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Take Your Pills

20186.5 / 1087 min

Documentary

Overview

What would you take to be the best?

In a hypercompetitive world, drugs like Adderall offer students, athletes, coders and others a way to do more -- faster and better. But at what cost?

Cast

Eben Britton

Self - Former NFL Player (as Eben)

Dr. Wendy Brown

Self - Political Theorist, UC Berkeley

Ariana

Self - College Sophomore

Delaney

Self - College Junior

Jasper Holt-Teza

Self - College Senior (as Jasper)

Leigh

Self - College Senior

Anjan Chatterjee

Self - Chair of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania

Alan Schwarz

Self - Journalist, Author - ADHD Nation

Nicholas Rasmussen

Self - Author, On Speed

Nathanael

Self - Software Engineer

Sheila Britt

Self - Eben's Wife (as Brit)

Martha Farah

Self - Cognitive Neuroscientist, University of Pennsylvania

Carl Hart

Self - Chair of Psychology, Columbia University

Lawrence Diller

Self - Pediatrician, Author - Running on Ritalin

Steve Hinshaw

Self - Psychologist, Author - The ADHD Explosion

Blue Williams

Self - Artist Management (as Blue)

Bianka

Self - Leigh's Roommate

Liz Jorgensen

Self - Psychotherapist

Peter

Self - Financial Analyst

Regina Holt-Teza

Self - Jasper's Mom (as Regina)

Bill Holt

Self - Jasper's Dad (as Bill)

Maxine

Self - Blue's Mom

Keith Conner

Self - Conducted First Controlled Ritalin Study

Corey Hebert

Self - Pediatrician

Rahiem

Self - High School Student

Sherry

Self - Rahiem's Mom

Jesse Lawler

Self - Podcast Host, Smart Drug Smarts

Lucas Siegel

Self - Co-Founder, AlternaScript (as Lucas)

Matthew Piskorz

Self - Co-Founder, AlternaScript (as Matthew)

Lily

Self - Startup Publicist

Dr. James Fadiman

Self - Psychedelic Researcher

Gordon Alles

Self (archive footage)

Ringo Starr

Self (archive footage)

George Harrison

Self (archive footage)

John Lennon

Self (archive footage)

Paul McCartney

Self (archive footage)

Brigid Berlin

Self (archive footage)

William S. Burroughs

Self (archive footage)

Allen Ginsberg

Self (archive footage)

Albert Hofmann

Self (archive footage)

Max Jacobson

Self (archive footage)

Jack Kerouac

Self (archive footage)

Carla Panganiban

Elementary Student (as Karla Panganiban)

Charlie Parker

Self (archive footage)

Edie Sedgwick

Self (archive footage)

Andy Warhol

Self (archive footage)

Frank Zappa

Self (archive footage)

Crew

Alison Klayman

Director

Jennifer Fineran

Editor

Julia Liu

Director of Photography

Ben Cotner

Executive Producer

Lisa Nishimura

Executive Producer

Adam Del Deo

Executive Producer

Ilan Isakov

Original Music Composer

Tom Deis

Original Music Composer

Maria Shriver

Executive Producer

Christina Schwarzenegger

Executive Producer

Christopher Clements

Producer

Carolyn Hepburn

Producer

Daniel Ming

Co-Producer

Marissa Ericson

Associate Producer

Steph Ching

Assistant Editor

Keith Heyward

"B" Camera Operator

Julie Goldman

Producer

Kate Osborn

Producer