Cinematography:
Tim SuhrstedtComposer:
Tim AtackCast:
Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Rob Lowe, Christopher Guest, Jeffrey Tambor, John Hodgman, Louis C.K., Stephanie March (more)VOD (1)
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The Invention of Lying is a comedy film directed by Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson, from their own script. The film is set on an alternate Earth where no one has ever lied, and stars Gervais as a performer who tells the world's first lie, coming to wield its power for personal gain. Gervais describes his character as someone who works in the film industry, where actors are really readers who tell completely factual stories... he's lumbering through the 1300s. All he's got to work with is the Black Death. But once he lies and pretends he's found lost stories, he becomes the greatest storyteller in the world. (Shock Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Ricky Gervais
UK
Best movies:
Stardust (2007)
The Little Prince (2015)
Cemetery Junction (2010)
Jennifer Garner
USA
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Cyrano de Bergerac (2008) (theatrical recording)
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Jonah Hill
USA
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Jason Bateman
USA
Best movies:
Zootopia (2016)
Disconnect (2012)
Juno (2007)
Tina Fey
USA
Best movies:
Soul (2020)
Megamind (2010)
Game Change (2012) (TV movie) - a.f.
Rob Lowe
USA
Best movies:
Contact (1997)
Thank You for Smoking (2005)
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (2020) (TV movie)
Christopher Guest
USA
Best movies:
The Princess Bride (1987)
A Few Good Men (1992)
Death Wish (1974)
Jeffrey Tambor
USA
Best movies:
Tangled (2010)
...And Justice for All (1979)
The Hangover (2009)
John Hodgman
USA
Best movies:
Coraline (2009)
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart (2023)
Learning to Drive (2014)
Louis C.K.
USA
Best movies:
Trumbo (2015)
Fourth of July (2022)
Blue Jasmine (2013)
Stephanie March
USA
Best movies:
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006) (TV movie)
The Invention of Lying (2009)
Jimmi Simpson
USA
Best movies:
Zodiac (2007)
Rose Red (2002) (series)
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three (2024)
Fionnula Flanagan
Ireland
Best movies:
Song of the Sea (2014)
The Others (2001)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Conner Rayburn
USA
Best movies:
Madagascar 2 (2008)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
The Invention of Lying (2009)
Philip Seymour Hoffman
USA
Best movies:
Mary and Max (2009)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Cold Mountain (2003)
Edward Norton
USA
Best movies:
American History X (1998)
Fight Club (1999)
Primal Fear (1996)
Dan Marshall
Israel
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
Mildred Pierce (2011) (series)
The Town (2010)
Jeffrey Corazzini
USA
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
The Departed (2006)
Meet Joe Black (1998)
Ken Cheeseman
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
Mystic River (2003)
The Crucible (1996)
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
USA
Best movies:
American Gangster (2007)
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Coming to America (1988)