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Dominican Rep. The Hoax
- Original title
- The Hoax
- Year
- 2006
- Running time
- 115 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- William Wheeler. Novel: Clifford Irving
- Cast
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Richard Gere
Alfred Molina
Marcia Gay Harden
Hope Davis
Julie Delpy
Stanley Tucci
Eli Wallach
David Aaron Baker
John Carter- Judi Barton
- Raul S. Julia
- James Biberi
Christopher Evan Welch- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Biography. 1970s. Based on a true story
- Synopsis
- In the early 70's, Clifford Irving wrote a bogus biography about Howard Hughes, famous tycoon and pre-war cinema and aviation icon, from which Martin Scorsese took inspiration for his movie The aviator. Afterwards, he sold the rights to the publisher McGraw-Hill and was given a 2½-year prison sentence in 1972 due to of his wrongdoing. Irving convinced his publisher that he'd developed a relationship with Howard Hughes, who by that time hadn't been seen in public for years. The writer, frustrated and disappointed, always lacking the great idea or the great chance to succeed, forged documents that appeared to prove he had the ear of the billionaire. Even when Hughes emerged momentarily from seclusion for a telephone news conference to say the book was bogus, McGraw-Hill continued to stand by Irving, who stuck to his story until he finally had no choice but to cop to his crime.
- Awards
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2007: Satellite Awards: Nominated Best Actor Comedy or Musical (Richard Gere)2008: London Critics Circle Film Awards: Nominated British Supporting Actor (Molina)2010: Golden Camera, Germany: Best International Actor (Richard Gere)
- Critics' reviews
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"Comedy and suspense, satire and shame are all mashed together--with breezy confidence"
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"'The Hoax' lures you in with its captivating performances"
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"Entertaining and piquant. The film does possess some of the bittersweet qualities that usually mark Hallstrom's films, but it's generally a tougher, more incisive work that ranks as one of his best."
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"As a movie, The Hoax isn't a fraud but it's not the real deal, either."
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"The result is an unexpectedly satisfying fantasia of reality and imagination, a meditation on the nature of lies and deception"
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"'The Hoax' is a fraud, and not a very good one at that"
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