- published: 21 Dec 2008
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Nothing but the Truth is a 2008 American drama film written and directed by Rod Lurie. According to comments made by Lurie in The Truth Hurts, a bonus feature on the DVD release, his inspiration for the screenplay was the case of journalist Judith Miller, who in July 2005 was jailed for contempt of court for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury investigating a leak naming Valerie Plame as a covert CIA operative, but this was merely a starting point for what is primarily a fictional story. In an April 2009 interview, Lurie stressed, "I should say that the film is about neither of these women although certainly their stories as reported in the press went into the creation of their characters and the situation they find themselves in."
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2008. It was scheduled to open in New York City and Los Angeles on December 19, but because distributor Yari Film Group Releasing filed for Chapter 11 protection, it never was given a theatrical release.
Giving up is never an option
A heart of steel I can never be broken
Forever true to the words that I have spoken
No one can't pretend they like what they see
What's become of what we'll be
An endless friendship tragedy
Falls to the ground and for what?
You fucking liar taking off behind our backs
Yeah you fucking coward time to take it all back
I put my life on the line for this
Did you put your life on the line for this?
On line for me?
You can only push us so far
It's time to stand up and be counted
Time to make a fucking change
Coz this world ain't going no where
You've only hurt yourself by hurting me
And I've only hurt myself by hurting you
[X2]
I put my life on the line for this
Did you put your life on the line for this?
On line for me?
Giving up is never an option
A heart of steel I can never be broken
Forever true to the words that I have spoken