The Hoax
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lasse Hallström
Daniel Okrent
R D Rosen
Jeremiah Wiggins
Julie Delpy
James Riordan
Film Details
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Synopsis
In 1971, Clifford Irving, an ambitious yet struggling writer who's been looking for that one big story for so long, brazenly decides to make one up. At first the idea is just a savvy artistic prank, but if that's what the world wants, Irving believes he can take it further. Shrouding himself in a clever cloud of secrecy, he drops the news to a major publisher that he has been approached by the one man the entire world most wants to know about--aviator, movie mogul, ladies man and eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes--to ink his priceless biography. There's just one little problem: not a word of what Clifford is saying has an ounce of truth to it. He's never so much as seen a glimpse of the real Howard Hughes. But Irving banks on the idea that Hughes' seclusion and notoriously thin hold on reality will allow the con to succeed. Hughes has not been seen or heard from in public for over a decade. He is a total recluse. Irving relies on this fact to protect his bogus story--as Hughes refuses to confirm or deny anything so prevalent is his fear of appearing in public. Recruiting his anxiety-prone but loyal best friend Dick Suskind and European artist wife into the scheme, Clifford soon finds himself in a wild maze of treachery, as he is forced to dodge the fallout of his falsehoods at every turn. What started as an adventurous lark soon turns into a seemingly inescapable maze of forgeries, thefts, tall tales, deceptions and impersonations. Yet Clifford's plan works like magic as his publishers, hungry for a bestseller at any cost, are hoodwinked by the thrill of it all. When Clifford stumbles upon possible links between Hughes and a corrupt Nixon administration, the stakes for his book grow even higher. Clifford is on top of the world until the real Howard Hughes shockingly emerges to pull the rug out from under him. Only now, Clifford is so caught up in the tale he created that he may no longer know where his incredible story ends and reality begins.
Director
Lasse Hallström
Cast
Daniel Okrent
R D Rosen
Jeremiah Wiggins
Julie Delpy
James Riordan
Carlton Wilborn
Richard Gere
Steve Buck
Milton Buras
Myk Watford
Don Picard
Adam Auslander
Tom Mulligan
Mamie Gummer
Jennifer Layne Park
Ted Neustadt
Joanna Hartell
Bob Wiltfong
William Fowler
Hope Davis
John Carter
Aurelio Lima
Michael Barkann
Marcia Gay Harden
Susan Misner
Zeljko Ivanek
Ed Krane
Marceline Hugot
Antonie Knoppers
James Michael King
John Bedford Lloyd
Tim Gallin
Stanley Tucci
James Biberi
Peter Mcrobbie
Reid Lamberty
Stuart Margolin
John Rothman
Ian O'malley
Sam Kitchin
David Aaron Baker
Christopher Evan Welch
Alfred Molina
Jonathan Freeman
Judi Barton
Okwui Okpokwasili
Eli Wallach
Eric Yellin
Crew
Mariel Acevedo
Carlos Acosta
Michael Adkins
Nick Aiello
James C Allen
Bobby Andres
Robert M Andres
Frank Angelcyk
Robert Arietta
Robert Arietta
William Arnot
William Arnot
Jose X Arribas
Meredith Barchat
Guy Barker
Eileen Barrett
Michael Bartol
Allison Barton
Joseph Battaglia
Jamie Baxter
Ryan Beadle
Anthony Beaudoin
Betsy Beers
Francisco Beltran
Annie Benedict
Mark Bentley
Joe Berger
Rori Bergman
Rebecca Bernard
Alejandro Berrios
Sajid Berrios
Ricardo L Betancourt
Stephen G. Bishop
Kevin Black
Tim Blockburger
Christina Born
Ariel Bowman
Coburn Boyd
Ernest Leif Boyd
Tommy Boyer
Joanna Brett
Dennis A Brown
Milton Buras
Kenneth J Burke
Carter Burwell
Carter Burwell
Jeff Butcher
Allan Byer
Vic Caesar
Vic Caesar
Claudia Calderon
Steve Caldwell
Paola Cambo Diaz
Tony Campenni
Jim Campolongo
Jorge Carangui
Keith Carlock
Keith Carlock
Yasiri Castro
Aurora Cedeno Danielson
Christopher Cenatiempo
Al Cerullo
Wayne Cerullo
Amy Chaudry
Sam Chwat
John J Ciccimarro
Marta Lila Cintron
Chan Claggett
Luann Claps
Patsy Cline
Isaac Cohen
Leslie Colombani
John Comer
David Cooney
John Copeman
Francisco Cordero Malave
Kathleen Corgan
Ray Cork Jr.
Soraya Cosme-duran
Kathy Cossu
Jen Cox
Chris Coyne
Sarah Crofts
Angel O Cruz
Armando Cruz
Milagros Nunez Cruz
Ramon Cuadrado
Robert Currie
Michael Cycan
Ben D'andrea
Sam Dabbs
Jeremiah Dalton
Betsy Davis
Mike Dechant
Dan Denitto
Matt Devine
Thomas M Digirolomo
Derin Dobra
Juan A Dominguez
Kat Donahue
Alexandra Dorian
Dennis Dorney
Mark Dornfeld
Philip Douglas
Richard Dowgin
Meridith Driscoll
Syd Dutton
Erin Eggers
Lou Elissalde
Sofi Eloy
Jerry Encarnacion
Federco Torres Estrada
Alice Farrell
Michael Farrow
Jorge Fernandez
Robert Fernandez
Frank Ferro
Michele Ferrone
Alan Feschold
Tony Finno
Dan Fisher
Andrew Fishman
James Fitzgerald
Maurice Fitzgerald
Mo Flam
Paul Fletcher
John Fogerty
Jason Foster
Samuel Friedman
Amy Fritz
Lauren Fritz
Richie Furay
Viviana Fusaro
Hearn Gadbois
Jim Galvin
Carola Garcia
Ivette Garcia
Joseph Garzero
Adam Gass
Melissa Gelernter
James Genus
Suzanne Patmore Gibbs
Heidi Gleason
Kelly Gleason
Jenn Godin
Ben Gold
Immer Rodriguez Gonzales
David Gonzalez
Mark R. Gordon
Paul W. Gorfine
Milton Grana
Jill Graves
Ann Gray
Dennis Green
Kevin Asher Green
Kevin Asher Green
Homer Greencastle
Bill Gregory
Lauren Kells Guilmartin
Gary Dean Hadlock
Andrea Hanson
Rj Harbour
George Harrison
Roy E Harrison
Richie Havens
Matt Havron
Michael Hekmat
Brian Heller
Lawrence Herman
Angel D Hernandez
Amanda Hernandez Perez
Joel Holland
Leslie Holleran
Gavin Holmes
Shaina Holmes
Harold Horn
Meredith Hudson
Nick Iannelli
Nydia Ibarra
Clifford Irving
Meredith Jacobson-marciano
Mick Jagger
Kenton Jakub
Jacqueline Jimenez
Roberto Jimenez
Thomas Jirgal
Drew Jiritano
Bashiri Johnson
Anne Joyce
Bill Kane
Henry Kaplan
Todd Kasow
Anthony G. Katagas
Anthony G. Katagas
Mary A Kelly
Nicholas Kim
Bonnie Kinsley
Dan Korintus
Mike Krebs
Zoraida Sanjurjo L=pez
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Expanded Release in United States April 13, 2007
Limited Release in United States April 6, 2007
Released in United States October 2006
Released in United States on Video October 16, 2007
Released in United States September 2007
Released in United States Spring April 6, 2007
Shown at Rome Film Festival (Premiere) October 13-21, 2006.
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Zabaltegi - Pearls) September 20-29, 2007.
Based on the memoir "The Hoax" written by Clifford Irving; published by Franklin Watts, 1981.
Limited Release in United States April 6, 2007
Released in United States Spring April 6, 2007
Expanded Release in United States April 13, 2007
Released in United States September 2007 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Zabaltegi - Pearls) September 20-29, 2007.)
Released in United States October 2006 (Shown at Rome Film Festival (Premiere) October 13-21, 2006.)
Released in United States on Video October 16, 2007
Project was included on the 2005 Black List.
