "MK" was an arbitrary symbol for the CIA's Technical Services Division. See CIA cryptonym#Format of cryptonyms and CIA cryptonym#Digraphs.

References

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  1. ^ a b Samara, Nadir (October 7, 2022). "MK Ultra Review: Joseph Sorrentino's CIA Thriller Is Detailed & Effective". Screen Rant. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Lovitt, Maggie (August 30, 2022). "'MK Ultra' Trailer Ensnares Anson Mount in a Dangerous Government Program [Exclusive]". Collider. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  3. ^ MK Ultra at an AMC Theatre near you., AMC Theatres, October 6, 2022, retrieved October 10, 2022
  4. ^ "MK Ultra". Houston Press. October 7, 2022. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  5. ^ Jackson, Gordon; Whitbrook, James (October 6, 2022). "Todd McFarlane's Spawn Movie Finally Has Some New Writers". Gizmodo. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  6. ^ Alejandro Marquez, Miguel (October 5, 2022). "MK ULTRA is a sober look into the Psychedelic Age". Moviejawn. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  7. ^ a b P, Maddie (October 7, 2022). "How to Watch 'MK Ultra'". Collider. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  8. ^ "MK Ultra (2022) - FilmAffinity". FilmAffinity. October 7, 2022. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  9. ^ "Chapter 3: Supreme Court Dissents Invoke the Nuremberg Code: CIA and DOD Human Subjects Research Scandals". Archived from the original on March 31, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  10. ^ "U.S. Senate Report on CIA MKULTRA Behavioral Modification Program 1977". publicintelligence.net – Public Intelligence. July 27, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  11. ^ a b c Grobar, Matt (May 9, 2022). "Cinedigm Acquires CIA Thriller 'MK Ultra' Starring Anson Mount, Jaime Ray Newman And Jason Patric". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  12. ^ Katre, Ajay (June 7, 2022). "Is "MK Ultra (2022)" Based On A True Story?". MarvelousVideos.com. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  13. ^ "TRAILER - MK Ultra (2022)". Mubi. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  14. ^ "MK Ultra". The Film Catalogue. American Film Market. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
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