The invention of lying [video recording]

by Ricky Gervais (Written, Directed)

Other authorsRicky Gervais (Actor), Matthew Robinson (Written, Directed), Lynda Rosen Obst (Producer), Jennifer Garner (Actor), Rob Lowe (Actor), Fionnula Flanagan (Actor), Jeffrey Tambor (Actor), Tina Fey (Actor), Jonah Hill (Actor), Louis C.K. (Actor)
DVD, 2009

Publication

Imprint: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2009. Context: Originally released as a motion picture in 2009. Responsibility: 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. Credits: Director of photography, Tim Suhrstedt ; editor, Chris Gill ; music, Tim Atack. Cast: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K., Jeffrey Tambor, Fionnula Flanagan, Rob Lowe, Tina Fey. OCLC Number: 992082714. Physical: 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Call number

DVD / Front Desk

Barcode

DVD-1084

ISBN

141987702X / 9781419877025

UPC

883929047871

Original publication date

2009

CSS Library Notes

Description: 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.

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Physical description

99 min p.; 4.75 inches

Description

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.

Language

Original language

English

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