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The invention of lying / Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Radar Pictures and Media Rights Capital, a Lynda Obst production ; produced by Lynda Obst ... [and others] ; written and directed by Ricky Gervais & Matthew Robinson.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Gervais, Ricky, screenwriter, director.
Robinson, Matthew, 1978- screenwriter, director.
Obst, Lynda, 1950- producer.
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.
Atack, Tim, composer.
Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), producer.
Radar Pictures, producer.
Media Rights Capital (Firm), producer.
Warner Home Video (Firm), distributor.
Language:
English
French
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Truthfulness and falsehood--Drama.
Truthfulness and falsehood.
Authors--Drama.
Authors.
Unemployed.
Unemployed--Drama.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
Genre:
Drama.
Romantic comedy films.
Fantasy films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Edition:
Widescreen.
Place of Publication:
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2010]
Language Note:
English, French, or Spanish dialogue with optional French or Spanish subtitles or English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, dual-layer format; region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby digital surround 5.1.
digital
optical
surround
Dolby
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
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.
Participant:
Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K., Jeffrey Tambor, Fionnula Flanagan, Rob Lowe, Tina Fey.
Credits:
Director of photography, Tim Suhrstedt ; editor, Chris Gill ; music, Tim Atack.
Notes:
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.
ISBN:
141987702X
9781419877025
OCLC:
472482252
Publisher Number:
883929047871
883929116898
883929113767
1000045143 Warner Home Video
2000018164 Warner Home Video
3000024267 Warner Home Video

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