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L.I.E. (2001)

L.I.E. (2001)

NR 97 minutes EN Drama , Crime
On the Long Island Expressway there are lanes going east, lanes going west, and lanes going straight to hell.
With his mother dead and his father busy at work, Howie feels adrift in his New York suburb. He and his friend Gary spend their time burglarizing their neighbors' homes — until they make the mistake of robbing the house of Big John, a macho former Marine who is also an unrepentant pedophile. He propositions Howie, who declines, but the two eventually develop an unlikely and dangerous friendship.
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Production companies: Alter Ego Entertainment, Belladonna Productions
Production countries: United States of America
Budget: $700,000
Revenue: $1,667,192

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