Telling Lies in America

Aug 2, 1997

1h 41m

★ 5.7

Just don't get caught.

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Kuzui Enterprises

Banner Entertainment

Ben Myron Productions

Telling Lies in America Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Billy Magic

Kevin Bacon

Karchy 'Chucky' Jonas

Brad Renfro

Dr. Istvan Jonas

Maximilian Schell

Diney Majeski

Calista Flockhart

Danny Hogan

Tony Devon

Father Norton

Paul Dooley

Kevin Boyle

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Henry

Luke Wilson

Amos

Damen Fletcher

Andy "Croak" Stas

Jerry Swindall

Justine

K.K. Dodds

Cecil Simms

James Kisicki

A three-part anthology about love and sexuality: a menage-a-trois between a couple and a young woman on the coast of Tuscany; an advertising executive under enormous pressure at work, who, during visits to his psychiatrist, is pulled to delve into the possible reasons why his stress seems to manifest itself in a recurring erotic dream; a story of unrequited love about a beautiful, 1960s high-end call girl in an impossible affair with her young tailor.

6.4

McVicar

Aug 1, 1980

John McVicar was a London Bad Boy. he graduated to armed bank robbery and was Britain's "Public Enemy No. 1". He was captured and put into a high security prison. Will even the highest security prison be able to hold him? This is the true story of his life, his criminal exploits and his eventual rehabilitation.

0.0

Shock Value

May 29, 2025

Confined to a 1960s testing room, a man assigned the name of "Teacher" by an unseen voice must conduct a tutoring session with a distant "Student." As the lesson unfolds, their cooperation strains — and a sinister truth surfaces through a series of shocking questions and irreversible choices.

0.0

Sunlight, Veiled

Invalid Date

At a company party, Forough, an Iranian intern, becomes the target of a psychological game orchestrated by her boss.

5.5

The Protector

Sep 22, 2009

A Czech journalist joins a Prague radio station what broadcasts Nazi propaganda in order to protect his Jewish wife. However, as the Nazi rule over Czechoslovakia calls for more and more collaboration, his relationship with his wife spirals downward.

6.5

How I Ended This Summer

Apr 1, 2010

A polar station on a desolate island in the Arctic Ocean. Sergei, a seasoned meteorologist, and Pavel, a recent college graduate, are spending months in complete isolation on the once strategic research base. Pavel receives an important radio message and is still trying to find the right moment to tell Sergei, when fear, lies and suspicions start poisoning the atmosphere...

7.4

My Family

May 3, 1995

Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930s. They establish their family in East L.A., and their children Chucho, Paco, Memo, Irene, Toni, and Jimmy deal with youth culture and the L.A. police in the '50s. As the second generation become adults in the '60s, the focus shifts to Jimmy, his marriage to Isabel (a Salvadorian refugee), their son, and Jimmy's journey to becoming a responsible parent.

6.8

Je'vida

Oct 20, 2023

Iida, an elderly Sámi woman, who has abandoned her roots under the pressure of forced Finnishization, is conflicted between selling her old homestead and hiding her cultural heritage from her niece, as the rural way of life she has suppressed begins to creep back in.

6.6

Henry Fool

Jun 19, 1998

An egocentric bum transforms the lives of a shy New Jersey garbageman and his sister.

7.0

War of the Buttons

Aug 5, 1994

War between two Irish youth gangs consists of removing and retrieving buttons from each other's clothing.

5.0

Boogie Woogie

Apr 16, 2010

In London's contemporary art world, everyone has a hustle. Art Spindle runs a high-end gallery: he hopes to flip a Mondrian for millions. One of his assistants, Beth, is sleeping with Art's most acquisitive client, Bob Macclestone. Beth wants Bob to set her up in her own gallery, so she helps him go behind Art's back for the Mondrian. Bob's wife, Jean, sets her eye on a young conceptual artist, Jo, who lusts after Art's newest assistant, Paige. Meanwhile, self-absorbed videographer Elaine is chewing her way through friends and lovers looking to make it: if she'll throw Dewey, her agent, under the bus, Beth may give her a show. And the Mondrian? No honor among thieves.

7.4

The Right Stuff

Oct 20, 1983

At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.

7.5

A Perfect World

Nov 24, 1993

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.

7.3

Dazed and Confused

Sep 24, 1993

The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.

6.9

That Thing You Do!

Oct 4, 1996

A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager. But behind the scenes, the group’s sudden fame tests their strength, their maturity and responsibility, and their ability to resist the temptations that money and notoriety always make possible.

3.5

Shattered Illusions

Feb 1, 1998

A Psycho stalks a talk radio personality and her mentally challenged sister.

6.1

Peacock

Apr 20, 2010

A minor train accident in rural Nebraska gradually unveils a mystery involving the town's reclusive bank clerk.

0.0

Diamantino

Mar 3, 2016

No overview available.

5.3

House Party 2

Oct 23, 1991

Kid'N'Play leave their neighborhood and enter the world of adulthood and higher education. Play attempts to get rich quick in the music business while Kid faces the challenges of college.