The invention of lying

DVD 2010

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...

Item Details & Discovery

Explore Topics & Themes:

Authors Drama

DVDs

Man-woman relationships Drama

Truthfulness and falsehood Drama

Unemployed Drama

Video recordings

More in this Genre:

Drama Fantasy films Feature films Fiction films Romantic comedy films Video recordings Video recordings for the hearing impaired

View technical details & catalog information

ISBN:

9781419877025
141987702X

Description:

1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital optical
video file DVD video

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Notes:

Title from container
Additional producers: Oly Obst, Ricky Gervais, Dan Lin
Originally released as a motion picture in 2009
Special features: Prequel: the dawn of lying; a truly "honest" making-of featureette; meet Karl Pilkington; Ricky and Matt's video podcasts; additional scenes; more laughter: corpsing and outtakes
Director of photography, Tim Suhrstedt ; editor, Chris Gill ; music, Tim Atack
Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K., Jeffrey Tambor, Fionnula Flanagan, Rob Lowe, Tina Fey
DVD, dual-layer format; region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby digital surround 5.1
English, French, or Spanish dialogue; English, French, or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Control Number:

681095

UPC:

883929047871
883929116898

Other Authors:

C. K., Louis
Fey, Tina, 1970-
Flanagan, Fionnula, 1941-
Garner, Jennifer, 1972-
Gervais, Ricky
Hill, Jonah, 1983-
Lowe, Rob
Robinson, Matthew, 1978-
Tambor, Jeffrey, 1944-

View in Classic Catalog