The Hoax
“Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.”
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.
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Cast
29 people
Richard Gere
Clifford Irving
Known for
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Pretty Woman
Alfred Molina
Dick Suskind
Known for
Spider-Man 2
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Marcia Gay Harden
Edith Irving
Known for
Into the Wild
The Mist
Hope Davis
Andrea Tate
Known for
Your Honor
Wayward Pines
Julie Delpy
Nina Van Pallandt
Known for
Before Sunrise
Three Colors: White
Stanley Tucci
Shelton Fisher
Known for
The Devil Wears Prada
The Terminal
David Aaron Baker
Brad Silber
Known for
The Purge: Election Year
Edge of Darkness
Mamie Gummer
Dana
Known for
True Detective
The Ward
Željko Ivanek
Ralph Graves
Known for
Oz
The Walking Dead: Dead City
Eli Wallach
Noah Dietrich
Known for
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Godfather Part III
Myk Watford
Sergent Daniels
Known for
For All Mankind
No Country for Old Men
John Bedford Lloyd
Frank Mccullough
Known for
Ozark
The Bourne Supremacy
Lasse Hallström Director · William Wheeler Screenplay Clifford Irving Author
Worldwide gross $12M · Budget $25M · United States release April 6, 2007
Box office
Budget
$25,000,000
Worldwide gross
$11,772,461
Gross vs. budget
0.5×
Production
Yari Film Group
Production
Miramax
Production · Studio
The Mark Gordon Company
Production
Syndicate Films
Production
Bob Yari Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Italy · October 14, 2006
Theatrical
United States · April 6, 2007
Theatrical
Germany
November 20, 2009 · Theatrical
Greece
November 20, 2007 · Theatrical
Norway
August 31, 2007 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 23, 2014 · Theatrical
Spain
September 28, 2007 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 3, 2007 · Theatrical
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