The Hoax
2006 · Movie · R · 116 min · ★ 6.3 · 78% critics
In the early 1970s, a struggling writer convinces a major publisher he has exclusive access to a famously reclusive billionaire for an “authorized” autobiography. As the deal grows into a media sensation, the scheme demands constant bluffing, risky research, and nerve-wracking improvisation to keep the story alive.
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Details
- Years
- 2006
- Release date
- 2006-10-14
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Critic score
- 78/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (235 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like witty, anxiety-fueled true-ish con stories about ambition and media hype; Not for you if you want a straightforward, fully factual drama or clear, easy-to-follow plotting like The Disaster Artist.
Pros: clever true-story premise; strong lead performance; tense, funny momentum | Cons: can feel confusing; pacing occasionally lags; truthfulness questioned
Themes
- flying
- 1970s
- fake identity
- biography
Cast & crew
Richard Gere
as Clifford Irving
Alfred Molina
as Dick Suskind
Marcia Gay Harden
as Edith Irving
Hope Davis
as Andrea Tate
Julie Delpy
as Nina Van Pallandt
Stanley Tucci
as Shelton Fisher
David Aaron Baker
as Brad Silber
Mamie Gummer
as Dana
Željko Ivanek
as Ralph Graves
Eli Wallach
as Noah Dietrich
Directed by Lasse Hallström