L.I.E.
New Yorker (2001)
Drama, Queer Themes/Interest
In Collection
#458
6*
Seen ItYes
(6/1/2016 Home)
717119850241
IMDB   7.1
97 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   US - R
Paul Dano Howie Blitzer
Bruce Altman Marty Blitzer
Billy Kay Gary
James Costa Kevin Cole
Tony Michael Donnelly Brian
Michelle Carano Newscaster
Brian Cox John Harrigan
B. Constance Barry Anne Harrigan
Tatiana Burgos Marty's Girlfriend
Brian Cox Big John Harrigan
Walter Masterson Scott
Brad Silnutzer Henry
Bob Gerardi Clifford
Adam Lefevre Elliot
Frank Rivers Man with Pizza
Anthony F. Peragine Tough Kid #1
Jude LoBasso Tough Kid #2
Marcia DeBonis Guidance Counselor
Gladys Dano Sylvia Blitzer
Emilio Cuesta Howie (5 Years Old)
Christine Toy Johnson FBI Woman
Francis Leik Police Officer
Chuck Ardezzone Desk Sergeant
Risa Ziegler Female Cop
Ray Garvey Brian's Father
Angela Pietropinto Mrs. Cole
Director/Choreographer
Michael Cuesta
Producer Michael Cuesta
Rene Bastian
Writer/Composer Michael Cuesta
Stephen M. Ryder
Gerald Cuesta
Cinematography Romeo Tirone
Music Pierre Földes


In this biting and disturbing coming-of-age tale from writer-director Michael Cuesta, life is bittersweet along the L.I.E., also known as the Long Island Expressway, as suburban teen Howie Blitzer learns all too clearly. In the space of a week, he loses nearly everything and everyone he knows and is left to navigate his adolescence virtually unsupervised.
Edition Details
Release Date 2000
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 5/12/2016
Location Personal Library
Owner Deitz
Store Amazon - Used
Purchase Price $9.96
Links ± Review: Roger Ebert
± Review: New York Times
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Notes
Writer-director Michael Cuesta tries to use the L.I.E (Long Island Expressway) as a metaphor that ties together the lives of a fifteen year old youth and a pedarest ex-Marine. The story might better have been told without it. I never fully understood the metaphor, except that our lives from beginning to end contain many "lies." The story otherwise negotiates fairly well the murky grey of the protanganists lives. The ending was, to me, a cheap shot. Better to have faded to the credits at the end of the previous scene.