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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date2006-10-14
Languageen
Runtime1h 56m
Budget$25,000,000
Revenue$11,772,461
Production

Yari Film Group, Miramax, The Mark Gordon Company, Syndicate Films

6.3(247)
•2006•1h 56m

The Hoax

"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story."

ComedyDrama

Overview

In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.

Writing & Screenplay
William Wheeler
Cinematography
Oliver Stapleton

Principal Cast

29 credited
Richard Gere
Richard GereClifford Irving
Alfred Molina
Alfred MolinaDick Suskind
Marcia Gay Harden
Marcia Gay HardenEdith Irving
Hope Davis
Hope DavisAndrea Tate
Julie Delpy
Julie DelpyNina Van Pallandt
Stanley Tucci
Stanley TucciShelton Fisher
David Aaron Baker
David Aaron BakerBrad Silber
Mamie Gummer
Mamie GummerDana
Željko Ivanek
Željko IvanekRalph Graves
Eli Wallach
Eli WallachNoah Dietrich

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