The Hoax
“Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.”
2006•R•1h 56m•6.3•Released
ComedyDrama
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.
Director
Lasse Hallström
Writer
William Wheeler
Budget
$25M
Revenue
$12M
Languages
English
Studio
Yari Film Group
Cast
Richard Gere
Clifford Irving
Alfred Molina
Dick Suskind
Marcia Gay Harden
Edith Irving
Hope Davis
Andrea Tate
Julie Delpy
Nina Van Pallandt
Stanley Tucci
Shelton Fisher
David Aaron Baker
Brad Silber
Mamie Gummer
Dana
Željko Ivanek
Ralph Graves
Eli Wallach
Noah Dietrich
Myk Watford
Sergent Daniels
John Bedford Lloyd
Frank Mccullough
Peter McRobbie
George Gordon Holmes
John Carter
Harold McGraw
James Biberi
McGraw-Hill Security
Production
Company
Yari Film Group
Company
Miramax
Company
The Mark Gordon Company
Company
Syndicate Films
Producer
Leslie Holleran
Producer
Betsy Beers
Producer
Mark Gordon
Producer
Bob Yari
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