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	\| runtime = 110 minutes~~<!--Theatrical runtime: 109:52-->~~<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/good-lie-film \| title=''THE GOOD LIE'' (12A) \| work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] \| date=June 27, 2014 \| access-date=December 12, 2014}}</ref>		\| runtime = 110 minutes <ref>{{cite web\|url=http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/good-lie-film\|title=''THE GOOD LIE'' (12A)\|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]\|date=June 27, 2014\|access-date=December 12, 2014}}</ref>
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	'''''The Good Lie''''' is a 2014 [[Cinema of the United States\|American]] [[drama film]] written by [[Margaret Nagle]] and directed by [[Philippe Falardeau]]. Filmed in [[Atlanta, Georgia]] ~~and~~ [[South Africa]],<ref>{{cite news \|title= 'The Good Lie's' improbable Hollywood journey \|work= Los Angeles Times \|date= September 22, 2014 \|first= Steven \|last= Zeitchik \|url= http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-good-lie-lost-boys-sudan-witherspoon-movie-20140922-story.html#page=1 }}</ref> the film stars [[Reese Witherspoon]], [[Arnold Oceng]], [[Ger Duany]], [[Emmanuel Jal]], and [[Corey Stoll]]. It was screened in the Special Presentations section of the [[2014 Toronto International Film Festival]]<ref ~~name="Indiewire"~~>{{cite web \|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/tiff-toronto-intl-film-festival-gala-special-presentations-1201266480/ \|title=Toronto Film Festival Lineup \|access-date=22 July 2014 \|work=Variety}}</ref> before being released on October 3, 2014. Another major screening was held by the [[Greenwich International Film Festival]] on October 22, 2014, for the benefit of the [[U.S. Fund for UNICEF]].<ref>{{cite news \|url = http://www.greenwichmag.com/g/Party-Pics-2014/The-Good-Lie/ \|title = The Good Lie \|work = Greenwich Mag \|first = Kristen \|last = Burke Hynes \|date = 24 October 2014 \|url-status = dead \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141027181936/http://www.greenwichmag.com/g/Party-Pics-2014/The-Good-Lie/ \|archive-date = October 27, 2014 \|df = mdy-all }}</ref>		'''''The Good Lie''''' is a 2014 [[Cinema of the United States\|American]] [[drama film]] written by [[Margaret Nagle]] and directed by [[Philippe Falardeau]]. Filmed in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], [[South Africa]] and [[Bowdon, Georgia]],<ref>{{cite news\|title='The Good Lie's' improbable Hollywood journey\|work=Los Angeles Times\|date=September 22, 2014\|first=Steven\|last=Zeitchik\|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-good-lie-lost-boys-sudan-witherspoon-movie-20140922-story.html#page=1}}</ref> the film stars [[Reese Witherspoon]], [[Arnold Oceng]], [[Ger Duany]], [[Emmanuel Jal]], and [[Corey Stoll]]. It was screened in the Special Presentations section of the [[2014 Toronto International Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/tiff-toronto-intl-film-festival-gala-special-presentations-1201266480/\|title=Toronto Film Festival Lineup\|access-date=22 July 2014\|work=Variety}}</ref> before being released on October 3, 2014. Another major screening was held by the [[Greenwich International Film Festival]] on October 22, 2014, for the benefit of the [[U.S. Fund for UNICEF]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.greenwichmag.com/g/Party-Pics-2014/The-Good-Lie/\|title=The Good Lie\|work=Greenwich Mag\|first=Kristen\|last=Burke Hynes\|date=24 October 2014\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027181936/http://www.greenwichmag.com/g/Party-Pics-2014/The-Good-Lie/\|archive-date=October 27, 2014\|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

	==Plot==		==Plot==
	During the [[Second Sudanese Civil War]], siblings Mamere, Paul, Jeremiah, Theo, Daniel, and Abital escape after their families and village are massacred. After numerous days of walking in the wilderness, they join a group of refugees but have to leave after they are caught by enemy soldiers and many people are killed. After sleeping in the grassland, ~~Theo~~ wakes up and spots two enemy soldiers approaching them. Theo hides the rest of the siblings in the grass and lies to the soldiers that he is alone. He is taken in custody with the soldiers. The group eventually arrives at a Sudanese refugee camp in [[Nairobi, Kenya]], where Daniel succumbs to disease and dies. Thirteen years later, among the thousands in the camp, the siblings win for relocation to the United States.		During the [[Second Sudanese Civil War]], siblings Mamere, Paul, Jeremiah, Theo, Daniel, and Abital escape after their families and village are massacred. After numerous days of walking in the wilderness, they join a group of refugees but have to leave after they are caught by enemy soldiers and many people are killed. After sleeping in the grassland, Mamere wakes up and spots two enemy soldiers approaching them. Theo hides the rest of the siblings in the grass and lies to the soldiers that he is alone. He is taken in custody with the soldiers. The group eventually arrives at a Sudanese refugee camp in [[Nairobi, Kenya]], where Daniel succumbs to disease and dies. Thirteen years later, among the thousands in the camp, the siblings win for relocation to the United States.

	On arrival in [[New York City]], Abital is unexpectedly told that she is to leave for [[Boston]], where a family awaits. As their sister tearfully leaves, Jeremiah, Mamere and Paul board the flight to [[Kansas City]], where they meet Carrie Davis, a brash employment counselor, who helps them find jobs, and Pamela, who provides them their house and support. Jeremiah works at a grocery store and teaches Sunday school at a local church, but later quits the job because he was caught giving old food to a homeless person rather than throwing it away. Paul works at a factory and makes friends with his co-workers, where he is exposed to drugs. Mamere takes two jobs as a store clerk and a security guard to pay for schooling, as he aspires to become a medical doctor. Mamere eventually convinces Carrie to help them bring back Abital; on Christmas Eve, Carrie arrives at their home with Abital and the [[Lost Boys of Sudan]] celebrate their birthday on January 1, as they had never known the date when they were born.		On arrival in [[New York City]], Abital is unexpectedly told that she is to leave for [[Boston]], where a family awaits. As their sister tearfully leaves, Jeremiah, Mamere and Paul board the flight to [[Kansas City]], where they meet Carrie Davis, a brash employment counselor, who helps them find jobs, and Pamela, who provides them their house and support. Jeremiah works at a grocery store and teaches Sunday school at a local church, but later quits the job because he was caught giving old food to a homeless person rather than throwing it away. Paul works at a factory and makes friends with his co-workers, where he is exposed to drugs. Mamere takes two jobs as a store clerk and a security guard to pay for schooling, as he aspires to become a medical doctor. Mamere eventually convinces Carrie to help them bring back Abital; on Christmas Eve, Carrie arrives at their home with Abital and the [[Lost Boys of Sudan]] celebrate their birthday on January 1, as they had never known the date when they were born.
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	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Lost Boys of Sudan]]		* [[Lost Boys of Sudan]]

	* [[Forced displacement in popular culture]]		* [[Forced displacement in popular culture]]

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	'''''The Good Lie''''' is a 2014 [[Cinema of the United States\|American]] [[drama film]] written by [[Margaret Nagle]] and directed by [[Philippe Falardeau]]. Filmed in [[Atlanta, Georgia]] and [[South Africa]],<ref>{{cite news \|title= 'The Good Lie's' improbable Hollywood journey \|work= Los Angeles Times \|date= September 22, 2014 \|first= Steven \|last= Zeitchik \|url= http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-good-lie-lost-boys-sudan-witherspoon-movie-20140922-story.html#page=1 }}</ref> the film stars [[Reese Witherspoon]], Arnold Oceng, [[Ger Duany]], [[Emmanuel Jal]], [[Corey Stoll~~]], and [[Sarah Baker~~]]. It was screened in the Special Presentations section of the [[2014 Toronto International Film Festival]]<ref name="Indiewire">{{cite web \|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/tiff-toronto-intl-film-festival-gala-special-presentations-1201266480/ \|title=Toronto Film Festival Lineup \|access-date=22 July 2014 \|work=Variety}}</ref> before being released on October 3, 2014. Another major screening was held by the [[Greenwich International Film Festival]] on October 22, 2014, for the benefit of the [[U.S. Fund for UNICEF]].<ref>{{cite news \|url = http://www.greenwichmag.com/g/Party-Pics-2014/The-Good-Lie/ \|title = The Good Lie \|work = Greenwich Mag \|first = Kristen \|last = Burke Hynes \|date = 24 October 2014 \|url-status = dead \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141027181936/http://www.greenwichmag.com/g/Party-Pics-2014/The-Good-Lie/ \|archive-date = October 27, 2014 \|df = mdy-all }}</ref>		'''''The Good Lie''''' is a 2014 [[Cinema of the United States\|American]] [[drama film]] written by [[Margaret Nagle]] and directed by [[Philippe Falardeau]]. Filmed in [[Atlanta, Georgia]] and [[South Africa]],<ref>{{cite news \|title= 'The Good Lie's' improbable Hollywood journey \|work= Los Angeles Times \|date= September 22, 2014 \|first= Steven \|last= Zeitchik \|url= http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-good-lie-lost-boys-sudan-witherspoon-movie-20140922-story.html#page=1 }}</ref> the film stars [[Reese Witherspoon]], [[Arnold Oceng]], [[Ger Duany]], [[Emmanuel Jal]], and [[Corey Stoll]]. It was screened in the Special Presentations section of the [[2014 Toronto International Film Festival]]<ref name="Indiewire">{{cite web \|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/tiff-toronto-intl-film-festival-gala-special-presentations-1201266480/ \|title=Toronto Film Festival Lineup \|access-date=22 July 2014 \|work=Variety}}</ref> before being released on October 3, 2014. Another major screening was held by the [[Greenwich International Film Festival]] on October 22, 2014, for the benefit of the [[U.S. Fund for UNICEF]].<ref>{{cite news \|url = http://www.greenwichmag.com/g/Party-Pics-2014/The-Good-Lie/ \|title = The Good Lie \|work = Greenwich Mag \|first = Kristen \|last = Burke Hynes \|date = 24 October 2014 \|url-status = dead \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141027181936/http://www.greenwichmag.com/g/Party-Pics-2014/The-Good-Lie/ \|archive-date = October 27, 2014 \|df = mdy-all }}</ref>

	==Plot==		==Plot==

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| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Philippe Falardeau]]
| producer = {{plainlist|
* [[Ron Howard]]
* [[Brian Grazer]]
* Karen Kehela Sherwood
* [[Molly Smith (producer)|Molly Smith]]
* [[Thad Luckinbill]]
* Trent Luckinbill
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| writer = [[Margaret Nagle]]
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Reese Witherspoon]]
* Arnold Oceng
* [[Ger Duany]]
* [[Emmanuel Jal]]
* [[Corey Stoll]]
* [[Sarah Baker]]
* Kuoth Wiel
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| music = Martin Leon
| cinematography = Ronald Plante
| editing = [[Richard Comeau]]
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* [[Alcon Entertainment]]
* [[Imagine Entertainment]]
* [[Black Label Media]]
* [[Reliance Entertainment]]
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* [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] (US)
* [[Summit Entertainment]] (International)
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| runtime = 110 minutes<ref>{{cite web | url=http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/good-lie-film | title=''THE GOOD LIE'' (12A) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=June 27, 2014 | access-date=December 12, 2014}}</ref>
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'''''The Good Lie''''' is a 2014 [[Cinema of the United States|American]] [[drama film]] written by [[Margaret Nagle]] and directed by [[Philippe Falardeau]]. Filmed in [[Atlanta, Georgia]] and [[South Africa]],<ref>{{cite news |title= 'The Good Lie's' improbable Hollywood journey |work= Los Angeles Times |date= September 22, 2014 |first= Steven |last= Zeitchik |url= http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-good-lie-lost-boys-sudan-witherspoon-movie-20140922-story.html#page=1 }}</ref> the film stars [[Reese Witherspoon]], Arnold Oceng, [[Ger Duany]], [[Emmanuel Jal]], [[Corey Stoll]], and [[Sarah Baker]]. It was screened in the Special Presentations section of the [[2014 Toronto International Film Festival]]<ref name="Indiewire">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/tiff-toronto-intl-film-festival-gala-special-presentations-1201266480/ |title=Toronto Film Festival Lineup |access-date=22 July 2014 |work=Variety}}</ref> before being released on October 3, 2014. Another major screening was held by the [[Greenwich International Film Festival]] on October 22, 2014, for the benefit of the [[U.S. Fund for UNICEF]].<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.greenwichmag.com/g/Party-Pics-2014/The-Good-Lie/ |title = The Good Lie |work = Greenwich Mag |first = Kristen |last = Burke Hynes |date = 24 October 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141027181936/http://www.greenwichmag.com/g/Party-Pics-2014/The-Good-Lie/ |archive-date = October 27, 2014 |df = mdy-all }}</ref>

==Plot==
During the [[Second Sudanese Civil War]], siblings Mamere, Paul, Jeremiah, Theo, Daniel, and Abital escape after their families and village are massacred. After numerous days of walking in the wilderness, they join a group of refugees but have to leave after they are caught by enemy soldiers and many people are killed. After sleeping in the grassland, Theo wakes up and spots two enemy soldiers approaching them. Theo hides the rest of the siblings in the grass and lies to the soldiers that he is alone. He is taken in custody with the soldiers. The group eventually arrives at a Sudanese refugee camp in [[Nairobi, Kenya]], where Daniel succumbs to disease and dies. Thirteen years later, among the thousands in the camp, the siblings win for relocation to the United States.

On arrival in [[New York City]], Abital is unexpectedly told that she is to leave for [[Boston]], where a family awaits. As their sister tearfully leaves, Jeremiah, Mamere and Paul board the flight to [[Kansas City]], where they meet Carrie Davis, a brash employment counselor, who helps them find jobs, and Pamela, who provides them their house and support. Jeremiah works at a grocery store and teaches Sunday school at a local church, but later quits the job because he was caught giving old food to a homeless person rather than throwing it away. Paul works at a factory and makes friends with his co-workers, where he is exposed to drugs. Mamere takes two jobs as a store clerk and a security guard to pay for schooling, as he aspires to become a medical doctor. Mamere eventually convinces Carrie to help them bring back Abital; on Christmas Eve, Carrie arrives at their home with Abital and the [[Lost Boys of Sudan]] celebrate their birthday on January 1, as they had never known the date when they were born.

Abital receives an anonymous letter stating that someone entered the refugee camp in Kenya searching for the group. Thinking it is Theo, Mamere travels to [[Nairobi]] and searches the refugee camp after they tell him that Theo is not registered. After meeting James, an old friend, he is reunited with Theo the next day. Mamere tries to get immigration papers to multiple embassies and fails, but tells Theo that the "task" was done. At the airport, Mamere reveals to Theo that he could not get him a passport and instead gives Theo his own passport - a deception that is the 'good lie'. After a tearful farewell, Theo leaves and is embraced by his family upon arrival in the United States; Mamere remains in Kenya and works at the camp hospital.

==Cast==
* [[Reese Witherspoon]] as Carrie Davis
* [[Ger Duany]] as Jeremiah
*[[Arnold Oceng]] as Mamere
* [[Emmanuel Jal]] as Paul
*[[Kuoth Wiel]] as Abital
* [[Femi Oguns]] as Theo
* [[Corey Stoll]] as Jack
* [[Sarah Baker]] as Pamela
* [[Mike Pniewski]] as Nick
* [[Thad Luckinbill]] as Matt

==Reception==
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 87% based on 86 reviews and an average rating of 6.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "''The Good Lie'' sacrifices real-life nuance in order to turn its true story into a Hollywood production, but the results still add up to a compelling, well-acted, and deeply moving drama."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_good_lie_2013/ | title=The Good Lie (2014) | work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | publisher=[[Fandango Media]] | access-date=March 16, 2018}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 65 out of 100 based on 30 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews" from critics.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-good-lie | title=The Good Lie Reviews | work=[[Metacritic]] | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | access-date=October 28, 2014}}</ref> [[Margaret Nagle]] won the [[Paul Selvin Award|Writers Guild of America Paul Selvin Award]] for her script to this film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://awards.wga.org/awards/awards-recipients/paul-selvin-award-recipients|title=The Paul Selvin Award|website=Writers Guild Awards|access-date=22 February 2019}}</ref>

== Copyright and fraud lawsuit ==

In February 2015, the Foundation for Lost Boys and Girls of Sudan, Inc., acting on behalf of 54 Sudanese refugees, filed a lawsuit in Georgia against writer Margaret Nagle, Alcon Entertainment and Imagine Entertainment. The suit claimed that the refugees were joint authors of their stories they had told Nagle in interviews that she had taped and used to write the story. It also asserted that a joint venture agreement had been breached, with fraud and other issues arising from a promise of compensation from a producer.

The US District Judge initially granted the defendants' motion to dismiss but allowed the suit to be refiled if the plaintiffs subsequently and successfully registered copyright of the interviews.

The court ultimately found that the refugees' statements supported the finding of copyright infringement and a permanent injunction on the movie. Before the case could be concluded, however, the plaintiffs' claims were settled out of court.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=goodlie.htm |title=Judge Lets 54 Sudanese Refugees Pursue Copyright and Fraud Claims |website=Hollywood Reporter |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sportslawinsider.com/sudanese-refugees-copyright-suit-against-movie-makers-survives-motion-to-dismiss/ |title=Sudanese Refugees' Copyright Suit Against Movie Makers Survives Motion to Dismiss |website=Sports Law Insider |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/hollywood-docket-straight-outta-compton-good-lie-andy-warhols-prince-1018518 |title=Hollywood Docket... The Good Lie |website=Hollywood Reporter |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Lost Boys of Sudan]]

* [[Forced displacement in popular culture]]

==References==
{{Reflist|40em}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.thegoodliemovie.com}}
* {{IMDb title|2652092}}
* {{mojo title|goodlie}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|the_good_lie_2013}}
* {{metacritic film|the-good-lie|The Good Lie}}
* {{cite news |title= Writer Margaret Nagle Talks About The Good Lie |work= The Huffington Post |first= Nell |last= Minow |date= October 9, 2014 |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nell-minow/writer-margaret-nagle-tal_b_5957310.html }}
* {{cite news |title= 'The Good Lie' cast on 'too emotional' scene |work= [[News 13 (Central Florida)|News 13]] |date= October 10, 2014 |first= Allison |last= Walker |url= http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/on-the-town/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2014/10/10/_the_good_lie_cast_o.html }}
* {{cite news |title= If This Film on Africa Doesn't Move You, Nothing Ever Will |work= aTypicaljournal |first= Varun |last=Khandare |date= May 21, 2015 |url= http://atypicaljournal.com/culture/if-this-film-on-africa-doesnt-move-you-nothing-ever-will/}}

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