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Oct 19, 2018 · Can You Ever Forgive Me?, released on Oct. 19, is based on Israel’s memoir of the same name. Directed by Marielle Heller ( The Diary of a Teenage Girl) and starring McCarthy as Israel, the film ...
- 3 min
- Alejandro de la Garza
Feb 22, 2019 · In 'Can You Ever Forgive Me', Melissa McCarthy plays Lee Israel forged 400 letters from Dorothy Parker, Noel Coward, Ernest Hemingway and more. McCarthy earned an Academy Award nomination for her ...
- Simon & Schuster
- Writer
Oct 16, 2018 · There was a real Lee Israel, a writer turned literary forger who died in 2014. In “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” based on Israel’s memoir of the same name, she’s played by Melissa McCarthy ...
- Marielle Heller
Oct 17, 2018 · Richard Brody reviews Marielle Heller’s “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” a film about the forger Lee Israel, starring Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant.
Oct 17, 2018 · Melissa McCarthy is a lock for a Best Actress Oscar nomination for Can You Ever Forgive Me?, the true story of Lee Israel, a lonely, embittered author of celebrity biographies who took up forgery ...
Sep 1, 2018 · Melissa McCarthy stars in 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?,' the bizarre true story of a down-on-her-luck writer who embarked on a startlingly successful second career as a literary forger.
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Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018) was directed by Marielle Heller. The movie is based on the true story of author Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) who committed literary forgery. Lee Israel was aided in her efforts by Jack Hock, portrayed in the film by Richard E. Grant. As shown in the movie, Israel had published some well-accepted biographies.
