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The Hoax

2007·1h 56m·R
DramaBiographyHistoryComedy
IMDb Rating
★ 6.6/10
17,725 votes
Metascore
70
Metacritic

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.

The Hoax is a 2007 drama biography movie directed by Lasse Hallström, starring Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, David Aaron Baker. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.6/10 from 17,725 votes and runs 1h 56m.

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Director
Lasse Hallström
Stars
Richard Gere
Alfred Molina
David Aaron Baker
John Carter
Details
2007-04-20
116 min
Movie
R
★ United States
★ English
Keywords
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