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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Adult Humor Movie Release: 1997 DVD Release: 04/25/2000 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 41 mins Studio: Fox Lorber Members Wishing: 6 Genres: Comedy Drama, Family Drama, Coming-of-Age

Karchy Jonas (Brad Renfro) was born in Hungary and immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio in the early 1960s where he felt adrift in a strange sea of American culture. Jonas tries to fit in at the Catholic high school he attends but finds himself a laughing stock. At home, his stern father (Maximilian Schell) insists that he adhere to traditional Hungarian ways. Karchy's only respite is the rock & roll music he adores. A year before he arrived, flashy, failed disc jockey Billy Magic (Kevin Bacon) rolled into town, found a job at WHK and became the host of the High School Hall of Fame contest, something that Karchy decides he must win so he too can be cool and therefore impress his lovely classmate Diney (Calista Flockhart). Eventually, he does win and before long has made friends with Billy. The DJ proves to be a real pal and pays Karchy a C-note a week to run a few errands and do odd jobs for him. Some of those tasks involve taking money from promoters. When not working, Billy is introducing Karchy to life's wild side. But despite such fun times, there is much the naive youth is destined to learn the hard way about his new buddy Billy. The film's story comes from screenwriter Joe Eszterhas' (Basic Instinct) script, penned around 1982. Himself a Hungarian immigrant, Eszterhas added a few autobiographical touches to the script. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Kevin Bacon - Billy Magic
Brad Renfro - Karchy Jonas
Maximilian Schell - Dr. Istvan Jonas
Calista Flockhart - Diney Majeski
Paul Dooley - Father Norton

This comedy drama from screenwriter Joe Eszterhas gets a simple presentation for its release on DVD. Telling Lies In America has been given a full-frame transfer to disc in the aspect ratio of 1.33:1 and the audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Stereo. No multiple language options have been included, and the only bonus features are filmographies of the key cast and crew members. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide