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Karchy Jonas is a 15-year-old high-school student and emigrant from Hungary trying to find his way in the world. He meets radio personality Billy Magic who takes him under his wing. However, authorities are after Billy for accepting payola from record companies to give their songs air time.
Oct 15, 1997 · Telling Lies in America: Directed by Guy Ferland. With Kevin Bacon, Brad Renfro, Maximilian Schell, Calista Flockhart. A loner befriends a local celebrity, Billy Magic, but he soon begins to tell lies in order to maintain the friendship and the newfound status.
- (2.4K)
- Drama, Music
- Guy Ferland
- 1997-10-15
Oct 24, 1997 · "Telling Lies in America,'' based on the memories of America's top-paid screenwriter, Joe Eszterhas, is about the kid who helps Billy get away with it, and does a lot of growing up in the process. He gets a break and loses his innocence at the same time.
PG-13 1997 1h 41m Drama. List. A job with a hip disc jockey (Kevin Bacon) shapes a teen's (Brad Renfro) life and that of his poor immigrant father (Maximilian...
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- Guy Ferland
- PG-13
- Kevin Bacon
A loner befriends a local celebrity, Billy Magic, but he soon begins to tell lies in order to maintain the friendship and the newfound status. Karchy (Brad Renfro) is a boy in school who has moved from Hungary to America in the 1960s.
Telling Lies in America (1997) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Telling Lies In America. Available on Pluto TV, Peacock, Prime Video, Tubi TV, Plex. Karchy Jonas (Brad Renfro – Bully) was born in Hungary and immigrated to Cleveland in the early 1960s, where he felt adrift in a strange sea of American culture.
