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Mood:
- WittyCynicalCleverBiting
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Plot:
- Writer's LifeRise and FallDishonestyAmericanaCons and ScamsAmbitionMedia
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Genres:
- Drama
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century70s
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Place:
- USA
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Humor:
- Satire
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Style:
- Talky
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Based on:
- BiographyBased on True Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Flag:
- Brief NudityProfanity
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The Hoax, 2006
English
USA
Profile of The Hoax
The mood of The Hoax is cynical, witty, and biting. The plot centers around the life of a writer, a rise and fall, and dishonesty. It features satire. The Hoax is a drama movie. Stylistically, it is talky. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The Hoax is set in the USA. It happens in the 20th century. It is drawn from a biography and originally a true story. The Hoax is known for being critically acclaimed. Note that it includes brief nudity and profanity.
Summary of The Hoax
Richard Gere gives one of the best performances of his career in Lasse Hallström'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 serialize 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 Hallström (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. The soundtrack prominently features Richie Havens's version of "Here Comes the Sun," along with songs by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 6 April 2007 |
| Runtime: | 116 min |
Cast and Crew
as Clifford Irving
as Nina Van Pallandt
as Andrea Tate
as Noah Dietrich
as Edith Irving
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Critics Reviews
Los Angeles Times
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- by: Kenneth Turan
The Hollywood Reporter
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- by: Richard James Havis
Users Reviews
- 23.March.2009
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- by: prozac pop
- prozac pop rated this movie
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- 20.March.2009
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- by: sethdellinger
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