True Lies is a 1994 action comedy film directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere, Charlton Heston, and Art Malik. Dollhouses Eliza Dushku makes an early appearance in her acting career. True Lies is an extended remake of the 1991 French movie La Totale!,IMDB.com - La Totale! which was directed by Claude Zidi and starred Thierry Lhermitte and Miou-Miou.www.answers.com/topic/true-lies The movie "True Lies" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and it won a Golden Globe for Jamie Lee Curtis's comedic portrayal of "Helen Tasker".

True Lies was the first Lightstorm Entertainment project to be distributed under Cameron's multimillion dollar production deal with 20th Century Fox, as well as the first major production for the visual effects company Digital Domain, which was co-founded by Cameron. True Lies was the only feature movie outside of The Terminator series to be directed by James Cameron, music scored by Brad Fiedel and feature Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Plot

Harry Tasker leads a double life, performing dangerous covert missions for the United States Government's counter-terrorism agency Omega Sector with his support team of Albert "Gib" Gibson and Faisil. His wife Helen, and daughter Dana, believe him to be a boring computer salesman who does a lot of corporate travel. Harry is unable to spend quality time with his family due to his secret identity, causing Helen to believe that he doesn't appreciate her, and Dana to disrespect him.