Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 10/28/05 Limited Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated NC-17 for some explicit sexuality Running Time 1 hour 48 minutes Genre Drama Director/Writer Atom Egoyan Cast Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman, Rachel Blanchard, David Hayman, Maury Chaykin, Sonja Bennet Studio ThinkFilm |
WHERE THE TRUTH LIES
SYNOPSIS
In the 50's, Lanny Morris (Kevin Bacon) and Vince
Collins (Colin Firth) are the most beloved entertainers
in America. A classic duo — Lanny is the manic
comedian, while Vince is his cool and collected
straight man—the boys know how to make audiences
roar with laughter at their jokes, or shed tears at one
of their famous telethons. They are at the top of their
game, wealthy, powerful, and enormously popular,
when something terrible happens to threaten their
success.
Inexplicably, a dead beauty turns up in their hotel suite.
Their reputations are sullied but, thanks to rock-solid
alibis, neither is charged with the crime. Their
partnership, on the other hand, is destroyed. Lanny and
Vince manage to salvage separate careers, but years
pass, with neither speaking to the other, or to anyone
else, about the girl's death. The reason for the break-
up of Morris and Collins becomes one of show
business' greatest mysteries.
Fifteen years later, in the 1970's, up and coming writer
Karen O'Connor (Alison Lohman), decides to turn this
cold case into a hot story. This includes the discovery
of a kinky menage-a-trois that may have led to a
murder, Karen unravels a serpentine, shocking tale of
talent and treachery, love and lust, buried secrets and
betrayed trust. -- © ThinkFilm
In the 50's, Lanny Morris (Kevin Bacon) and Vince
Collins (Colin Firth) are the most beloved entertainers
in America. A classic duo — Lanny is the manic
comedian, while Vince is his cool and collected
straight man—the boys know how to make audiences
roar with laughter at their jokes, or shed tears at one
of their famous telethons. They are at the top of their
game, wealthy, powerful, and enormously popular,
when something terrible happens to threaten their
success.
Inexplicably, a dead beauty turns up in their hotel suite.
Their reputations are sullied but, thanks to rock-solid
alibis, neither is charged with the crime. Their
partnership, on the other hand, is destroyed. Lanny and
Vince manage to salvage separate careers, but years
pass, with neither speaking to the other, or to anyone
else, about the girl's death. The reason for the break-
up of Morris and Collins becomes one of show
business' greatest mysteries.
Fifteen years later, in the 1970's, up and coming writer
Karen O'Connor (Alison Lohman), decides to turn this
cold case into a hot story. This includes the discovery
of a kinky menage-a-trois that may have led to a
murder, Karen unravels a serpentine, shocking tale of
talent and treachery, love and lust, buried secrets and
betrayed trust. -- © ThinkFilm
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