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Telling Lies in America is a american film of genre Drama directed by Guy Ferland released in USA on 2 august 1997 with Kevin Bacon
Telling Lies in America (1997)
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Add to a movie listTelling Lies in America is a 1997 drama film directed by Guy Ferland and written by Joe Eszterhas.
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Karchy Jonas (Brad Renfro) is a 17-year-old high-school student (who emigrated from Hungary 7 years earlier) trying to find his way in the world. He meets radio personality Billy Magic (Kevin Bacon) who takes him under his wing. However, authorities are after Billy for accepting payola from record companies to give their songs air time.Actors
Kevin Bacon
(Billy Magic)
Brad Renfro
(Karchy 'Chucky' Jonas)
Calista Flockhart
(Diney Majeski)
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
(Kevin Boyle)
Luke Wilson
(Henry)
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