L.I.E
(DVD Video)

Based on the book by David Hollander.

Special features: original theatrical trailer; deleted scenes; commentary by director Michael Cuesta and actor Brian Cox.

Videodisc release of the 2000 motion picture by Alter Ego/Belladonna.

Photography, Romeo Tirone ; editors, Eric Carlson, Kane Platt ; music, Pierre Foldes.

Brian Cox, Paul Franklin Dano, Billy Kay, Bruce Altman, James Costa, Tony Donnelly.

Fifteen-year-old Howie loses just about everything and everyone in the space of a single week, but ends up finding himself in the process. His mother has just died. His father, a corrupt building contractor, can barely keep tabs on his young girlfriend, let alone his own son. Thusly, the teen must navigate his adolescence virtually unsupervised. Floating towards an ill-behaved existence, Howie and his crowd begin robbing houses in the middle-class neighborhoods off the Long Island Expressway. Together, he and his best friend Gary break into a place belonging to an old guy named Big John, a local man who is a respected pillar of the community. When Big John fingers Gary for the crime, Howie learns that his pal has been leading the secret, dangerous life of a gay hustler. Subsequently, we also discover that Big John is a pedophile.

Unrated version.

DVD, letterboxed (16/9).

Winner, Producers Award and Best Performance, Independent Spirit Awards, 2002

Winner, Best Actor and Best Directorial Debut, Stockholm Film Festival, 2001

Winner, New Director's Award, Edinburgh Film Festival, 2001

Winner, Special Jury Prize, Deauville Film Festival, 2002