| Corn | |
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 DVD cover for Corn |
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| Directed by | Dave Silver |
| Starring | Jena Malone |
| Release date(s) | October 26, 2004 DVD Premiere |
| Running time | 97 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Corn is a 2004 drama-thriller starring Jena Malone about the dangers of genetically altered food.
Plot
Emily Rasmussen (Jena Malone) is a young woman that cuts her college education short due to expecting an illegitimate child. She reluctantly returns to her stepfather's (Don Harvey) sheep ranch to try to get her life together. She is a few months pregnant, and plans on keeping the baby, even though the father is a politician who doesn't want anything to do with it. Her mother died when she was young, and she has a very awkward relationship with her father. Upon her arrival, she notices that her father's sheep are acting rather strange--they appear to be viciously fighting over a weed that is the byproduct of their neighbor's corn. That neighbor began crowing corn when provided with a newly generated seed that was meant to be immune to all pesticides. The corn was meant to be altered genetically so it could grow with very little water so it could be grown in otherwise barren places such as parts of Africa to feed starving people. After witnessing a sheep being born with only two legs, she decides to investigate this corn and its weed byproduct, and learns that it is an experiment in genetic engineering. After hearing about the death of a friend's newborn baby, who regularly ate lamb, Emily realizes she has to do something to put a stop to this. This will entail standing up to the big corporation that is testing the corn, her employers, and ultimately, her father.
External links
- Corn at the Internet Movie Database
