Telling Lies in America (1997)
Just don't get caught.
101 min
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.
- Release date
- September 10, 1997
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Nicholas Pike
- Budget
- $4,000,000
- Box office
- $318,809
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Cast
- Kevin Bacon as Billy Magic
- Brad Renfro as Karchy 'Chucky' Jonas
- Maximilian Schell as Dr. Istvan Jonas
- Calista Flockhart as Diney Majeski
- Tony Devon as Danny Hogan
- Paul Dooley as Father Norton
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Kevin Boyle
- Luke Wilson as Henry
- Damen Fletcher as Amos 'Blood Smith'
- Jerry Swindall as Andy 'Croak' Stas
- K.K. Dodds as Justine
- Rohn Thomas as Sgt. Disapri
- Tuesday Knight as WHK Receptionist
- Matt Miller as Assistant D.A.
- Billy Lockwood as Musician: Blood Smith and the Tenderloins
Crew
- Guy Ferland · Director
- Joe Eszterhas · Writer
- Fran Rubel Kuzui · Producer
- Ben Myron · Producer
- Nicholas Pike · Composer
- Reynaldo Villalobos · Cinematographer
- Jill Savitt · Editor
- Susan Brown · Casting director
- Emily Schweber · Casting director
- James A. Gelarden · Production designer