Big Fat Liar (2002)

After a young boy's school essay erroneously finds its way into the hands of a Hollywood producer who turns the idea into a hit film, the boy travels to Los Angeles to claim his credit.

Director:

Shawn Levy

Writers:

Dan Schneider (story), Brian Robbins (story)

Stars:

Frankie Muniz, Amanda Bynes, Paul Giamatti

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Frankie Muniz	...	Jason Shepherd
Paul Giamatti	...	Marty Wolf
Amanda Bynes	...	Kaylee
Amanda Detmer	...	Monty Kirkham
Donald Faison	...	Frank Jackson
Sandra Oh	...	Mrs. Phyllis Caldwell
Russell Hornsby	...	Marcus Duncan
Michael Bryan French	...	Harry Shepherd
Christine Tucci	...	Carol Shepherd
Lee Majors	...	Vince
Sean O'Bryan	...	Leo
Amy Hill	...	Joscelyn Davis
John Cho	...	Dustin 'Dusty' Wong
Matthew Frauman	...	Lester Golub
Don Yesso	...	Rocco Malone

Storyline

A take on the classic tale 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf', this is the story of a 14-year-old boy named Jason Shephard who lies for the fun of it. He loses an important story assignment entitled 'Big Fat Liar' in movie producer Marty Wolf's limo, which Wolf then turns into a film. When Jason sees a movie preview of his story, he and his best friend Kaylee go to Los Angeles to make Wolf confess to using his story, to clear his name, and to get him out of having to attend summer school. The teen liar then has to match wits with Wolf, who also turns out to be a big liar.

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Plot Keywords:

liar | prank | film producer | brunette | stunt | 

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Taglines:

Big Fat Liar is an extremely funny comedy, filed whit nonstop action and hilarious pranks.

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some language

Details

Official Sites:

Universal Studios [United States]

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 February 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Lost and Found

Filming Locations:

Culver City, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$11,554,015, 10 February 2002, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$47,811,275, 7 April 2002

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Tollin/Robbins Productions, Mediastream Zweite Film GmbH & Co. Productions KG

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Lindsay Lohan, who was fourteen-years-old at the time of production, was originally signed on to play Kaylee. She dropped out shortly before filming began, deciding to take a temporary hiatus from acting for a year. She was replaced with Amanda Bynes.

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Goofs

When Marty Wolf is upset that his car has been sabotaged and is banging away at the instruments, in the close up of his hands you can see he is wearing blue mechanical rubber gloves instead of the blue died skin.

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Quotes

Jason Sheperd: As much as I wanted to write my paper, I mean I really really wanted to write my paper I couldn't and it's because I spent all last night in Greenbury General Emergancy room. See, my mom made Swedish meatballs for dinner. It'd my dad's favorite and he was so excited he accidently swallowed one whole. It was awful. He started choking, his face turned purple.The meatball was litterly bulging out of his neck. We rushed to the ER. I kept trying to write my paper in the waiting room but it was too ...
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Connections

References Batman & Robin (1997)

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Soundtracks

Cocktail
Written by Ali Dee (as Ali "Dee" Theodore) and Zach Danziger
Performed by The Grand Skeem
Courtesy of Deetown Entertainment

User Reviews

now that was fun to watch it...

It is a nice comedy. It has the great features of the childhood, lying or trying to get away from own generated troubles. The casting is great, great acting. And the special effects ? Well, some stunts are really impressive. Watch it! :)