ALAN ALDA, KATE BECKINSALE AND MATT DILON IN DIRECTOR ROD LURIE’S NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. COURTESY YARI FILM GROUP. Rod Lurie has had remarkable success as a writer-director by focusing on his preoccupations with the worlds of politics and journalism. Born in Israel, but raised in Hawaii and Connecticut, Lurie is the son of esteemed syndicated political cartoonist turned foreign policy expert Ranan Lurie, and grew up with politics as a staple of everyday life. After attending West Point, Lurie served four years in Germany in the U.S. Army and then became a film critic, entertainment reporter and radio talk […]
by Nick Dawson on Dec 17, 2008