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The Hoax

  • 20062006
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  • 1h 56m
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6.7/10
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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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
17K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
10,296
9,212
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    • Director
      • Lasse Hallström
    • Writers
      • William Wheeler(screenplay)
      • Clifford Irving(book "The Hoax")
    • Stars
      • Richard Gere
      • Alfred Molina
      • David Aaron Baker
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Lasse Hallström
    • Writers
      • William Wheeler(screenplay)
      • Clifford Irving(book "The Hoax")
    • Stars
      • Richard Gere
      • Alfred Molina
      • David Aaron Baker
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 76User reviews
    • 140Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations

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    The Hoax
    Trailer 2:29
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    Richard Gere and Hope Davis in The Hoax (2006)
    Richard Gere and Julie Delpy in The Hoax (2006)
    Richard Gere and Hope Davis in The Hoax (2006)
    Richard Gere and Hope Davis in The Hoax (2006)
    Richard Gere in The Hoax (2006)
    Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, and Stanley Tucci in The Hoax (2006)
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    Richard Gere and Alfred Molina in The Hoax (2006)
    Richard Gere and Marcia Gay Harden in The Hoax (2006)
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    Richard Gere and Alfred Molina at an event for The Hoax (2006)
    Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, and Marcia Gay Harden at an event for The Hoax (2006)

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    Richard Gere
    Richard Gere
    • Clifford Irving
    Alfred Molina
    Alfred Molina
    • Dick Suskind
    David Aaron Baker
    David Aaron Baker
    • Brad Silber
    John Carter
    John Carter
    • Harold Mcgraw
    Judi Barton
    Judi Barton
    • Marion
    Raul S. Julia
    Raul S. Julia
    • Bike Messenger
    • (as Raul Julia Jr.)
    James Biberi
    James Biberi
    • Mcgraw-Hill Security
    Hope Davis
    Hope Davis
    • Andrea Tate
    Christopher Evan Welch
    Christopher Evan Welch
    • Albert Vanderkamp
    Okwui Okpokwasili
    Okwui Okpokwasili
    • Malika
    Bob Wiltfong
    Bob Wiltfong
    • Sporting Goods Salesman
    William Fowle
    William Fowle
    • Car Salesman
    Marcia Gay Harden
    Marcia Gay Harden
    • Edith Irving
    Julie Delpy
    Julie Delpy
    • Nina Van Pallandt
    Antonie Knoppers
    Antonie Knoppers
    • Fredrick Van Pallandt
    Carlton Wilborn
    Carlton Wilborn
    • Bahamas Desk Clerk
    Mamie Gummer
    Mamie Gummer
    • Dana
    Steve Buck
    • Man with Red Tie
    • (as Stephen Buck)
    • Director
      • Lasse Hallström
    • Writers
      • William Wheeler(screenplay)
      • Clifford Irving(book "The Hoax")
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The real-life story that this film depicts unfolded as Orson Welles was making his film, "F For Fake", in which the real Clifford Irving appears. Because of Irving's new-found notoriety, Welles was obliged to add some additional footage to his film.
    • Goofs
      Each time Irving and Susskind drive into town, the same cars are parked in the same places.
    • Quotes

      Clifford Irving: Bumped by this adolescent coffee boy. My lit professor at Cornell compared me to Hemingway! The middle of my life is at hand, and I don't have a couch.

      Dick Suskind: Think about this: Henry Miller was 38-years-old, unpublished. His wife left him for a lesbian.

      Clifford Irving: You're kind to tell me that, Dick. You're a very good man. You're a good friend. Need a loan?

      Dick Suskind: Always.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Reaping/Firehouse Dog/Are We Done Yet?/The Hoax/First Snow (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Here Comes the Sun
      (1969)

      Written by George Harrison

      Performed by Richie Havens

      Courtesy of Stormy Forest Productions Inc. Masters

      by arrangement with Bug

    User reviews76

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    Top review
    7/10
    Ramifications of a Hoax
    Clifford Irving (Fake, Trial, Final Argument, The Spring) became a sort of national hero when he contrived to publish 'The Autobiography of Howard Hughes', a 400 page phony but well researched book that, while it was never published, did cause enough of a stir among the New York publishing cognoscenti and those surrounding the then President Richard Nixon that it now is recognized as a HOAX of writing that triggered the final discovery of the Watergate Scandal and the subsequent dethroning of Nixon. Those facts alone make this sometimes rather tepid film interesting enough to sit through. Screenwriter William Wheeler has adapted Irving's book into a study of the 1970s and Lasse Hallström gives it just the right balance between soft crime and strange comedy to keep it afloat.

    Clifford Irving (Richard Gere) is down on his literary luck, searching for the right kind of story that will set is publisher Andrea Tate (Hope Davis) on fire. Irving wife Edith (Marcia Gay Harden) is an active painter and doesn't give Irving the support he gets from his pal Dick Suskind (Alfred Molina), but on the messy floor of Edith's studio is a rag magazine with a cover picture of the mysterious Howard Hughes and bingo! up comes the idea for an 'autobiography' of the wizard as confided to Irving and researched by Suskind. That is really the plot then, how these two men squirm around lies and good luck to forge papers and gain the favor of the publishers. Of course it all caves in, but in the publicity about the book Nixon's secrets are revealed and the rest is history.

    Gere, Molina, Harden, Davis, Stanley Tucci, Julie Delphy and Eli Wallach add immeasurably to the success of the film. No, it is not a heavy story, but the scandalous years of the 1970s are treated realistically and provide a lot of memories, both good and bad, about how we all changed in that post Vietnam time. Worth watching for that! Grady Harp
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    • gradyharp
    • Oct 18, 2007

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 20, 2007 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Містифікація
    • Filming locations
      • New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Miramax
      • Bob Yari Productions
      • The Mark Gordon Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $25,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $7,164,995
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,501,000
      • Apr 8, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $11,772,461
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 56 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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