The invention of lying

The invention of lying

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Mark is a desperate unemployed writer who lives in a world where everyone unfailingly tells the truth. People don't even know what fiction is. Every thought, no matter how humiliating or harsh, tumbles out unvarnished. Then one day, Mark becomes so desperate he concocts a lie. In a world where...

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Main Author: Atack, Tim (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Media Rights Capital (Firm), Radar Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: C. K., Louis (Actor), Fey, Tina, 1970- (Actor), Flanagan, Fionnula, 1941- (Actor), Garner, Jennifer, 1972- (Actor), Gervais, Ricky (Screenwriter, Director), Hill, Jonah, 1983- (Actor), Lowe, Rob (Actor), Obst, Lynda Rosen (Producer), Robinson, Matthew (Screenwriter, Director), Robinson, Matthew, 1978-, Tambor, Jeffrey, 1944- (Actor)
Format: Unknown
Language:English
French
Spanish
Published: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2010]
Edition:Rental
Subjects:
Authors > Drama
Feature films
Man-woman relationships > Drama
Truthfulness and falsehood > Drama
Unemployed > Drama
Authors
Man-woman relationships
Truthfulness and falsehood
Unemployed
Fantasy films
Fiction films
Romantic comedy films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Drama
Feature films > United States
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Summary:Mark is a desperate unemployed writer who lives in a world where everyone unfailingly tells the truth. People don't even know what fiction is. Every thought, no matter how humiliating or harsh, tumbles out unvarnished. Then one day, Mark becomes so desperate he concocts a lie. In a world where everyone is unfailingly honest, a lie is believed with total and absolute gullibility. Mark can get anything he wants. The one thing he truly wants is the love of a girl named Anna who happens to be the one person he can't bring himself to lie to
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2009
Special features: Prequel: the dawn of lying; a truly "honest" making-of featureette; meet Karl Pilkington; Ricky and Matt's video podcasts; additional scenes; more laughter: corpsing and outtakes
This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC
Physical Description:1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format:DVD, NTSC, dual-layer format; region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby digital surround 5.1
Audience:MPAA rating: PG-13; language, including some sexual material and a drug reference
Production Credits:Director of photography, Tim Suhrstedt ; editor, Chris Gill ; music, Tim Atack
ISBN:141987702X
9781419877025

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