The Hoax
(2006)
★ 6.3 IMDb · 246 votes
Year: 2006
Runtime: 116 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Lasse Hallström
Cast: Ричард Гир, Альфред Молина, Марсия Гей Харден, Хоуп Дэвис, Жюли Дельпи, Стэнли Туччи, Дэвид Аарон Бейкер, Мэми Гаммер, Желько Иванек, Елай Воллак
Plot
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.
Early in 1971, the publishing company McGraw-Hill passes on Clifford Irving's new novel. He's desperate for money, so, against the backdrop of Nixon's reelection calculations, Irving claims he has Howard Hughes's cooperation to write Hughes's autobiography. With the help of friend Richard Suskind, Irving does research, lucks into a manuscript written by a long-time Hughes associate, and plays on corporate greed. He's quick-thinking and outrageously bold. Plus, he banks on Hughes's reluctance to enter the public eye. At the same time, he's trying to rebuild his marriage and deflect the allure of his one-time mistress, Nina van Pallandt. Can he write a good book, take the money, and pull off the hoax?