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Richard Gere gives one of the best performances of his career in Lasse Hallstrom's vastly entertaining THE HOAX, based on true events. Gere stars as Clifford Irving, a struggling writer desperate to be a famous bestselling author. After his novel gets rejected, he concocts a crazy plot in which he convinces McGraw-Hill that he has been contacted by Howard Hughes in order to tell the official life story of the reclusive billionaire. With the help of his friend, nervous writer Dick Suskind (Alfred Molina), and Irving's artist wife, Edith (Marcia Gay Harden), he attempts to get away with one of the greatest literary hoaxes of the 20th century. He goes to elaborate lengths to pull the wool over the eyes of his editor, Andrea Tate (Hope Davis), as well as his publisher, Shelton Fisher (Stanley Tucci), and the managing editor of Life magazine, Ralph Graves (Zeljko Ivanek), who is offering big bucks to serialise the book. As Irving gets deeper and deeper into the lies, he begins to embody Hughes, mimicking the way he looks and talks. The film features excellent performances all around, including star turns by Eli Wallach as longtime Hughes employee Noah Dietrich (a part played by John C. Reilly in Martin Scorsese's THE AVIATOR) and Julie Delpy as Nina Van Pallandt, a former flame of Irving's whom he can't shake loose. Director Hallstrom (MY LIFE AS A DOG, CHOCOLAT, THE CIDER HOUSE RULES) shows a deft hand with the complex material; William Wheeler based the script in part on Clifford Irving's own memoir.

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ProducerBob Yari, Leslie Holleran, Mark Gordon, Betsy Beers, Joseph Maurer

EAN5060116721294

eBay Product ID (ePID)63641188

Product Key Features

ActorEli Wallach, Richard Gere, Stanley Tucci, Julie Delpy, Alfred Molina, Michael J. Burg, Hope Davis, Stuart Margolin, Marcia Gay Harden

Film/TV TitleThe Hoax

DirectorLasse Hallstrom

LanguageEnglish

Run Time111 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2008

FormatDVD

FeaturesWidescreen, Theatrical Trailer

GenreDrama, Comedy

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerCarter Burwell

ReviewsHeat - Like a big screen version of HUSTLE, Film Review - Gere reeks of retro cool, New York Times - Briskly entertaining....THE HOAX gestures beyond the particulars of the case, toward a pervasive social unease, Sunday Mirror - Excellent support cast û Molina is terrific, Entertainment Weekly - THE HOAX expands and darkens, in the sophisticated script by under-the-radar screenwriter William Wheeler, to comment on the deception and power games that defined Watergate-era America, Rolling Stone - Gere gives 'em the old razzle-dazzle with his roguish charm and sharp comic timing. The surprise is the unexpected feeling he brings to this challenging role, Daily Mirror - The comedy caper to end them all, Box Office - Gere reveals hidden talents, asserting himself with a confident swagger as the Machiavellian figure whose charisma and plausibility pull others along in his wake

ScreenwriterWilliam Wheeler

Sound sourceDolby 5.1

Movie/TV TitleThe Hoax

Director of PhotographyOliver Stapleton

WriterClifford Irving

Consumer AdviceContains strong language