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The Hoax is a 2006 American comedy-drama film starring Richard Gere, directed by Swedish filmmaker Lasse Hallström. The screenplay by William Wheeler is based on the book of the same title by Clifford Irving. It recounts Irving's elaborate hoax of publishing an autobiography of Howard Hughes that he purportedly helped write, without ever ...
- $25 million
Apr 20, 2007 · The Hoax: Directed by Lasse Hallström. With David Aaron Baker, John Carter, Judi Barton, Raul S. Julia. In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.
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- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Lasse Hallström
- 2007-04-20
The Hoax is a 2006 film based on the true story of Clifford Irving, who wrote a fake biography of Howard Hughes and sold it to McGraw-Hill. The film has an 86% Tomatometer and a 58% Audience Score, and features Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, and Hope Davis.
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- Lasse Hallström
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- Richard Gere
lead compositor: Custom Film Effects (as Laurie Powers) R.J. Harbour. ... digital compositor: Custom Film Effects (as RJ Harbour) Shaina Holmes. ... digital compositor: Custom Film Effects / digital coordinator: Custom Film Effects. Nicholas Kim.
With the help of friend Richard Suskind, Irving does research, lucks into a manuscript written by a long-time Hughes associate, and plays on corporate greed. He's quick-thinking and outrageously bold. Plus, he banks on Hughes' reluctance to enter the public eye. At the same time, he's trying to rebuild his marriage and deflect the allure of his ...
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The Hoax is the thrilling and unbelievably true story of the man who nearly pulled off the media scam of the 20th century. In the early 1970s, author Clifford Irving writes a fake biography of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, claiming that Hughes commissioned it, and sells the book to publishing giant McGraw-Hill.
