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The Hoax (2007)
description written by member Zara:
Based on the real life story of writer Clifford Irving, a man who wrote what he claimed to be the autobiography of Howard Hughes, the famous billionaire recluse, only to be determined to be a complete hoax, including conversations that Irving supposedly had with Hughes.
| Release Date: | April 6th, 2007 |
| MPAA Rating: | R |
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The Hoax Movie Review by Matthew  (5/3/2007) |
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Clifford Irving (Richard Gere), a writer whose first book didn't sell well, is desperate to get his next book going. His connection at McGraw Hill, Andrea Tate (Hope Davis), assures him the company loves the new book, will publish it, they are just waiting for Time magazine to look at it for possible serialization. A...
(complete The Hoax review by Matthew)
There is a great story in there somewhere, I just had difficulty finding it. Lasse Hallström's direction was lacking, in my humble opinion, and the story of the greatest hoax in publishing appeared disjointed.
I was drawn to the film for one simple reason, much as I imagine many were drawn to see Richard Gere, to see...
(complete The Hoax review by Movie Addict)
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