The Hoax -
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The film is based on Irving's novel about the hoax. The ultimate caper story, novelist Clifford Irving's no-holds-barred account of the literary hoax of our time--his "autobiography" of Howard Hughes--was published in Great Britain in 1997, where it became a bestseller. But no American hardcover house would touch THE HOAX until now. One major publisher offered a $500,000 advance when the book was nearing completion, drew up the contract?then abruptly bowed out. Why?
The answer is implicit in this classic tale of daring, treachery, and corruption. As fast-paced and exciting as any spy novel, it involves the reader at every devilish twist and turn. In this first U.S. hardcover edition, Clifford Irving tells how the hoax developed, like a Chinese puzzle, from its madcap beginning to the final startling confession--a witty and nail-biting story of international intrigue and beautiful women, of powerful corporate executives and jet-set rogues, of cover-ups and headlines.
Movie information
| Release Date (USA): | 2007-04-13 |
| Rating (USA): | R |
| Release Date (UK): | 2007-08-03 |
| Rating (UK) : | 15 |
| Director: | Lasse Hallstrom |
| Producer: | Betsy Beers;Mark Gordon;Leslie Holleran;Joshua D. Maurer;Bob Yari |
| Studio: | Miramax Films |
| Writer/s: | William Wheeler (screenplay) and Clifford Irving (novel) |
Cast
| Richard Gere | Clifford Irving |
| Alfred Molina | Dick Susskin |
| Hope Davis | Andrea Tate |
| Marcia Gay Harden | Edith Irving |
| Stanley Tucci | Shelton Fisher |
| Julie Delpy | Nina Van Pallandt |
| Eli Wallach | Noah Dietrich |
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