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Karchy Jonas is a 15-year-old high-school student and emigrant from Hungary trying to find his way in the world. He meets radio personality Billy Magic who takes him under his wing. However, authorities are after Billy for accepting payola from record companies to give their songs air time.
Telling Lies in America: Directed by Guy Ferland. With Kevin Bacon, Brad Renfro, Maximilian Schell, Calista Flockhart. A loner befriends a local celebrity, Billy Magic, but he soon begins to tell lies in order to maintain the friendship and the newfound status.
Oct 24, 1997 · “Telling Lies in America,” based on the memories of America’s top-paid screenwriter, Joe Eszterhas, is about the kid who helps Billy get away with it, and does a lot of growing up in the process. He gets a break and loses his innocence at the same time.
Telling Lies in America. NEW. A job with a hip disc jockey (Kevin Bacon) shapes a teen's (Brad Renfro) life and that of his poor immigrant father (Maximilian Schell) in 1960s Cleveland. Peacock...
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Nov 7, 1997 · Telling Lies in America Kevin Bacon’s passionate, sharply drawn portrayal of Billy Magic, a slick, finger-snapping, payola-pocketing disc jockey in early 1960s Cleveland, is the best thing...
A loner befriends a local celebrity, Billy Magic, but he soon begins to tell lies in order to maintain the friendship and the newfound status. Karchy (Brad Renfro) is a boy in school who has moved from Hungary to America in the 1960s.
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Telling Lies In America. DRAMA. Karchy Jonas (Brad Renfro – Bully) was born in Hungary and immigrated to Cleveland in the early 1960s, where he felt adrift in a strange sea of American culture. Jonas tries to fit in at his Catholic high school but finds himself a laughingstock.
Sep 21, 1997 · A double-barreled story about the immigrant experience in America and the good-bad old days of rock ‘n’ roll, “Telling Lies in America” serves up a double dose of cliches about...
Oct 15, 1997 · 1997. PG-13. Banner Entertainment. 1 h 41 m. Summary In 1960s Cleveland, Billy Magic (Bacon) is the coolest DJ in town and Karchy (Renfro), a young Hungarian immigrant trying to fit in, cheats to win a contest to be Billy's assistant. Drama.
