The Invention of Lying Page #9

Synopsis: It's a world where everyone tells the truth - and just about anything they're thinking. Mark Bellison is a screenwriter, about to be fired. He's short and chunky with a flat nose - a genetic setup that means he won't get to first base with Anna, the woman he loves. At a bank, on the spur of the moment he blurts out a fib, with eye-popping results. Then, when his mother's on her deathbed, frightened of the eternal void awaiting her, Mark invents fiction. The hospital staff overhear his description of Heaven, believe every word, and tell others. Soon Mark is a prophet, his first inventive screenplay makes him rich, and he's basically a good guy. But will that be enough for Anna?
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
PG-13
Year:
2009
100 min
$18,439,082
Website
1,756 Views


I'll love our children.

And who says you'll make a better husband

just because you come from

a more privileged family

or a better genetic line?

She's a prize on your arm.

And your kids will be, too.

Anna.

If you tell me this is what you really want,

I'll go.

Is this what you really want?

Well, now, it's not up to us

to decide what we get in life.

-That's up to the man in the sky.

-I'm talking to her.

Why don't you just ask the man in the sky

what he wants for Anna?

-Surely he knows best.

-She knows what's best.

Just tell her

what the man in the sky wants, Mark.

Why don't you tell me

what the man in the sky wants for us, Mark?

Just please tell me.

No.

Are we married yet?

-Because I have plans later.

-There's a few...

Mark, wait!

Why don't you just tell me

what the man in the sky wants?

-I did a bad thing.

-It's okay.

-You're allowed three.

-No, you don't understand.

There is no man in the sky.

Why did you say there was?

I couldn't stand the look on my mum's face

when she was dying.

And things just escalated.

But how did you say something that wasn't?

I don't know, I just did. I just can.

But when I asked you if being rich

and successful and famous

changed your genetics,

why didn't you just say yes?

'Cause it wouldn't count.

Mark.

I know what I want.

I want little fat kids with snub noses.

I'm your man.

So that's it. I got the girl.

Anna and I are very happy together,

by the way.

She still doesn't fully understand

how I said or did all those things.

No one does.

I'm still the only person who can tell a lie.

Actually, that's not entirely true.

What do you think?

That looks good.

It tastes so good, Mommy.

-Your best yet.

-I'm so glad you like it.

Huh? Oh.

I don't know where to start.

Just start on the bread, maybe,

then work my way up there.

You eat that. You liked it so much.

Why don't you eat some more?

You eat that. You liked it so much.

Why don't you eat some more?

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Ricky Gervais

Ricky Dene Gervais (; born 25 June 1961) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, and singer. Gervais worked initially in the music industry, attempting a career as a pop star in the 1980s as the singer of the new wave act Seona Dancing and working as the manager of the then-unknown band Suede before turning to comedy. Gervais appeared on The 11 O'Clock Show on Channel 4 between 1998 and 2000. In 2000, he was given a Channel 4 talk show, Meet Ricky Gervais, and then achieved greater mainstream fame a year later with his BBC television series The Office. It was followed by Extras in 2005. He co-wrote and co-directed both series with Stephen Merchant. In addition to writing and directing the shows, he played the lead roles of David Brent in The Office and Andy Millman in Extras. He reprised his role as Brent in the comedy film Life on the Road. Gervais began his stand-up career in the late 1990s. He has performed five multi-national stand-up comedy tours and wrote the Flanimals book series. Gervais, Merchant and Karl Pilkington created the podcast, The Ricky Gervais Show, which has spawned various spin-offs starring Pilkington and produced by Gervais and Merchant.He has also starred in the Hollywood films Ghost Town, and Muppets Most Wanted, and wrote, directed and starred in The Invention of Lying and the Netflix released Special Correspondents. He hosted the Golden Globe Awards in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2016, and appears on the game show Child Support. Gervais has won seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and the 2006 Rose d'Or, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In a 2004 poll for the BBC, he was named the third most influential person in British culture. In 2007, he was voted the 11th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups and again in the updated 2010 list as the 3rd greatest stand-up comic. In 2010, he was named on the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people. more…

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