Plot Summary: In 1970, authors Clifford Irving (Richard Gere) and Richard Suskind (Alfred Molina) meet while visiting Spain and devise an inconceivable scheme to make a sizeable profit. Having done extensive research, Irving writes an unauthorized autobiography of the reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes – not without its share of embellishments and outright fabrications. Aided by impeccable, forged documents, he convinces publishing company McGraw-Hill that he has a genuinely close relationship with Hughes, and successfully signs a lucrative distribution deal for his manuscript. Naturally, when the bogus book comes out, experts immediately question its authenticity, but McGraw-Hill stands by their author. Irving’s plan is carried out so persuasively that even when Hughes momentarily emerges from seclusion to address the media in a telephone news conference and discredits the book, McGraw-Hill continues to support him. Following lengthy investigations and total media frenzy, Irving must eventually fess up to his crime.
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RELEASE DATE
April 13th, 2007 (wide)
April 6th, 2007 (limited)
October 16th, 2007 (DVD)
STUDIO
Miramax
DIRECTOR
Lasse Hallstrom
STARRING
Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, Marcia Gay Harden, Julie Delpy, Hope Davis, Eli Wallach
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GENRE
Drama
OFFICIAL SITE
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MPAA RATING
Rated R for language
RUNTIME
115 min
LANGUAGE
English
BUDGET
Unknown
OPENING WEEKEND
$1,501,000
TOTAL GROSS
Unknown
EXTERNAL
The Hoax at AskMen.com
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