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Cry_Wolf - Julian Morris, Lindy Booth, Jared Padalecki, Jon Bon Jovi, Jeff Wadlow

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Movie propaganda

Avoid suspicion. Manipulate your friends. Eliminate your enemies.

In the new teen thriller Cry_Wolf, eight unsuspecting high school seniors playing a game of lies come face-to-face with terror and learn that nobody believes a liar... even when they're telling the truth.

After one too many incidents of bad behaviour at his last school, Owen Matthews (Julian Morris) arrives at Westlake Prep - where a young woman has recently been found murdered in the dark woods near the boarding school's campus. Owen quickly falls in with the school's unofficial "Liars' Club", including the beautiful and savvy Dodger (Lindy Booth) and quick-talking, short-tempered Tom (Jared Padalecki). At Owen's suggestion, his new friends decide to expand their game's reach beyond campus, by spreading an online rumour that a serial killer called "The Wolf" committed the recent murder and is planning to strike again.

The mischievous group's descriptions of "The Wolf's" intended victims are based on the people they know best - each other. Only when the school's journalism teacher, Rich Walker (Jon Bon Jovi), warns the group about the kinds of predators that lurk on the internet does Owen begin to regret sending their falsified story into cyberspace. When the described "victims" suddenly start to disappear, Owen, Dodger and Tom are no longer able to determine where the lies end and the truth begins. As someone - or something - starts hunting the players themselves, the game turns terrifyingly real.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

  • Film high school horror lies liar lying truth thriller teen teenager serial killer internet predator thriller

Persons of interest

  • Julian Morris .... Owen
  • Lindy Booth .... Dodger
  • Jared Padalecki .... Tom
  • Jon Bon Jovi .... Rich Walker
  • Sandra McCoy .... Mercedes
  • Kristy Wu .... Regina
  • Jane Beard .... Miss McNally
  • Gary Cole .... Mr Matthews
  • Jesse Janzen .... Randall
  • Paul James .... Lewis
  • Ethan Cohn .... Graham
  • Ashley Davis .... Laura
  • Anna Deavere Smith .... Headmaster Tinsley
  • Erica Yates .... Becky
  • Beau Bauman .... Screenwriter
  • Jeff Wadlow .... Screenwriter
  • Jeff Wadlow .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

See Urban legends.

Security censorship classification

M (Moderate violence, moderate sexual references)

Surveillance time

90 minutes (1:30 hours)

Not for public release in Australia before date

Film: 23 March 2006

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