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Where the Truth Lies [Unrated]

Actor(s): Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman, Rachel Blanchard, David Hayman
Director(s): Atom Egoyan
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: NR
Content Advisory: Nudity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Profanity
Movie Release: 2005
DVD Release: 02/28/2006
Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Audio Tracks: English, French
Subtitles: English, French
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 47 mins
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Total Copies: 12
Genres: Drama, Post-Noir (Modern Noir), Showbiz Drama
See Also: Where the Truth Lies

DVD Synopsis

A reporter unexpectedly gets a personal perspective on a legendary show-business story in this adaptation of Rupert Holmes' novel, scripted and directed by noted Canadian independent filmmaker Atom Egoyan. In the mid-'50s, Lanny Morris (Kevin Bacon) and Vince Collins (Colin Firth) were a wildly popular comedy team who suddenly and unexpectedly broke up at the peak of their popularity. Fifteen years after Morris and Collins called it quits, journalist Karen O'Connor (Alison Lohman), who has earned a reputation for her celebrity expos�s, wants to write about the true story of what happened with Morris and Collins -- and to her surprise, her publisher tells her Collins has agreed to co-author the book for a cool million dollars. The only catch is that Collins has to tell the full truth about a very large skeleton in the team's closet -- a beautiful naked woman was found drowned in the bathtub of Morris and Collins' hotel suite shortly before they broke up the act, and while the comics were cleared of any wrongdoing, rumors about the incident followed them for years. As O'Connor and Collins complete their book, they learn to their surprise that Morris has opted to write a book of his own about the team's career; eager to learn what Morris has to say, O'Connor meets him posing as a schoolteacher, and soon falls into an unexpected romantic relationship with him. O'Connor soon finds herself playing two sides against one another as she tried to learn the truth about two men with dark and scandalous pasts. Where the Truth Lies became the subject of unexpected controversy when the MPAA gave the film an NC-17 rating due to a brief scene involving a m�nage � trois; the film earned significantly more lenient rating in other countries. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Actors

Kevin Bacon - Lanny Morris
Colin Firth - Vince Collins
Alison Lohman - Karen O'Connor
Rachel Blanchard - Maureen O'Flaherty
David Hayman - Reuben

Member Movie Reviews

Mary Jane T. (MJ) from SPOTSYLVANIA, VA wrote on 10/7/2009...

My husband and I both enjoyed this movie.

Rammy M. (m5rammy) from DAYTON, OH wrote on 1/19/2009...

nudity and sex - no comment needed, but other than that:

Good story. A little confusing at first with two characters doing voice-overs, some "oh, this is a flashbacks", swapped identities (it's not a spoiler), and some things referred to that you only later realize what they are talking about.
but not too confusing.

In a sense it centers around a whodunnit (which even turns out to be of the locked room variety) but the true core seems to me to be more about truth and protecting people (and ambition)

Susan G. (liliroze) from NEW CASTLE, DE wrote on 9/23/2008...

As a true Colin Firth fan, he was magnificent in this. Kevin Bacon truly surprised me with his intensity. Alison Lohman struggled to keep up. But I really liked the film-noir quality to the filming. Warning to sensitive viewers -- this is an unrated version, which basically means there is full-frontal female nudity at times, and some graphic sex scenes. But the storyline was good, and Firth and Bacon's characters were fantastic.

Heather F. (8izenuff) from PHOENIX, AZ wrote on 8/28/2008...

I really thought this was really well done. I would watch this again. Great use of flashbacks, all the nudity was really well done. The story was great. It had you guessing until the end. I think this movie should have been more widely viewed but the Unrated part probably hindered it.