Writer-director Rod Lurie’s new film is
the story of Rachel Armstrong (Kate Beckinsale), a young
reporter on the national desk of the Capitol Sun-Times, a
major Washington, D.C. daily. Rachel writes an explosive
story that reveals the identity of covert CIA agent Erica
Van Doren (Vera Farmiga) that, once published, causes all
hell to break loose and the government to demand the
identity of Rachel’s source.
With the support of her editor, Bonnie (Angela Bassett), her
paper’s in-house attorney (Noah Wyle) and her husband, Ray
(David Schwimmer), Rebecca defies the charismatic,
career-minded special prosecutor, Patton Dubois (Matt
Dillon). When Rachel also declines to reveal her source to
U.S. District Court Judge Hall (Floyd Abrams), he cites her
with contempt of court and throws her in jail, pointing out
that Rachel alone holds the keys to her cell and that time
in the D.C. Detention Center may help her come to realize
this.
The story follows the hardships Rachel experiences behind
bars as well as the legal struggle played out by her
attorney, Albert Burnside (Alan Alda), as he pleads her case
on First Amendment grounds -- a case he argues all the way
to the U. S. Supreme Court. Everyone is rabid to know: Who
is the source and why is Rebecca so committed to sacrificing
so much to protect it?
As with Lurie’s filmmaking breakout THE CONTENDER, for which
Joan Allen and Jeff Bridges were both nominated for Academy
Awards®, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH is set in Washington, D.C.,
staged at the harrowing intersection of governmental power
and personal integrity and told from a distinctly feminine
perspective.
While THE CONTENDER focused on one ground-breaking female
Senator’s fight to maintain her dignity as she weathers a
partisan dirty trick on her way to assume the office of Vice
President, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH portrays two very
different, very strong Washington women as they fight to
protect what they hold most dear.
TRUTH’s Rachel Armstrong fights to protect her source, her
integrity and her career. And after being exposed as a
covert CIA operative, Erica Van Doren fights to protect her
reputation within the agency and the sanctity of her other
life as a caring suburban mother.
Written and directed by Rod Lurie, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH is
a Yari Film Group release. The film is produced by Bob Yari,
Marc Frydman and Lurie, with James Spies serving as
executive producer. Alik Sakharov is the director of
photography; Eloise Stammerjohn is production designer; Lynn
Falconer is costume designer and Sarah Boyd is the editor.
The film was shot on location in Memphis, Tennessee.
© Yari Film Group. All
rights reserved
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