My Name Is Buttons (2002)
80 min
When perpetually disgruntled twentysomething Hunter Reeves is fired from a chain bookstore, his best chance at regaining some semblance of financial security is by offering himself to Pharmakhem, which, despite being exactly the type of pharmaceutical conglomerate Hunter is prone to despise, is paying good money for human test subjects. Along with his fellow unemployed friends Nicki and Greg, Hunter agrees to set aside his most recent Noam Chomsky book and swallow an experimental anti-depressant. Unlike Prozac, however, this drug doesn't encourage proper brain chemistry as much as it induces stupidity. Ignorance really is bliss for Hunter; while he finds himself increasingly unconcerned with the state of the world, he's also becoming progressively dumber.
- Release date
- October 16, 2002
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
Cast
- John Merriman as Buttons
- John Merriman as Hunter
- Lowell Bartholomee as Dr. Lamb Williams
- Jennifer Bryan as Jenny
- Courtney Davis as Nicki
- T'chaka Sikelianos as Greg
- Bob Richardson as Dr. Cogwheel
- Don Cass as The Old Man
- Glenn Zoch as Head board member
- Glenn Zoch as Karl
- Paul Theron as Dr. Heimbinder
- Somkiat 'Max' Sarakun as Jon Silberberg
Crew
- Courtney Davis · Director
- John Merriman · Director
- Courtney Davis · Writer
- John Merriman · Writer
- Courtney Davis · Producer
- David Layton · Producer
- John Merriman · Producer
- David Layton · Cinematographer
- J. Kevin Smith · Editor