The Hoax

Name: The Hoax
Director: Lasse Hallström
Released: 2006
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, David Aaron Baker, John Carter, Judi Barton

2006 · 116 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 17,402 VOTES · DIR. Lasse Hallström

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,693 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:50 (SIRENS WAILING )

00:05:40 Whitewalls, leather... Is this guy a salesman?

00:10:11 The middle of my life is at hand. I don't have a couch.

00:14:26 Shit.

00:19:15 (UP ARO UND THE BEND PLAYING )

00:23:58 The book is called "Project Octavio."

00:27:46 I should show you something.

00:32:40 And I was wondering if maybe we could talk about

00:36:30 when we spot an envelope

00:40:40 You know, business is pleasure. Pleasure can be a business.

00:45:06 DICK: Oh, Dick, Nina! There's no future with her.

00:49:36 Can you believe this son of a bitch had the same idea?

00:54:13 And the postmark is Nassau.

00:58:26 No, I'm...

01:03:34 hydraulic systems were faulty?

01:08:25 We don't know yet.

01:13:32 (LAUGHING )

01:18:49 Is that him?

01:24:15 for 19 years now

01:29:10 but the Zurich District Attorney's office is on the line.

01:34:28 And...

01:39:51 Take your fucking money and get out of here!

01:44:27 Nina.

500:00:00 Is that plausible?

Cast & Characters

Richard Gere Clifford Irving Alfred Molina Dick Suskind David Aaron Baker Brad Silber John Carter Harold Mcgraw Judi Barton Marion Raul S. Julia Bike Messenger James Biberi Mcgraw-Hill Security Hope Davis Andrea Tate Christopher Evan Welch Albert Vanderkamp Okwui Okpokwasili Malika

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,693

Dialogue density14.6 lines / min

First line00:01:50

Final line500:00:00

Production Record

DirectorLasse Hallström

LanguageEnglish

Budget$25,000,000

Revenue$11,772,461

IMDb votes17,402