A leavening agent (/ˈlɛvənɪŋ/, also leaven agent; /ˈlɛvən/), also known as a raising agent, is any one of a number of substances used in doughs and batters that causes a foaming action that lightens and softens. The leavening agent incorporates gas bubbles into the dough. The alternative or supplement to leavening agents is mechanical leavening by which air is incorporated by mechanical means. Most leavening agents are synthetic chemical compounds, but carbon dioxide can also be produced by biological agents. When a dough or batter is mixed, the starch in the flour mixes with the water in the dough to form a matrix (often supported further by proteins like gluten or polysaccharides like pentosans or xanthan gum), then gelatinizes and "sets"; the holes left by the gas bubbles remain.
Actors: Andrew Miller (actor), Julian Richings (actor), Wayne Robson (actor), Maurice Dean Wint (actor), Nicole de Boer (actress), Nicky Guadagni (actress), Colin Brunton (producer), Mehra Meh (producer), Betty Orr (producer), André Bijelic (writer), Graeme Manson (writer), Vincenzo Natali (writer), Mark Korven (composer), Wendy May Moore (costume designer), David Hewlett (actor),
Plot: Six different people, each from a very different walk of life, awaken to find themselves inside a giant cube with thousands of possible rooms. Each has a skill that becomes clear when they must band together to get out: a cop, a math whiz, a building designer, a doctor, an escape master, and a disabled man. Each plays a part in their thrilling quest to find answers as to why they've been imprisoned.
Keywords: acid, allegory, alternative-reality, autism, autistic-savant, beating, black-cop, bleeding-to-death, blood-on-shirt, booby-trap(spoken)
There’s always something missing
Perfection’s come and gone
Someone’s always off the mark
When all the rest are on
No use in your denying
You can’t escape the facts
For every one who makes it
There’s one slips through the cracks
(sung)
I will always wonder if there could have been another
When I find a moment alone to reflect on the day
It will fill my heart to flowing over all
Come and take away this rock where I stumble and fall
A compelling reason to follow in steps I’ve not known
If I fall in battle I’ll know it’s the war that I own
It will fill my life till nothing remains
Come and break apart this fortress that keeps me in
chains
Fires of Heaven, burn through me
Touch of Leaven, make me free
(spoken)
The wine is in the sangraal
It beckons, for it’s pure
It’s a paragon of freedom
In a world no longer sure
(sung)