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Telling Lies in America
Telling Lies in America is a 1997 coming-of-age drama film directed by Guy Ferland and written by Joe Eszterhas.
Plot.
Karchy Jonas is a 17-year-old high-school student (who emigrated from Hungary 7 years earlier) trying to find his way in the world. He meets radio personality Billy Magic who takes him under his wing. However, authorities are after Billy for accepting payola from record companies to give their songs air time. Billy picks Karchy as when he
he attended St. Mark's.
Career.
Wilson's acting career began with the lead role in the short film "Bottle Rocket" in 1994, which was co-written by his older brother Owen Wilson and director Wes Anderson. It was remade as a feature-length film in 1996. After moving to Hollywood with his two brothers, he was cast opposite Calista Flockhart in "Telling Lies in America" and made a cameo appearance in the film-within-the-film of "Scream 2",