Telling Lies in America

Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter of "Basic Instinct" and "Showgirls", delivers his most personal work yet in this revealing, charming look at the American Dream from the eyes of a young Hungarian immigrant. Coming to America in the '60s boom years of rock 'n' roll, teenager Karchy Jonas (Brad Renfro) wants more than anything to share in the excitement of the times and run with the "in crowd." When he scores a job with slick local D.J. Billy Magic (Kevin Bacon), Karchy he thinks he’s finally made it – and he'll win over the heart of his crush (Calista Flockhart). Instead, he finds that he's been made an unwitting accomplice in Billy’s lies and payola scams, and that there’s more to the American Dream than hitting the jackpot, and being the big-shot.