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Starring Kevin Bacon (Beauty Shop, Mystic River), Colin Firth (Love Actually, Bridget Jones's Diary) and Alison Lohman (Big Fish, Matchstick Men), Where the Truth Lies is a suspenseful mystery from acclaimed director Atom Egoyan. In the '50s, Vince Collins (Firth) and Lanny Morris (Bacon) are the hottest showbiz duo in America. The combination of Lanny's brash American style and Vince's biting British wit is irresistible, especially to beautiful women. When a beautiful young woman, Maureen (Rachel Blanchard) is found dead in the bathtub of the duo's suite, their glittery world begins to crumble. They have rock solid alibis and are exonerated of any criminal wrongdoing; however, the scandal causes the once inseparable pair to part company. Fifteen years later, Karen O'Connor (Lohman), a young and ambitious journalist, is d! etermined to uncover the secrets of the two men who, coincidentally, touched her life when she was a child. She persuades a publisher to offer a guarded Vince Collins one million dollars to collaborate with her on writing the untold story of his life with Lanny Morris. There is one condition: the truth must be told about the scandal that destroyed the duo. What really happened the night Maureen died? As Karen continues to search for many different truths-the truth about Vince and Lanny, the truth about Maureen's death, and even suppressed truths about herself- she becomes embroiled in a tense and bewildering game of cat-and-mouse.Director Atom Egoyan's 2005 film
Where the Truth Lies is laden with nudity, sex, violence, lies, blackmail, betrayal… and really, what more could you want? Other than some genuine tension, a more compelling story, and better acting, that is. In adapting Rupert Holmes' novel, the Cairo-born Egoyan (
Ararat,
Exotica,
The Swee! t Hereafter) has taken on a murder mystery with
film no! ir e lements that will leave many viewers wondering exactly "whodunit" until the final few scenes; and while that's surely a good thing, the ride itself simply isn't all that scintillating. Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth star as a (Dean) Martin & (Jerry) Lewis-style team whose principal talents seem to consist mainly of pill-popping, soulless sex with a stream of nubile young women, and hosting an annual polio telethon. Fifteen years after their '50s heyday, journalist Karen O'Connor (Alison Lohman), who appeared on the telethon as a child, seeks out the pair to determine why they split up and, not coincidentally, what really happened to the dead girl with whom they had dallied the night before. Bacon is reasonably unctuous as the leering Lanny Morris; but Firth is uninspired as the more elusive Vince Collins, and although Lohman is game, she sometimes seems out of her depth in a role that calls for her to both seduce and be seduced, to manipulate and be manipulated. Egoyan, who als! o wrote the screenplay, has an eye for odd little details (much is made of Pan Am's first class dinner service, for instance) and an ear for great music (the soundtrack includes tunes by Charles Mingus, Louis Prima, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Funkadelic) and good dialogue ("Having to be a nice guy is the toughest job in the world when you're not"). But the film is curiously tepid; the sex is unconvincing, the mystery lacks a sense of danger, and the resolution is hardly shocking. One wishes that, having dipped into this genre, Egoyan had gone all out and made a film as delightfully sleazy as, say,
Basic Instinct.
--Sam GrahamSixteen-year-old Alex thinks she's got it made. A promising future at Julliard, a boyfriend from the cool crowd and a great group of friends. When Alex's wacky parents end their marriage, her world begins to crumble. Alex's boyfriend drinks too much; her dance teacher's guidance becomes overbearing and her friends are not there to suppo! rt her when she needs it most. When Alex falls into the arms o! f her mo ther's ex-lover, things begin to spiral out of control. An intimate and insightful look into a teenagers life during a decade filled with change and controversy, SEX AND A GIRL brings humor, drama and a strong cast.
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Alison Lohman (* 18. September 1979 in Palm Springs, Kalifornien) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin. Alison Lohman verspürte schon im Kindesalter den Wunsch der Schauspielerei nachzugehen, ohne durch Kontakte zum Showbusiness beeinflusst worden zu sein. Ihre erste Theaterrolle spielte sie mit 9 Jahren im Palm Desert's McCallum Theater. Bereits zwei Jahre später wurde sie für die Titelrolle in Annie als herausragende Schauspielerin in einem Musical mit dem Desert Theater League's Award ausgezeichnet.! In den nächsten Jahren folgten weitere Produktionen.Signed 8x10 comes with powers collectibles coa and matching holograms
