Big Fat Liar

"Two friends are about to cut one Hollywood big shot down to size."

2002 1h 28m EN

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Synopsis

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After one of his class papers is stolen and turned into a movie, a young student and his best friend exact a hilarious, slapstick revenge on the Hollywood hot shot who has taken credit!

“Two friends are about to cut one Hollywood big shot down to size.”

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Cast

Frankie Muniz
Jason Shepherd
Paul Giamatti
Marty Wolf
Amanda Bynes
Kaylee
Amanda Detmer
Monty Kirkham
Sandra Oh
Mrs. Caldwell
Russell Hornsby
Marcus Duncan
Michael Bryan French
Harry Shepherd
Christine Tucci
Carol Shepherd

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shawn Levy
Writers: Dan Schneider, Brian Robbins, Dan Schneider
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.5× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 24 years ago.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Big Fat Liar Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Shawn Levy, shot by Jonathan Brown. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Christophe Beck. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Stuart H. Pappé shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Frankie Muniz and Paul Giamatti and Amanda Bynes carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Shawn Levy directs. Jonathan Brown behind the camera. Christophe Beck scores. Stuart H. Pappé cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Made its money back 3.5× over at the box office.
3Released 24 years ago.
4Part of the "Big Fat Liar Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Shawn Levy, shot by Jonathan Brown. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Christophe Beck. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Stuart H. Pappé shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Frankie Muniz and Paul Giamatti and Amanda Bynes carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Two friends are about to cut one Hollywood big shot down to size.".
10IMDB entry: tt0265298 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 10 themes, including "right and justice", "screenplay", "movie business", "liar".

The technical file

Cinematography: Jonathan Brown
Original score: Christophe Beck
Editing: Stuart H. Pappé
Production design: Nina Ruscio
Costume design: Sanja Milkovic Hays
Stunt coordinator: Pat Romano
Runtime: 88 min · 1h 28m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $15,000,000
Box office: $52,970,014
Return: 353% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Big Fat Liar (2002)

Part of

Big Fat Liar Collection

Big Fat Liar is a 2002 American comedy film, directed by Shawn Levy, written by Dan Schneider and Brian Robbins, and starring Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti, Amanda Bynes, Amanda Detmer, Donald Faison, Lee Majors, Russell Hornsby, and Kenan Thompson. 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. A sequel of Big Fat Liar began filming in August 2016. The film titled Bigger Fatter Liar starred Ricky Garcia as Kevin Shepherd, Jodelle Ferland as Becca, and Barry Bostwick as Larry Wolf. The film was similar to Big Fat Liar except for the plot where the report is stolen by a video game executive to make into a video game to impress his boss. It was released on DVD in April 2017 and was both a critical and commercial failure.