Corn (film)

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Corn
DVD cover for Corn
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 modified food.

[edit] Plot

Emily Rasmussen (Malone) is a young woman who cuts her college education short because of her pregnancy.

Emily reluctantly returns to her stepfather's (Don Harvey) sheep ranch to get her life together. She is a few months pregnant, and plans on keeping the baby, even though the father of the child is a politician who doesn't want anything to do with it. Emily's mother died when she was young, and she has a very awkward relationship with her father.

Upon her arrival, Emily notices that her father's sheep are acting rather strangely--they appear to be viciously fighting over a weed that is the byproduct of their neighbor's corn. That neighbor began growing corn when provided with a newly generated seed that was meant to be immune to all pesticides. The corn was designed to be altered genetically so it could grow with very little water so it could be used in otherwise barren places, such as parts of Africa, to feed starving people.

After witnessing a lamb being born with only two legs, Emily 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 the newborn baby of a friend who regularly ate lamb, Emily realizes she has to do something to put a stop to this. Her efforts will entail standing up to the big corporation that is testing the corn, her employers, and ultimately, her father.