Hello, He Lied & Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches (2002) (TV)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Directors:

Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

Writers:

(more)

Release Date:

8 January 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

This documentary, shown on the American Movie Classics (AMC) cable channel, answers the question "What...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Book

Cast

Lynda Obst	...	Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Barbara Boyle	...	Herself
David Brown	...	Himself
Mark Canton	...	Himself
Elana Fisher	...	Herself
Gary Foster	...	Himself
Dan Jinks	...	Himself
Tom Pollock	...	Himself
Adam Shulman	...	Himself
John H. Williams	...	Himself
Robert De Niro	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lorenzo di Bonaventura	...	Himself (uncredited)
Dr. Dre	...	Himself (uncredited)
Beau Flynn	...	Himself (uncredited)
David Foster	...	Himself (uncredited)
Leonard Goldberg	...	Himself (uncredited)
Kit Golden	...	Herself (uncredited)
Michael F. Goldman	...	Himself (uncredited)
Ted Hope	...	Himself (uncredited)
Basil Iwanyk	...	Himself (uncredited)
Nancy Juvonen	...	Herself (uncredited)
David Bar Katz	...	Himself (uncredited)
Robert Kosberg	...	Himself (uncredited)
Monica Lewinsky	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jennifer Lopez	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bill Maher	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edward Norton	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lisa Katselas Paré	...	Herself (uncredited)
DJ Pooh	...	Himself (uncredited)
Jeremiah Samuels	...	Himself (uncredited)
Dan Schneider	...	Himself (uncredited)
Adam Schulman	...	Himself (uncredited)
Jeffrey Silver	...	Himself (uncredited)
Keith L. Smith	...	Himself (uncredited)
Scott Strauss	...	Himself (uncredited)
Arielle Tepper	...	Herself (uncredited)
Janet Yang	...	Herself (uncredited)
Saul Zaentz	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Shari Springer Berman
Robert Pulcini

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Lynda Obst		book "Hello, He Lied and Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches" (uncredited)

Produced by
Jessica Falcon	....	executive producer: American Movie Classics
Marc Juris	....	executive producer: American Movie Classics
Julia King	....	co-producer
Alicia Sams	....	producer
Lynda Obst	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Leigh Roberts

Cinematography by
Sandra Chandler		(uncredited)
Nelson Hume		(uncredited)

Film Editing by
Tom Donahue

Production Management
Tom Donahue	....	post-production supervisor
Nancy McKenna	....	executive in charge of production: American Movie Classics

Art Department
Miles Barken	....	graphic designer
Leo Cullen	....	graphic designer
Bran Dougherty-Johnson	....	graphic designer
Eric Smith	....	graphic designer

Sound Department
Dennis Baxter	....	sound
Scott Harber	....	sound
Stacy Hruby	....	sound
Gregory McKean	....	sound
Dave Tews	....	sound editor (as David Michael Tews)

Camera and Electrical Department
Daniel Kozman	....	additional camera operator
Brian Pratt	....	additional camera operator

Editorial Department
Rob Hammer	....	on-line editor
Jill Schweitzer	....	assistant editor
Joseph Vassallo	....	color corrector (as Joe Vassallo)

Other crew
Miles Barken	....	titles
Leo Cullen	....	titles
Bran Dougherty-Johnson	....	titles
Abigail Kende	....	clearance
Senain Kheshgi	....	coordinator: Los Angeles
Chris Miller	....	source: stock footage
Eric Smith	....	titles

Thanks
Elizabeth Joan Hooper	....	thanks (as Elizabeth Hooper)

Production Companies

• American Movie Classics (AMC)
• Tailslate Pictures

Distributors

• American Movie Classics (AMC)

Special Effects

• Anomaly Design

Other Companies

• Ballatos, New York  thanks
• Bevan Sound  sound mixing
• Cable News Network (CNN)  stock footage
• Campanile, Los Angeles  thanks
• Flower Films  stock footage
• Getty Images  stock footage
• Interlock Audio Post  voice-over studio
• Media Transcripts  transcripts provided by
• Outsider Productions  titles and graphics
• Planet Grande Pictures  additional production services: Los Angeles
• Producer's Library Service  stock footage
• SEKANI  stock footage
• Sony Studios  color correction
• Spectral Images  stock footage
• Stolen Car Productions  editing facilities
• Tele Cinema  clearances
• Zach's Italia Café, Los Angeles  thanks

Also Known As:

Hello, He Lied (USA) (short title)

Runtime:

46 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

American Movie Classics (AMC)

Movie Connections:

References Dante's Peak (1997)

Tells It Like It Is.

A superb behind-closed-doors documentary of the Hollywood producer. We get the stories straight from the horses' mouths.

(Insert wisecrack here.)

This should be mandatory viewing for all movie-making classes. I can hardly wait until this is released on video.