
Based On A True Story... No, Really It Is
Plot outline
Cast
- Jim Carrey
- Ewan McGregor
- Leslie Mann
- Rodrigo Santoro
- Antoni Corone
- Brennan Brown
- Michael Mandell
- Annie Golden
- Marylouise Burke
- David Jensen
- Dameon Clarke
- Clay Chamberlin
- Louis Herthum
- Morgana Shaw
- Joe Chrest
- Griff Furst
- Aunjanue Ellis
- DeVere Jehl
- Michael Showers
- Beth Burvant
- Ladson Deyne
- Kennon Kepper
- Alyssa Tate
- Andrew Sensenig
- David Stanford
- Bill Dykes
- Tony Bentley
- Kathrin Middleton
- Donovan Guidry
- Nicholas Alexander
- Michael Beasley
- Sean Boyd
- Maureen Brennan
- Marcus Lyle Brown
- Trey Burvant
- Ken Clement
- Miriam Cruz
- David Dahlgren
- Tommy Davis
- Michael Ducote
- Ashley Duggan Smith
- Lela Edgar
- J.D. Evermore
- Jon Eyez
- Evan Fitzpatrick
- Shane Fitzpatrick
- Shane Fuller
- Jeff Galpin
- Larry Gamell Jr.
- Jim Garrity
- Leon Gisclair
- Geraldine Glenn
- Douglas M. Griffin
- Jessica Heap
- Tim Hickey
- Keith Hudson
- Jeremy Aaron Johnson
- Jacqueline King-Howell
- Alexa Kuve
- Frederick Lewis
- Sharon K. London
- Audrey Lynn
- Marc Macaulay
- Reginald Mack
- Danny Marin
- Sammi-Jack Martincak
- Ann McKenzie
- Thelma Medina
- Wendy Bryan Michaels
- John J. Mourain
- Randall Newsome
- Lance E. Nichols
- Antonino Paone
- Liann Pattison
- Sherrie Peterson
- Clyde Raymond
- Dane Rhodes
- Johnny Rock
- Archie Sampier
- Andy Sims
- Aron Ten Eyck
- Thomas Thomason
- Deneen Tyler
- Chris Wecklein
- Scotty Whitehurst
- Bill Martin Williams
- Jaymon Yates
- Don Yesso
- Gabby Barnes
- Brett Beoubay
- Dane Brown
- Scott Buckley
- Rhonda Castagna
- Ryan Catalanotto
- Daniel Columbie
- Samuel Davenport
- Joshua Davis
- Larry Jack Dotson
- Cy Fahrenholtz
- Rebecca Lee Fox
- John Gorman
- Bobby Guntner
- Russell M. Haeuser
- Randy Herman
- Topher Jones
- Michael Kraxenberger
- Tony Lawson
- Cynthia LeBlanc
- Elton LeBlanc
- Don Mac
- Jake Moran
- Robert Nuzzie
- Gianni Palermo
- Chris Shaw
- Gary Michael Smith
- Lisa Mackel Smith
- Terry Lee Smith
- James Tall
- Carlos Thomas
- Ana Villafañe
- Jake Austin Walker
- Jaycie Walker
Plots
A cop turns con man once he comes out of the closet. Once imprisoned, he meets the second love of his life, whom he'll stop at nothing to be with.
Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven becomes open about his homosexuality and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lifestyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another.
Incarcerated at the state penitentiary, con artist Steven Russell (Carrey) meets the love of his life: Phillip Morris (McGregor). As a free man, his passion results in a series of improbable cons to bust Phillip from jail and build the perfect life together.
Steven Russell would admit that most of his life has been a lie, those lies starting when he found when he was an adolescent that he was adopted. Those lies include being a closet homosexual while being married to a woman named Debbie, and committing continual fraud to support the lavish lifestyle associated with being what he considers the epitome of a gay lifestyle once he does come out. In prison for committing those acts of fraud, Steven falls in love at first sight with fellow inmate Phillip Morris, a shy, quiet gay man. Phillip, in return, falls in love with Steven. But in providing what he feels Phillip would want in life, especially if they make it out of prison together, Steven may feel like he has to resort to what he knows best, that being fraud. Phillip, on the other hand, if he finds out about what Steven is up to, may not be able to tolerate the behavior despite never having met a man who makes him feel like Steven does.