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Trailer

By: John Mankiewicz
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  • Jon Hamm leads an all-star cast that includes Kate Mara, Ana de la Reguera, John Slattery, and Bradley Whitford in the riveting true story behind the making of the one American movie the FBI never wanted you to see.

    The Big Lie follows FBI special agent Jack Bergin (Jon Hamm), who is sent to investigate three blacklisted filmmakers—Academy Award-winning writer Michael Wilson, Academy Award-nominated producer Paul Jarrico, and director Herbert J. Biberman—who were inspired by a New Mexico labor strike to make a movie that dramatized their pro-labor, pro-feminist beliefs. Convinced the film is a recruitment tool for the Communist Party, Jack will do whatever is necessary to shut the production down. 

    Featuring a star-studded cast that also includes Giancarlo Esposito, David Strathairn, Lisa Edelstein, Raymond Cruz, Troy Evans, Kirk Baltz, John Getz, and Lela Loren, The Big Lie is an explosive story of conspiracy, betrayal, and temptation that resonates with today’s divided America and reminds us all that fear spreads faster than the truth.

    ©2022 Fresh Produce (P)2022 Fresh Produce
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too much swearing to listen to without earbuds

I had to turn it off after a few minutes. I listen to audible on my echo and in a semi public space. I felt this was not appropriate.

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Surprisingly Awesome! It's A Must Listen!

I started it because it was free and I was credit-less. BUT what a nice surprise! Great performances by the whole cast. Hamm rocked it. The supporting actors were on-the-money authentic. And the story was really interesting. A bleak reminder of an America haunted by the red scare and the innocent people whose lives were ruined, the kind of paranoia that polarizes this wonderful country. Racist, fascist propaganda disguised as patriotism. I hoped this kind of idiocy and xenophobia was left in the 50's. But sadly...

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Prophanty not nessery

Don’t like the prophanty but interesting but overall I think is a really good book

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Another liberal propaganda socialist exaggeration

This is just another propaganda movie by the liberal socialist regime to push their agenda. This story is based off of a true story but it's been manipulated and is so far from the truth it's about as real as Jurassic park.

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Couldn't Finish

I don't believe the language of the 50's was this primitive. The words used in the 50's had adjectives that meant something, not ones used for the shock of it all. This drama is very entertaining, but, I can't listen to it.

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Boring, revisionist agitprop

Haven't we all heard enough historical revisionism lionizing American Communist traitors? Bought and paid for by the Comintern, these sleazy Stalinists were in favor of leaving Hitler alone at the express command of Stalin's Comintern. Then, after Hitler did what Hitler was bound to do (invade the Soviet Union), these sleazy Stalinists were commanded to go full on anti-Hitler, which they did, but not because they disliked Hitler. They did it because they were commanded to do so by Stalin's Comintern.

They pledged their allegiance to international communism, took orders from the Soviets, undermined their country with vile agitprop, and then spent the next 15 years complaining that their fellow countrymen refused to hire them while the stench of Stalinist collaboration still was wafting about their person. Back then Americans had the common sense and decency to hire people who weren't traitors.

None of these sleazy Stalinists ever apologized for their treason. Not a single one of them. It's 2022, can we please stop lionizing these wretched traitors?

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