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Genres:
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Comedy /
Drama /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Lasse Hallström
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Actors:
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Julie Delpy,
Bob Wiltfong,
Judi Barton,
Raul Julia Jr.,
Okwui Okpokwasili,
William Fowle,
Antonie Knoppers,
David Aaron Baker,
John Carter,
James Biberi,
Richard Gere,
Hope Davis,
Christopher Evan Welch,
Alfred Molina,
Marcia Gay Harden
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Duration:
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116 min.
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Rating:
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(6.9/10)86
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Plot Summary:
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Beforehand in 1971, McGraw-Hill passes on Clifford Irving's new novelette. He's thirsty for pro well-heeled, so, against the backdrop of Nixon's reelection calculations, Irving claims he has Howard Hughes's backup to dash off Hughes's autobiography. With the support of friend Dick Suskind, Irving does examination, lucks into a manuscript written by a sustained-continuously Hughes associate, and plays on corporate greed. He's quick-conclusion and outrageously bold. Plus, he banks on Hughes's reluctance to submit engage the public eye. At the same every so often, he's tiresome to rebuild his mar... riage and deflect the allure of his one-in good time dawdle mistress, Nina Van Pallandt. Can he get off a proper rules, spoof the money, and pull turned the ?Read more Less
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Tags:
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Hoax, The
'Based on actual events' drama starring Richard Gere as a desperate writer who concocts the elaborate lie that he's working with Howard Hughes on his autobiography during the millionaire's ultra-reclusive days in the early 1970s. Lasse Hallstr??m directs
After years in limbo turning out Harvey Weinstein products designed to get the middle-brow buck (The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, The Shipping News), Lasse Hallstr??m continues his rehabilitation with this drama based on a notorious early-1970s scandal in the worlds of publishing and the media.
While Hallstr??m's first post-Harvey film, Casanova, was a slight but enjoyable period romantic comedy, The Hoax is a more mature movie that...
Hoax, The
After years in limbo turning out Harvey Weinstein products designed to make the heart-brow buck (The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, The Shipping News), Lasse Hallstr?¶m continues his rehabilitation with this drama based on a shaming original-1970s skeleton in the cupboard in the worlds of publishing and the media. While Hallstr?¶m's first post-Harvey film, Casanova, was a affront but enjoyable stretch imaginary comedy, The Deceive is a more season silent picture that deals with issues of ego, anguish and duplicity, all set against that fascinating period in American history that culminated with the Watergate affair. It also sits neatly alongside other all right (loosely) based-on-fact dramas about convoluted cons such as Catch Me If You Can and Shattered Glas...
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