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L.I.E. is a 2001 American drama film about a relationship between Howie, a troubled 16-year-old boy, and a middle aged man known as "Big John". [3] The title is an acronym for the Long Island Expressway. The film was directed by Michael Cuesta, who has said that the film is about exploring sexuality. [4] It stars Paul Dano in his first lead ...
Nov 29, 2002 · L.I.E.: Directed by Michael Cuesta. With Paul Dano, Bruce Altman, Billy Kay, James Costa. A 15-year-old Long Island boy loses everything and everyone he knows, soon becoming involved in a relationship with a much older man.
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- Crime, Drama
- Michael Cuesta
- 2002-11-29
L.I.E. R Released Sep 7, 2001 1h 47m Drama List. 84% Tomatometer 86 Reviews 78% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings With his mother dead and his father, Marty (Bruce Altman), busy at work, Howie (Paul ...
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- Michael Cuesta
- R
- Brian Cox
The most remarkable thing about "L.I.E.," a drama about a 15-year-old boy and a middle-aged ex-Marine, is that it sees both of its characters without turning them into caricatures. The man is helpless in the face of his compulsion, but he seeks only where he is possibly welcome. Advertisement.
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Sep 7, 2001 · Gerald Cuesta. Writer. Stephen M. Ryder. Writer. With his mother dead and his father busy at work, Howie feels adrift in his New York suburb. He and his friend Gary spend their time burglarizing their neighbors' homes — until they make the mistake of robbing the house of Big John, a macho former Marine who is also an unrepentant pedophile.
A teenaged boy in desperate need of a father figure finds one in a place no one should ever have to look in this controversial drama. Howie (Paul Franklin Dano) is a 15-year-old who has been emotionally at sea ever since the death of his mother in an auto accident several years before. Howie's father Marty (Bruce Altman) is also having trouble dealing with the loss, and distracts himself with empty sex while avoiding authorities attempting to prosecute him for using unsafe materials in his ...
