 The Hoax
Starring: Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, Marcia Gay Harden, Julie Delpy, Hope Davis
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
Screenplay by: William Wheeler
Release Date: April 6th, 2007
MPAA Rating: R for language.
Studio: Miramax Films
 Domestic: $7,164,995 (60.9%)
Foreign: $4,607,466 (39.1%)
Total: $11,772,461 (Worldwide)
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 Tagline: Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
In 1971, Clifford Irving achieved the very heights of American journalism, nabbing a series of unprecedented interviews with the most famous man in the world - ultra-reclusive, immensely powerful, superstar billionaire Howard Hughes - revealing his most intimate memories and controversial secrets. Actually, that's a lie.
In 1971, writer Clifford Irving told an incredible whopper - one that became one of the most audacious and outrageous hoaxes ever perpetrated on the media and American public. Claiming to have obtained Howard Hughes' long sought-after memoirs, Irving pulled the wool over the entire publishing industry's eyes, and nearly made off with major cash and worldwide fame, until his clever yarn unraveled into a serious crime.
Now from Academy Award-nominated director Lasse Hallström (Cider House Rules, Chocolat) comes THE HOAX, a riveting caper inspired by Irving's untrue story. Jumping off from the still controversial facts surrounding Irving's ruse into a fictional reverie, the film mischievously and imaginatively explores how a man, an industry and an entire nation could become intoxicated by a good story... in sheer defiance of the fact that it never really happened.
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