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Telling Lies In America (1997)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:9
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: An immigrant teenager circumnavigates the social strictures of 1950s Cleveland by scamming his way into the good graces of local hotshot D.J. Billy Magic, an unctuous sort whose friendship with the... An immigrant teenager circumnavigates the social strictures of 1950s Cleveland by scamming his way into the good graces of local hotshot D.J. Billy Magic, an unctuous sort whose friendship with the boy brings out his tender side. A relative breath of fresh air from screenwriter Joe Eszterhaus, whose own childhood informs the story. [More]
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Brad Renfro, Calista Flockhart, Paul Dooley
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Brad Renfro, Calista Flockhart, Paul Dooley, Maximilian Schell, Jonathan Rhys-Myers, Luke Wilson, Damen Fletcher, Jerry Swindall, Ben Saypol
Director: Guy Ferland
Director: Guy Ferland
Screenwriter: Joe Eszterhas
Producer: Fran Rubel Kuzui, Ben Myron
Composer: Nicholas Pike
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