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50% Rotten Tomatoes Directed by Michael Z. Wechsler Music by Edmund Choi Initial release December 2013 (USA) Screenplay Michael Z. Wechsler Cinematography Adrian Correia | 6.5/10 IMDb 2/4 Roger Ebert Written by Michael Z. Wechsler Edited by Tom Swartwout Director Michael Z. Wechsler Music director Edmund Choi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Shawn Singh
Jonathan Sanger
Rick Porras
Wendy Herst
Khush Singh
Terry O'Keefe Starring Judd Hirsch
Ryan O'Nan
C.S. Lee
Jaime Ray Newman
Dennis Flanagan
Caroline Lagerfelt
Joseph Lyle Taylor
Jake Miller
Lily Pilblad Producers Michael Z. Wechsler, Shawn Singh Cast Judd Hirsch, Jaime Ray Newman, C S Lee, Caroline Lagerfelt, Ryan O'Nan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Altered Minds (originally titled The Red Robin) is a 2015 psychological thriller film directed by Michael Z. Wechsler, starring Judd Hirsch, Ryan O'Nan, C.S. Lee, Caroline Lagerfelt, Jaime Ray Newman, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Dennis Flanagan, Jake Miller, and Lily Pilblad.
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Plot
75-year-old Dr. Nathaniel Shellner has led an extraordinary life as a psychiatrist, working with traumatized patients fleeing war zones in refugee camps, earning himself a Nobel Prize for his work. After having one child, Leonard, with his wife, Lillian, the Shellners elect to adopt the remainder of their family from the camps where Dr. Shellner worked. Ultimately, the Shellners incorporated five children from all over the world into their family – Tommy, Julie, Harry, and twins Sylvia and Sasha. As Dr. Shellner lies on his death bed on a frigid, icy day on the fringes of New York City in suburban New Jersey, the family convenes at the house where the couple raised the children for a final, bittersweet farewell to a sensational and inspiring public figure. Or, that's the idea, until all hell breaks loose after Tommy arrives and accuses his father of adopting his children, not out of concern for their future well-being, but to use them for some warped psychological experiment.
The proceedings from Tommy's accusation forward during the remainder of the evening offer a cocktail of incidents between the family members own interpersonal issues and a relentless exploration of the clues Tommy manufactures as evidence of his father's alleged wrongdoing. The allegations not only stun the family, they stir up anger and resentment, not only because of Dr. Shellner’s failing health, but also because he has been held up as a paragon of selflessness and virtue not only within the family but from all his public recognition and numerous awards he was festooned with. As Tommy relentlessly pursues his own 'evidence' of his father's ostensible experiments with his children's minds and feelings, he simultaneously stirs up a whole load of simmering resentments, shifting alliances, and old traumas form the family's internal relations and dynamics.
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Release
The film had its world premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival then titled The Red Robin, on August 24, 2013. Gravitas Ventures acquired the distribution rights to the film in September 2015, and was released on November 20, 2015 as a limited release and through video on demand.