Movie
The Hoax
2006R1h 56m6.3 / 10
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
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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Synopsis
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.
More about The Hoax
Cast
Richard GereClifford Irving
Alfred MolinaDick Suskind
Marcia Gay HardenEdith Irving
Hope DavisAndrea Tate
Julie DelpyNina Van Pallandt
Stanley TucciShelton Fisher
David Aaron BakerBrad Silber
Mamie GummerDanaCredits
- Directed by
- Lasse Hallström
- Written by
- William Wheeler
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $25M
- Box office
- $11.8M
Production
Yari Film GroupUnited States
MiramaxUnited States
The Mark Gordon CompanyUnited States- Syndicate FilmsUnited States
Themes
1970sbiographyfake identityflying
