Big Fat Liar
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| Directed by | Shawn Levy |
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| Screenplay by | Dan Schneider |
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| Music by | Christophe Beck |
| Cinematography | Jonathan Brown |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $53 million |
Big Fat Liar is a 2002 American teen comedy film, directed by Shawn Levy, written by Dan Schneider and Brian Robbins, and starring Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti and Amanda Bynes, with Amanda Detmer, Donald Faison and Lee Majors.
The film tells a story about a 14-year-old pathological liar, Jason Shepherd (Muniz), whose creative writing assignment is stolen by an arrogant Hollywood producer, Marty Wolf (Giamatti), who later plans to use it to make the fictional film of the same name. It was released in the United States on February 8, 2002.
Jason Shepherd is a 14-year-old chronic liar who is constantly deceiving and misleading his way out of trouble. He tries to get out of his creative writing essay by making up a lie, but gets caught by his English teacher, Ms. Caldwell, who alerts his parents. He is given three hours to submit his essay, otherwise he will fail English and go to summer school. On his way to turn it in, he is struck by the limousine of Hollywood producer Marty Wolf, who gives him a ride to the community college. In a rush, Jason accidentally forgets his essay in the limo; Marty initially attempts to return it, but is inspired by the story when he reads it and he decides to keep it for himself.
Jason realizes his essay is missing and tries to explain what happened, but neither his parents nor Ms. Caldwell believe him, and he is sent to summer school. Later, he and his best friend Kaylee see a preview for a film produced by Wolf Pictures titled "Big Fat Liar", realizing it was plagiarized from Jason's essay. Determined to convince his parents he was being truthful, Jason and Kaylee fly to Los Angeles to confront Marty. Upon arrival, they trick limo driver and struggling actor Frank Jackson into giving them a ride to the Wolf Pictures studio. Jason sneaks into Marty's office, hoping to convince him to tell his parents what really happened, but Marty burns the essay and has Jason and Kaylee thrown out. Angered, the two decide to inconvenience him until he admits the truth, with Jackson joining them due to his own troubled history with Wolf. After gathering information about Marty's cruel and abusive treatment of his employees, they begin to sabotage him through various pranks, such as dying his skin blue and hair orange, super gluing his headset, sending him to a child's birthday party where he is mistaken for the hired clown, and modifying the controls to his car, which is destroyed by a wrestler known as "The Masher".
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