Film
Telling Lies in America
1997 · 1h 41m · Drama
Just don't get caught.
- IMDb
- 6.2
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 67%
- Metacritic
- 65
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Overview
A 17-year-old boy becomes friends with Billy Magic, the radio DJ he idolizes, and eventually slips into the payola and corruption of the entertainment world.
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Cast
Kevin Bacon
Billy Magic
Brad Renfro
Karchy 'Chucky' Jonas
Maximilian Schell
Dr. Istvan Jonas
Calista Flockhart
Diney Majeski
Tony Devon
Danny Hogan
Paul Dooley
Father Norton
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Kevin Boyle
Luke Wilson
Henry
Damen Fletcher
Amos
Jerry Swindall
Andy "Croak" Stas
K.K. Dodds
Justine
James Kisicki
Cecil Simms
J.J. Horna
The Blind Kid
Ben Saypol
Timmy Morelli
Rohn Thomas
Sgt. Disapri
Joe Baka
Det. Carpenter
Crew
- Guy FerlandDirector
- Joe EszterhasScreenplay
- Ben MyronProducer
- Fran Rubel KuzuiProducer
- Brian SwardstromExecutive Producer
- Naomi EszterhasExecutive Producer
- Mickey LiddellExecutive Producer
- Reynaldo VillalobosDirector of Photography
- Nicholas PikeOriginal Music Composer
- Jill SavittEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- August 2, 1997
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rated
- 14A
- Budget
- $4,000,000
- Revenue
- $318,809
- Genres
- Drama
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