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: Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), Radar Pictures, Media Rights Capital (Firm), Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Obst, Lynda, 1950- (Producer), Gervais, Ricky (Screenwriter, Director), Robinson, Matthew, 1978- (Screenwriter, Director), Garner, Jennifer, 1972- (Actor), Hill, Jonah, 1983- (Actor), C. K., Louis (Actor), Tambor, Jeffrey, 1944- (Actor), Flanagan, Fionnula, 1941- (Actor), Lowe, Rob (Actor), Fey, Tina, 1970- (Actor)
Format: DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Published: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2010]
Edition:Widescreen.
Subjects:
Truthfulness and falsehood > Drama.
Authors > Drama
Unemployed > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama
Romantic comedy films.
Fantasy films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films > United States.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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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.
Physical Description: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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