Limitless is a 2011 thriller film directed by Neil Burger and starring Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, and Robert De Niro. It is based on the 2001 novel The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn with the screenplay by Leslie Dixon. The film was released on March 18, 2011. Edward "Eddie" Morra is a writer who lives in New York City. He has recently been dumped by his girlfriend Lindy in addition to failing to meet the deadline to turn in his new book, which he hasn't started yet. One day, Eddie comes across Vernon Gant , the brother of his ex-wife, Melissa Gant . Vernon is a drug dealer, and he... offers Eddie a sample of a new nootropic drug, NZT-48, claiming it allows humans to access 100% of the brain's power, as opposed to the "normal" 20%. Eddie accepts, and, much to his surprise, the drug does indeed work, putting him into a manic state, and enabling him to write the first 90 pages to his book, exciting his publisher. Eddie asks for more of the drug, but when Vernon asks him to go pick up his dry cleaning, he returns to find Vernon murdered and his apartment ransacked.
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| Release date: | March 17, 2011 |
| Directed by: | Neil Burger |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 105 Minutes |
| Producer: | Leslie Dixon, Scott Kroopf, Ryan Kavanaugh |
| Editor: | Tracy Adams, Naomi Geraghty |
| Music by: | Paul Leonard-Morgan |
| Cinematography: | Jo Willems |
| Screenplay by: | Leslie Dixon |
| Estimated budget: | $27,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Dark Fields |
| Genre: | Thriller, Science Fiction |