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Why Would I Lie? is a 1980 American comedy-drama film about a compulsive liar named Cletus (Treat Williams). The film, which was directed by Larry Peerce and shot in Spokane, Washington, is based on the novel The Fabricator by Hollis Hodges.
Cletus is a man who lies with ease. After he takes a job as a social worker, Cletus begins to care about a little boy named Jorge who has been taken away from his mother, who was wrongly convicted of a crime and jailed. Before he can reunite the boy with his mother, Cletus has to concoct a story...
- Larry Peerce
- Treat Williams
Why Would I Lie? Roger Ebert October 13, 1980. Tweet. "Why Would I Lie?" made me very angry while I was watching it, because it is both a glorification of the arrogant stupidity of its central character, and an insult to the intelligence of its audience. Not a bad double play.
Why Would I Lie? A lying heir (Treat Williams) turns social worker, meets a feminist (Lisa Eichhorn) and helps a boy (Gabriel Swann) find his mother.
- Larry Peerce
- Comedy, Drama
- Treat Williams
Overview. Cletus is a compulsive liar. He prefers the term 'fabrication' to lie though. When Cletus becomes a social worker he's assigned the case of a boy called Jorge (with a 'J') who was taken from his mother. Cletus sets out to reunite Jorge with his mother, but to do so he has to fabricate many a story to keep Jorge from being adopted.
Erratic tale of a prevaricating nonconformist (Treat Williams), a sympathetic woman and a fatherless child. Lisa Eichhorn, Gabriel Swann. Amy: Susan Heldfond. Faith: Anne Byrne. Larry...
When he becomes a social worker, he's assigned the case of a boy named Jeorge (with a 'J') who was taken from his mother. Cletus sets out to reunite Jorge with his mother, but to do this, he must fabricate many a story to keep Jeorge from being adopted.
