Viewing 6 reply threads author posts october 22, 2007 at 2. Lasse hallstroms briskly entertaining new film, the hoax, proposes a few intriguing hypotheses. The hoax films team was nominated for their first emmy in 2014 for art direction and graphic design on history channels ultimate guide to the presidents. Film is a medium that continually toys with our perceptions of what is real and what is not, so its no surprise that characters like irving make great cinematic heroes. Master of fine arts radio, television and film, may 20, 48 pp. Irving, for example, may have fabricated the entire autobiography, but allegedly wrote it. Dec 28, 2007 an autobiographical animated film by marjane satrapi, an iranian who grew up in a liberal antimonarchy tehran household in the 1970s, then came of age under the ayatollahs and completed her. Richard gere and alfred molina at an event for the hoax 2006 richard gere and carey. The hoax 2007 the film, directed by the swedish film maker, lasse hallstrom, about the fraudulent claim by novelist clifford irving of having been asked by the legendary reclusive millionaire, howard hughes, to help write the latters autobiography, was based on irving book of the same name.
Producers abi sirokh, gabor koltai, lew rywin and thierry potok contributed to the project. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. A troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire makes. Y ou cant con an honest man, said phineas t barnum, and maybe you cant hoax a publishing company that doesnt want. The hoax is a good treat in this months lot of schlock and bigbudget trash by sticking close to making it an actors movie, and sort of a bittersweet take on what a hoax does in such a grand scale as that of howard hughes, and what it does to a person the longer and more intense it goes on for. Irvings own literary account of the incident obviously cuts the author a lot of slack. The hoax on dvd october 16, 2007 starring richard gere, alfred molina, marcia gay harden, julie delpy.
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Thats because it tells the story of clifford irving, a writer who in the early 1970s purported to collaborate with the reclusive hughes on a newsmaking autobiography. Get phone numbers, email addresses, org charts and. Molina turns in a striking performance as well, and the two do great work together in all of their scenes. Working from a script by william wheeler that relies on irvings own account from his book the hoax, director lasse hallstrom, successfully uses humor and complex, nuanced characters to bring irvings brazen swindle to the screen. The hoax is a 2006 american drama film starring richard gere, directed by swedish filmmaker. The secret is a 2006 australianamerican documentary film consisting of a series of interviews designed to demonstrate the new thought claim that everything one wants or needs can be satisfied by believing in an outcome, repeatedly thinking about it, and maintaining positive emotional states to attract the desired outcome. Yari, erin eggers, gary levinsohn, clifford irving, william wheeler. The films second half in which irving begins to come unglued as events catch up with him isnt as strong as. The secret is a 2006 australianamerican documentary film consisting of a series of interviews designed to demonstrate the new thought claim that everything one wants or needs can be satisfied by believing in an outcome, repeatedly thinking about it, and maintaining positive emotional states to attract the desired outcome the film and the subsequent publication of the book of the same name. The film, starring richard gere, alfred molina, marcia gay harden, hope davis, julie delpy and many more, currently has a. In his defense, gere manages to submerge his personality beneath that of the character, but once this is accomplished. List of hoaxes on wikipedialess than one year for the full list.
Its not the first time melaris has admitted the film was a fake. With gene ganssle, lynne pyrce, kathleen benner, brian bozick. The hoax completed companies miramax,yari film group,mark gordon company the,city entertainment title legal counsel release date april 06, 2007. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Clifford irving, a struggling author, offers an exclusive autobiography for howard hughes. This biopic follows the story of clifford irving, who sold a faux biography of howard hughes to publisher mcgrawhill. An elegant, entertaining parable of the emperors new clothes. Check out the below links, may contain affiliate links.
The hoax 2007 in the early 1970s, author clifford irving richard gere, with accomplice richard suskind alfred molina, attempts to pull off one of the greatest media scams of the century. This is an unusual outing for gere theres no sly smirking here, just fine acting. The screenplay by william wheeler is based on the book of the same title by clifford irving. The hoax sags a little too much at times to become a really fine film, but its positives still outweigh its negatives.
This section should list only hoaxes covered in independent thirdparty sources. The dead rising digital film in production under legendary digital media has an original storyline with new heroes and a new city, set between. The supporting players, script, and overall production values are excellent, making the hoax an enjoyable, intelligent movie. The film only stumbles in relying a bit too heavily on irvings 1972 mea culpa the hoax. Alien abductions, serial hitandrun murders, missing persons and. The new motion picture tells the story of herman rosenblat, with a style similar to the movie the insider. If youre still concerned about the film and its appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home who may be interested in seeing it, we suggest that you take a closer look at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the films content. Irving, for example, may have fabricated the entire autobiography, but allegedly wrote it all based on secret eyewitness accounts of actual events. The hoax 2007 lasse hallstrom synopsis, characteristics. The hoax and final draft this topic has 6 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 12 years, 4 months ago by kyle bartletta. In 2007 he took to the stage and contacted an author to concede the. According to salomon, the script for the feature was completed in october 2009 with casting to commence by celestia fox in london. Lasse hallstroms latest, the hoax, offers a portrait of such a con artist, a reallife fabulist who makes james frey the disgraced nonfiction writer behind 2003s a million little pieces.
With a great premise, many entertaining sequences, and an outstanding cast, it has enough to offer to merit a viewing. Lasse hallstroms entertaining new film on this subject is a fictionalised account of one of the last centurys wackiest literary scams though flawed, because its based on the unreliable. With adrienne barbeau, brian thompson, ben browder, shoshana bush. Sep 26, 2017 with those words, spyros melaris hopes he has put the demons of his 1995 alien autopsy footage touted as secret government film from the 1947 roswell incident to rest. Its like a heist film of the 1970s, but the pilferers are literary men not bank robbers. Everything you need to know about the hoax movie 2007. It recounts irvings elaborate hoax of publishing an autobiography of howard hughes that he purportedly helped write, without ever having talked with hughes. He began his career in 2007 working mainly in advertising and music videos and has since completed the awardwinning short film the noise of snow and his first documentary art of the prank in 2015. It stars elliott gould with james brolin, sam waterston and. Sep 26, 2017 alien autopsy filmmaker regrets hoax by.
If youre still concerned about the film and its appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home who may be interested in seeing it, we suggest that you take a closer look at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film s content. Companies miramax,yari film group,mark gordon company the,city entertainment. In his efforts to debunk the delusions that drove his patients violent attack, dr. Lasse hallstroms briskly entertaining new film, the hoax, proposes a few. Shortlived hoaxes are innumerable and so we do not normally track them they can be found by searching deletion logs for hoax. Released april 6th, 2007, the hoax stars richard gere, alfred molina, hope davis, marcia gay harden the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 55 min, and received a score of 70 out of 100 on. For those who havent seen it, the hoax centres on the struggling novelist clifford irvings 1971 attempt to convince a publishing house that he had been working with the reclusive former film. A psychiatrists wife is gunned down by her husbands crazed patient outside a fine restaurant.
It was written and directed by peter hyams and produced by lew grades itc entertainment. What is the difference between the real events that occured and the events portrayed in the film. Complete list of 2017 movies that were in theaters. An investigative team travels deep into the remote colorado wilderness after a group of young campers are viciously murdered by what may be bigfoot. In the tradition of shattered glass and catch me if you can, the hoax presents. A fairly complete account of the story from irvings side can be found here. Capricorn one is a 1978 thriller film that narrates a government hoax created to deceive the public on a supposed mars landing. The hoax is treated to outstanding picture quality here.
A film about an outrageous hoax, based on a true story as told in a book written by. Aug 06, 2007 for those who havent seen it, the hoax centres on the struggling novelist clifford irvings 1971 attempt to convince a publishing house that he had been working with the reclusive former film. Apr 06, 2007 lasse hallstroms briskly entertaining new film, the hoax, proposes a few intriguing hypotheses. With those words, spyros melaris hopes he has put the demons of his 1995 alien autopsy footage touted as secret government film from the 1947 roswell incident to rest. Y ou cant con an honest man, said phineas t barnum, and maybe. Though it is the first time hes admitted its a hoax. An autobiographical animated film by marjane satrapi, an iranian who grew up in a liberal antimonarchy tehran household in the 1970s, then came of age under the ayatollahs and completed. The hoax gets off to a sluggish start, but director lasse hallstrom does a good job of keeping the film interesting enough that the audience feels rewarded by the time its over. Richard gere, alfred molina, david aaron baker, john.