| The Hoax | |
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| Directed by | Lasse Hallström |
| Screenplay by | William Wheeler |
| Based on | The Hoax by Clifford Irving |
| Produced by | Mark Gordon Bob Yari Betsy Beers Leslie Holleran Joshua D. Maurer |
| Starring | Richard Gere Alfred Molina Marcia Gay Harden Hope Davis Julie Delpy Stanley Tucci |
| Cinematography | Oliver Stapleton |
| Edited by | Andrew Mondshein |
| Music by | Carter Burwell |
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| Distributed by | Miramax Films Yari Film Group |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million[1] |
| Box office | $11,772,461[1] |
The Hoax is a 2006 American comedy-drama film starring Richard Gere, directed by Swedish filmmaker Lasse Hallström. The screenplay by William Wheeler is based on the book of the same title by Clifford Irving. It recounts Irving's elaborate hoax of publishing an autobiography of Howard Hughes that he purportedly helped write, without ever having talked with Hughes.
The screenplay was considerably different from the book. Hired as a technical adviser to the film, Irving was displeased with the product and later asked to have his name removed from the credits. It nonetheless earned a positive critical reception, but was a box office bomb, grossing only $11.7 million against a budget of $25 million.