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L.I.E. (2001)

R | | Crime, Drama | 29 November 2002 (UK)
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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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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
... Howie Blitzer (as Paul Franklin Dano)
... Marty Blitzer
... Gary
James Costa ... Kevin Cole
Tony Michael Donnelly ... Brian (as Tony Donnelly)
Michelle Carano ... Newscaster
Tatiana Burgos ... Marty's Girlfriend
... Big John Harrigan
B. Constance Barry ... Anne Harrigan
... Scott
Brad Silnutzer ... Henry
Bob Gerardi ... Clifford
... Elliot
Frank Rivers ... Man with Pizza (as Frank G. Rivers)
Anthony F. Peragine ... Tough Kid #1
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Fifteen-year-old Howie loses just about everything and everyone in the space of a single week, but ends up finding himself in the process. His mother has just died. His father, a building contractor, can barely keep tabs on his young girlfriend, let alone his own son. Thusly, the teen must navigate his adolescence virtually unsupervised. Floating towards an ill-behaved existence, Howie and his crowd begin robbing houses in the middle-class neighborhoods off the Long Island Expressway. Together, he and his best friend Gary break into a place belonging to an old guy named Big John, a local man who is a respected pillar of the community. When Big John fingers Gary for the crime, Howie learns that his pal has been leading a secret, dangerous but also alluring double life. Subsequently, we also discover that Big John has secrets of his own. Written by Sujit R. Varma

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On the Long Island Expressway there are lanes going east, lanes going west, and lanes going straight to hell.

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Crime | Drama

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Rated R for strong sexual content involving teens, language and brief violence | See all certifications »

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L.I.E. Long Island Expressway  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$700,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$82,530, 9 September 2001, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$1,141,829, 24 February 2002
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Brian Cox took the part of Big John Harrigan against the advice of most of his colleagues and his agent. See more »

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The second black eye that Howie receives disappears and reappears from shot to shot. It is absent in the scene in which Howie and Big John shave; however, it is present in several scenes beforehand and afterward. See more »

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Howie: L.I.E. Long Island Expressway. You got the lanes going east, and you got the lanes going west. And you also got the lanes going straight to hell. Lot of people died on it. Harry Chapin, Alan Pakula, the movie director. You probably heard of them. But you never heard of Sylvia Blitzer, my mom. She died on a crash on Exit 52. I really miss her. It's taken a lot of people and I hope it doesn't get me.
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Featured in John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You: L.I.E. See more »

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Hurdy Gurdy Man
Written and Performed by Donovan (as Donovan Leitch)
Published by Peer Music International (BMI)
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Sexual Honesty
22 February 2006 | by – See all my reviews

As a sexuality educator I was impressed by the straightforward, nonjudgmental nature of a rather difficult topic. I vacillated between giving this film an 8 or a 9 and decided on 9 because we need more films like this. This topic requires understanding, not acceptance mind you, but real honest understanding. The very fact that it was given an nc-17 rating is part of the problem with our society. There was about as much sex as I've seen in R or even PG-13 movies, the rating was obviously ONLY because of the uncomfortable subject matter. How can society solve a problem that it clearly does not even want to talk about, let alone understand?
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