- Title: USA: JIM CARREY'S NEW FILM 'LIAR LIAR' IS NO 1 AT THE U.S. BOX OFFICE
- Date: 16th March 1997
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (MARCH 18 ,1997) (RTV) ( ** BEWARE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **) RED CARPET AT THE FILM'S PREMIERE JIM CARREY AND LAUREN HOLLY ARRIVE TOM SHADYAC TALKS TO TV CREWS JUSTIN COOPER ARRIVES JIM CARREY (SOUNDBITE ENGLISH) SAYING LYING IN RELATIONSHIP? SURE, IF YOU WANT TO STAY ALIVE JENNIFER TILLY (SOUNDBITE ENGLISH) SAYING I'M PROUD OF MOST OF MY LIES BECAUSE I'M A PRETTY CREATIVE PERSON, BUT IF I TOLD YOU THE LIES I SAID THEY WOULDN'T BE SECRET ANYMORE. SO I THINK I LIKE TO SPREAD DISINFORMATION ON A REGULAR BASIS IN HOLLYWOOD RON HOWARD (SOUNDBITE ENGLISH) SAYING I'VE NEVER LIED, THAT'S THE BIGGEST LIE AMANDA DONOHOE (SOUNDBITE ENGLISH) SAYING JIM IS ONE OF THE MOST AMUSING CHARACTERS I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE TO SPEND TIME WITH. I LOOK AT HIS FACE AND I LAUGH JIM CARREY AND LAUREN HOLLY WITH MEDIA
- Embargoed: 31st March 1997 13:00
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- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES AND FILM LOCATIONS
- Country: USA
- Topics: Communications
- Reuters ID: LVA5FRQ8QRXP4519BWIM61S0VV6N
- Story Text: Jim Carrey's new film "Liar Liar" has jumped to number one at the box office after its first weekend on release in the United States.
"Liar Liar," in which Carrey plays a smarmy lawyer who must tell the truth for one day, is the second highest opener of 1997, behind the "Star Wars" reissue.
Co-starring Maura Tierney and Justin Cooper, the film reunites Carrey with director Tom Shadyac, who was responsible for Carrey's hit film debut in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective." Shadyac also recently directed Eddie Murphy in the blockbuster film "The Nutty Professor." Carrey plays Fletcher Reid, a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max, played by Justin Cooper, blows out the candles on his fifth birthday cake, he has only one wish - that his dad would stop lying for 24 hours.
When Max's wish miraculously comes true, Fletcher discovers that his biggest asset - his mouth - has suddenly become his biggest liability.
Legal and emotional havoc ensue as Fletcher tries to keep his practice afloat and his ex-wife Audrey, played by Maura Tierney, from taking their son and moving to Boston.
Also in the cast are Jennifer Tilly, who plays Reid's adulteress client Samantha, Amanda Donohoe, who plays his senior partner at work, Swoosie Kurtz, as the opposing attorney in Samantha's trial, and Cary Elwes, the boyfriend of Reid's ex-wife.
This is Carrey's first film since the financial and critical disappointment of "Cable Guy." In that film, critics believed audiences were turned off by the unexpectedly dark nature of Carrey's character.
In "Liar Liar," he returns to a more sympathetic role.
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