Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Kevin Bacon | ... | Lanny | |
Colin Firth | ... | Vince | |
Alison Lohman | ... | Karen | |
David Hayman | ... | Reuben | |
Rachel Blanchard | ... | Maureen | |
Maury Chaykin | ... | Sally Sanmarco | |
Sonja Bennett | ... | Bonnie | |
Kristin Adams | ... | Alice | |
Deborah Grover | ... | Mrs. O'Flaherty | |
Beau Starr | ... | Jack Scaglia | |
Arsinée Khanjian | ... | Publishing Executive | |
Gabrielle Rose | ... | Publishing Executive | |
Don McKellar | ... | Publishing Executive | |
David Hemblen | ... | NY Hotel Concierge | |
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John Moraitis | ... | Irv Fleischman |
Karen O'Connor tells the story about two distinct but related periods in her life. In 1972, she is an up-and-coming Los Angeles based journalist who has been given the lucrative assignment of convincing once successful comic Vince Collins, who is at the tail end of his career, to allow her to ghost write his memoirs. Most specifically, she has the task from her publishers of discovering the reason behind two issues in Vince's life from 1957: why he and his former on-stage partner Lanny Morris, who is still active and well known within the entertainment business, broke up their professional partnership shortly after they hosted a successful thirty-nine hour telethon for polio research in Miami, there not having been any indication of problems between the two before that; and how did the dead body of Maureen O'Flaherty end up in the water filled bathtub in Vince and Lanny's New Jersey hotel suite, the opening of that New Jersey hotel owned by mobster Sally Sanmarco which was Lanny and ... Written by Huggo
I saw this at a screening last week and just have to set the record straight. This is not a sex flick. It is a story set in the 1950's and 1970's and the relationships involve some adult behavior. (Remember the 70's when there were a lot of drugs and a lot of sex? Sure not everyone lived the party life but some did and that is all Where the Truth Lies shows). Intimacy is part of the story, character development and not put in just to show some skin. Plus Atom directed the film so well that you are never drawn to the nudity, you are drawn to the characters. Bravo to Firth and Bacon for genuine performances, and not shying away from a good story. Lesser actors could not have pulled it off. It is an honest, beautifully shot film. Sometimes it felt long but maybe I was just tired. Nothing in this film is offensive unless you are a very immature adult. Worth the $ to see this movie.