History Film / TheHoax

** Irving kept up the hoax for a while after Hughes's audio press conference, not admitting anything until one of his publishers directly accused him of fraud.
* YourCheatingHeart: Irving has both a wife and a girlfriend.

''The Hoax'' is a 2006 American drama film directed by ''Lasse Hallström'' starring Creator/RichardGere, Creator/AlfredMolina and Creator/MarciaGayHarden [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based]] on the true story of Clifford Irving and his fake autobiography of Creator/HowardHughes.

-->'''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20071224024956/http://www.cliffordirving.com/movie.php Irving]]''': As played by Richard Gere – an actor I admire – Movie Clifford is desperate and humorless, a washed-up hack writer who lives in a conservative New York suburb. In fact I had a multi-book contract with my publisher and enjoyed the good life on Ibiza, a sunny Mediterranean island where I owned a beautiful fifteen-room farmhouse. Movie Clifford has the energy of a not-too-bright psychopath. If I were that man, I'd shoot myself.
The movie misses the point that the Howard Hughes hoax was a live-action adventure story concocted by two middle-aged hippie expat writers and a Swiss heiress. Edith, my then-wife, a woman of great zest, is portrayed as a dull hausfrau; and Nina van Pallandt, my Danish mistress, as barely one level above a New York hotel hooker. Dick Suskind, witty friend and co-conspirator, is offered to the public as a self-righteous, sweaty buffoon. The scenes that deal with Movie Clifford [[spoiler:feuding with Movie Dick, getting him drunk and hiring a bargirl to seduce him]], are totally fictional. [[spoiler:The Hughes people mailing the package of files to me]] is also made up.

--'''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20071224024956/http://www.cliffordirving.com/movie.php Irving]]''': As played by Richard Gere – an actor I admire – Movie Clifford is desperate and humorless, a washed-up hack writer who lives in a conservative New York suburb. In fact I had a multi-book contract with my publisher and enjoyed the good life on Ibiza, a sunny Mediterranean island where I owned a beautiful fifteen-room farmhouse. Movie Clifford has the energy of a not-too-bright psychopath. If I were that man, I'd shoot myself.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory : The real Clifford Irving heavily criticized the film, claiming that not only did he feel like the portrayals of pretty much everyone involved were somewhat insulting but several events were completely made up namely [[spoiler:Irving framing Suskind for infidelity and the entire subplot involving the files detailing the dealings between Hughes and Nixon.]]

''The Hoax'' is a 2006 American drama film directed by ''Lasse Hallström'' starring Creator/RichardGere, Creator/AlfredMolina and Creator/MarciaGayHarden [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based]] on the true story of Clifford Irving and his fake autobiography of Howard Hughes.

* TheConsigliere: Noah Dietrich is a subversion. He seemed to be Howard Hawks' right hand man but spent time bitching behind the man's back on a typewriter.

''The Hoax'' is a 2006 American drama film directed by [[Creator/LasseHallstrom Lasse Hallström]] starring Creator/RichardGere, Creator/AlfredMolina and Creator/MarciaGayHarden [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based]] on the true story of Clifford Irving and his fake autobiography of Howard Hughes.

''The Hoax'' is a 2006 American drama film directed by [[Creator/LasseHallstrom Lasse Hallström]] starring Creator/RichardGere, Creator/AlfredMolina and Marcia Gay Hayden [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based]] on the true story of Clifford Irving and his fake autobiography of Howard Hughes.

* YourCheatingHeart: Irving has both a wife and a girlfriend.

''The Hoax'' is a 2006 American drama film directed by Lasse Hallström starring Creator/RichardGere, Creator/AlfredMolina and Marcia Gay Hayden [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based]] on the true story of Clifford Irving and his fake autobiography of Howard Hughes.

''The Hoax'' is a 2006 American drama film directed by Lasse Hallström starring RichardGere, Alfred Molina and Marcia Gay Hayden [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based]] on the true story of Clifford Irving and his fake autobiography of Howard Hughes.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory : The real Clifford Irving heavily criticized the film, claiming that not only didhe feel like the portrayals of pretty much everyone involved were somewhat insulting but several events were completely made up namely [[spoiler:Irving framing Suskind for infidelity and the entire subplot involving the files detailing the dealings between Hughes and Nixon.]]

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory : The real Clifford Irving heavily critized the film, claiming that not only didhe feel like the portrayals of pretty much everyone involved were somewhat insulting but several events were completely made up namely [[spoiler:Irving framing Suskind for infidelity and the entire subplot involving the files detailing the dealings between Hughes and Nixon.

''The Hoax'' is a 2006 American drama film directed by Lasse Hallström starring RichardGere, Alfred Molina and Marcia Gay Hayden [[LooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based]] on the true story of Clifford Irving and his fake autobiography of Howard Hughes.

* LooselyBasedOnATrueStory : The real Clifford Irving heavily critized the film, claiming that not only didhe feel like the portrayals of pretty much everyone involved were somewhat insulting but several events were completely made up namely [[spoiler:Irving framing Suskind for infidelity and the entire subplot involving the files detailing the dealings between Hughes and Nixon.

* LooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The real Clifford Irving heavily critized the film, claiming that not only didhe feel like the portrayals of pretty much everyone involved were somewhat insulting but several events were completely made up namely [[spoiler:Irving framing Suskind for infidelity and the entire subplot involving the files detailing the dealings between Hughes and Nixon.