The Effect, starring Jonjo O'Neill, Tom Goodman-Hill and Anastasia Hille, will explore questions of sanity, neurology and the limits of medicine.

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The story revolves around two young drug-test volunteers, psychology student Connie (Piper) and flirty drifter Tristan (Jonjo O'Neill), and two doctors played by Anastasia Hille and Tom Goodman-Hill.

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The German contingent at the 2009 championships in Anchorage, Alaska was reportedly unhappy when their own Karl-Heinz Hille placed second in the overall title to American David Traver, who also organized the event and handpicked the judges.

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