The Lie (2011 film)

The Lie is a 2011 American drama-comedy film, directed by Joshua Leonard, from a screenplay by Leonard, Jess Weixler, Mark Webber, and Jeff Feuerzeig. It is based upon a short story of the same name by T. Coraghessan Boyle, which was printed in The New Yorker.[1] It stars Leonard, Weixler, Webber, Kelli Garner, Jane Adams, Alia Shawkat, Gerry Bednob, Holly Woodlawn, Kirk Baltz, Tipper Newton and Violet Long.

The Lie
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoshua Leonard
Produced byMary Pat Bentel
Written by
Based onThe Lie
by T. Coraghessan Boyle
Starring
Music byPeter Raeburn
CinematographyBenjamin Kasulke
Edited byGreg O'Bryant
Production
companies
  • Perception Media
  • Das Films
Distributed byScreen Media Films
Release date
  • January 25, 2011 (2011-01-25) (Sundance)
  • November 18, 2011 (2011-11-18) (United States)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2011. It was released on November 18, 2011, by Screen Media Films.

Plot

A man's life is altered unexpectedly after telling a lie to get out of work.

Cast

Production

Joshua Leonard had been on the lookout for a story to be made into a movie, when he read the short story, The Lie, which was in the April 14, 2008 issue of The New Yorker. He realized that the story was a good fit for an independent film that could be made in Los Angeles, using collaborators he already knew in the area.[2] The original short story was sixteen pages long.[3] The crew spent two and a half weeks shooting the film, and six months editing it.[4] For the baby Xana, the filmmakers cast Violet Long (an infant at that time) whose parents are Daniel (the film's co-producer) and Darby Long.

Release

The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2011.[5] Shortly after, Screen Media Films acquired distribution rights to the film.[6] It was released on November 18, 2011.[7]

Reviews
  • Olsen, Mark (2009-11-29). "The little 'Lie' that could ad-lib". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-05-30. Though the scenes for 'The Lie' have a preconceived shape and direction, there are only spare snippets of specific dialogue written, in the hope that the tightrope walk of the creative moment will help capture some real-life spark.
  • Breznican, Anthony (2011-01-10). "Sundance EXCLUSIVE: 'The Lie' finds dark comedy in a falsehood sure to shock moviegoers". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2016-05-30. [T]his ultra-low-budget dark-comedy also may be one of the upcoming Sundance Film Festival's most touching family dramas.
  • Catsoulis, Jeannette (2011-11-17). "Twentysomething in Need of a Life Coach". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-05-30. Beautifully acted and emotionally resonant -- in the film's best scene, Clover's face silently telegraphs the dawning realization that Lonnie's hideous new song is really a terrible confession -- 'The Lie' is about adjusting one's self-portrait to accommodate changing realities.
  • Ebert, Roger (2012-12-04). Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition. Andrews McMeel Publishing. pp. 350–352. ISBN 9781449423117. In 'The Lie', Lonnie, Clover, and Baby Xana go on a weekend camping trip, and we see they truly do make up a family, and Leonard does this in a convincing and affectionate way.

References
  1. Boyle, T. Coraghessan (2008-04-14). "The Lie". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
  2. Leonard, Joshua (2011-11-17). "Interview: Joshua Leonard (Writer/Director, 'The Lie')". PopOptiq (Interview). Interviewed by Simon Howell. North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 2016-05-30. ... from a production standpoint, ['The Lie' story] resonated because it was something that could be done in Los Angeles as a truly independent film, it was a story that could be told in large part with a group of collaborators that I already had surrounding me.
  3. Leonard, Joshua (2011-11-17). "Joshua Leonard Talks The Lie". MovieWeb (Interview). Interviewed by B. Alan Orange. Retrieved 2016-05-27. I took the original short story, which was sixteen pages, which was phenomenal, but it needed a lot of work to translate it into a feature film.
  4. Leonard, Joshua (2011-11-23). "Joshua Leonard Does "The Lie"". The Wall Street Journal (Interview). Interviewed by Dennis Nishi. Retrieved 2016-05-27. We shot the film for two and a half weeks but we were in the editing room putting it together for six months.
  5. "2010 Sundance Film Festival Announces Films In Competition". Sundance Film Festival. December 2, 2010. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  6. Kiladay, Gregg (July 21, 2011). "Screen Media Picks Up Dark Comedy 'The Lie'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  7. Davis, Edward (September 19, 2011). "Exclusive: Poster For Joshua Leonard's 'The Lie' Starring Himself, Mark Webber & Jess Weixler". IndieWire. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
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