So Josh Leonard‘s The Lie, which would be called a mumblecore marital drama if the word “mumblecore” hadn’t been expunged from the indie-realm vocabulary, won’t be ready for Sundance ’10. L.A. Times reporter Mark Olsen suggests South by Southwest or Cannes as possibilities. Mark Webber and Jess Weixler costar.
The Lie director Josh Leonard (the bearded goofball smoothie in Humpday) directing Mark Webber.
Here’s the T. Coraghessan Boyle short story the film is based upon.
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