The Hoax

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Dis falls for Hallstrom's latest 'Hoax'
Source: Hollywood Reporter

Walt Disney Studios has picked up domestic distribution rights to director Lasse Hallstrom's upcoming drama "Hoax." The deal was announced Wednesday by Bob Yari, principal and founder of the Yari Film Group. The film, starring Richard Gere, centers on Clifford Irving, who wrote a bogus biography of Howard Hughes and sold it to McGraw-Hill in the early '70s. Alfred Molina will play Richard Suskind, Irving's accomplice in pulling off the media hoax, while Marcia Gay Harden will star as Irving's wife, Edith.

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Richard Suskind

Related to Patrick? Withour the ¨...

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Delpy, Davis in on 'Hoax' for Hallstrom
Source: Hollywood Reporter

Julie Delpy and Hope Davis are joining the ensemble cast of director Lasse Hallstrom's upcoming drama "Hoax." Richard Gere will star in the biopic about Clifford Irving, the man who wrote and sold a bogus biography of Howard Hughes to McGraw-Hill. Alfred Molina and Marcia Gay Harden also will co-star. Delpy will play Irving's mistress. Davis will play Andrea Tate, an employee at McGraw-Hill. The film, which is being penned by Bill Wheeler, will be distributed by Walt Disney Studios. Mark Gordon and Leslie Holleran are producing along with Joshua Maurer, Betsy Beers and Bob Yari. Gary Levinsohn is the executive producer.

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Coincidentally, I just watched Orson Welles' F Is For Fake yesterday, which is brilliant and which has a lot do with Irving's fake bio.

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Trailer

Release Date: November 3, 2006

Cast: Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, Marcia Gay Harden, Julie Delpy, Hope Davis

Director: Lasse Hallström

Premise: 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.

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New Trailer here.