Liar Liar VHS Tape

The 1997 Jim Carrey courtroom comedy on widescreen THX VHS

Liar Liar VHS. Universal Studios Home Video, 1997. The widescreen letterboxed THX-mastered edition, holographic gold-foil border framing the cover. Jim Carrey centered in a beige suit and red tie, slicked-back hair, hands clasped together with a mischievous grin. "JIM CARREY" in large black block lettering at the top. "LIAR LIAR" in massive black and red lettering below. "TRUST ME" tagline. "DIGITALLY THX MASTERED" badge at the bottom. Imagine Entertainment / Universal Pictures. The premium-tier home-video issue with the foil border was Universal's late-90s signature, and the THX widescreen cut is the one collectors look for over the standard pan-and-scan release.

The film, the cast, the run

Liar Liar hit US theaters on March 21, 1997. Tom Shadyac directing, Paul Guay and Stephen Mazur on the script, John Debney scoring. Jim Carrey is Fletcher Reede, a fast-talking Los Angeles lawyer whose habit of bending the truth has cost him every relationship that matters. His son Max blows out birthday candles wishing his dad couldn't lie for one day. The wish takes hold. For 24 hours, Fletcher physically cannot tell a lie, and he has to navigate the high-stakes Cole divorce case with only the truth in his mouth.

The supporting cast holds the back half of the film together. Maura Tierney as Audrey, Fletcher's ex-wife. Justin Cooper as Max. Cary Elwes as Jerry, the new man in Audrey's life. Jennifer Tilly as Samantha Cole, the client whose deposition becomes the film's centerpiece. Swoosie Kurtz as opposing counsel Dana Appleton. Amanda Donohoe as Miranda, Fletcher's boss. PG-13, 86 minutes, $45M production budget against a $302.7M worldwide gross. At the time of release it was Carrey's highest-grossing film, sitting comfortably in the top tier of 1997 box office behind Titanic and Men in Black.

Why Carrey, why this VHS

Liar Liar is the centerpiece of Carrey's commercial run between The Cable Guy (1996) and The Truman Show (1998). Tom Shadyac had directed him in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective three years earlier, so the bathroom-mirror scene, the courtroom outburst, the pen-is-blue beating, all of it lands in the gear that the Shadyac and Carrey pairing built first time around. The physical comedy peaks in the boardroom claw-tantrum and the "I OBJECT! / On what grounds? / It's devastating to my case!" exchange that you can still quote without prompting if you grew up watching this on cable.

The VHS release window matters for collectors. Universal pressed Liar Liar for home video in September 1997 in two issues: a standard pan-and-scan and a widescreen THX-mastered edition with the holographic gold border. The THX cut is the format-of-record for late-90s Universal comedies, the same treatment they gave Twister and The Lost World that year. The foil border has held up well on most surviving copies. The cover photography of Carrey in the beige suit became the default poster image for the film, reused across international video releases through the early 2000s.

Format and condition

VHS cassette, Universal Studios Home Video. Widescreen THX edition, holographic gold-foil border on the slipcover. Pre-owned. The slipcover, tape shell, and label are visible across the photo set, and we shoot every angle so what you see is what ships. Tape playback is not warranty-tested, this is a collector format and we sell on cosmetic condition.

Sourcing and policy

This piece came through our Las Vegas storefront at 707 E Fremont, sourced through estate buys and trade-ins the way every VHS in our case gets here. One copy, one shelf life. Online orders accept returns within 14 days of delivery, buyer ships return; in-store sales are exchange or store credit only. Questions before you buy, info@keepitclassiclv.com or (702) 605-3332.