telling lies in america

Director: guy ferland

Actor: kevin bacon,brad renfro,maximilian schell,calista flockhart

Data Published: Sat Aug 02 1997

Genres: Drama,Music

Key Words: radio,money,hall of fame,1960s,radio dj

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120303/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telling_Lies_in_America_(film)

Description: Telling Lies in America is a movie starring Kevin Bacon, Brad Renfro, and Maximilian Schell. A loner befriends a local celebrity, Billy Magic, but he soon begins to tell lies in order to maintain the friendship and the newfound...

Plot: Karchy Jonas (Brad Renfro) is a 17-year-old high-school student (who emigrated from Hungary 7 years earlier) trying to find his way in the world. He meets radio personality Billy Magic (Kevin Bacon) who takes him under his wing. However, authorities are after Billy for accepting payola from record companies to give their songs air time. Billy picks Karchy as when he figures out Billy cheated to win his radio contest, he figures Karchy would be perfect to associate with Magic's scam. Karchy does so, not realizing that this may jeopardize him and his father's U.S. citizenship. He pursues a co-worker at a local grocery store where he works, only to find out she was engaged all along. Karchy idolizes Billy only to find out how corrupted, bitter and cynical he truly is. It is a semi-autobiographical tale from Joe Eszterhas.[citation needed]