SYNOPSIS: Critically acclaimed as one of the top ten films of 2001, L.I.E. is an intense coming-of-age story full of surprises and suspense.  After his mother's recent death, 15-year-old Howie is headed down a dangerous path.  Neglected by his father, a shady contractor with little time for his son, Howie begin ditching school and robbing local houses with his delinquent friends.

One day Howie and his best friend Gary, a con man searching for way to finance his escape to California, break into the house of an old ex-Marine named Big John.  After Big John approaches Howie about the robbery, Howie discovers the alluring secret that binds his friend and Big John.

When Gary suddenly skips town, and Howie's father is busted by the FBI and taken to jail, Howie is suddenly alone.  Can Big John be the paternal figure that Howie needs, or will his predatory instincts prevail?

EDITORIAL REVIEW:  In late 2000 the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) slapped this film with the insulting and dreaded NC-17 rating.  The production company, Lot 47 Films, launched a campaign against the rating, and the MPAA's right-winged approach to their out-dated system of rating movies.  The campaign failed and Lot 47 was forced to edit the film if they wanted a "better" rating, and by nature a wider acceptance amongst theater owners.  Eventually L.I.E. received an "R" rating "for strong sexual content involving teens, language and brief violence" and was screened in theaters all over the world.  Thanks to Freedom of Expression laws and DVDS, we offer the UNCUT and unrated version for sale here!

Director Michael Cuesta gives commentary (a DVD feature that is not available on the edited DVD version) where he continually visits the man-boy love relationship scenarios and what some of the "hype" and concern was about in many of the scenes.

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* This DVD will play in North America only.  This DVD should play in most players outside of North America as well, but it's not guaranteed. This DVD will play in any computer DVD-Rom.  This is NOT a DVD-R.

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STARRING: Paul Franklin Dano, Bruce Altman, Billy Kay, James Costa, Brian Cox.
AVAILABILITY: NEW VERSION COMING SOON.
LENGTH: 97 minutes.
LANGUAGE: English.
SPECIAL FEATURES: 1.85:1 (16:9 Widescreen); 2.0 Stereo; 1 disc; Audio commentary by the Director and Brian Cox; Deleted scenes; Chapter selection; Trailer; Uncut.
VIEWER DISCRETION: Sexual innuendo, coarse language; violence.
PICTURE QUALITY: Excellent picture quality. (what's this mean?)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA (2001).
ALSO KNOWN AS:  Long Island Expressway (USA) (alternative spelling).
DATE ADDED TO OUR LIBRARY:  July 13, 2007.
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