F for Fake
1973 · 89 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 18,939 VOTES · DIR. Orson Welles
Overview
Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,432 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:21 For my next experiment, ladies and gentlemen...
00:04:06 - I am not a professional actor. - He's a leading actor in this movie.
00:10:38 - No, I really don't believe it. - Sorry.
00:14:14 There is always a group of interesting people here.
00:17:29 There is just no way of talking about Elmyr...
00:21:24 he maintains is genuine.
00:24:51 And they would look at it and say, "Yes, you can see it's one of his finest.
00:28:44 is putting a brave face on it...
00:32:10 and wearing, instead of shoes...
00:35:15 to make it look really as if Modigliani had done it in some Paris café.
00:38:51 A woman, a titled English woman...
00:42:08 - From his family. - Oh, no, that's a complete fabrication.
00:45:07 innocence, or simple greed...
00:48:59 Maybe that's what made it all possible.
00:52:31 Other inventions had more success.
00:55:59 agrees to come clean on the whole story.
00:59:14 - But, uh - - And he had to be one jump ahead of them.
01:02:51 - There's quite a list. - Indeed.
01:06:57 to mark where we have been...
01:11:18 To the beach again...
01:17:25 the storm now moved toward Paris.
01:21:00 - but I think that's how it went. - Oh, yes.
01:24:32 "painted by me.
60:00:00 - It's fantastic.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,432
Dialogue density16.1 lines / min
First line00:00:21
Final line60:00:00
Production Record
DirectorOrson Welles
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes18,939