---
title: 'The Hoax (2006)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lasse Hallström'
released: '2006-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 116
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-hoax-2006'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462338/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Hoax (2006)

2006 · 116 min · Drama, Comedy, History · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lasse Hallström](https://cinepixo.com/people/lasse-hallstrom)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Carter Burwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/carter-burwell)
- **Producer:** [Bob Yari](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-yari), [Mark Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-gordon), [Betsy Beers](https://cinepixo.com/people/betsy-beers)
- **Director of Photography:** [Oliver Stapleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-stapleton)
- **Editor:** [Andrew Mondshein](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-mondshein)

## Cast

- [Mamie Gummer](https://cinepixo.com/people/mamie-gummer)
- [Susan Misner](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-misner)
- [Eli Wallach](https://cinepixo.com/people/eli-wallach) as Noah Dietrich
- [Marceline Hugot](https://cinepixo.com/people/marceline-hugot)
- [John Rothman](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-rothman)
- [Marcia Gay Harden](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcia-gay-harden)
- [Peter McRobbie](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-mcrobbie)
- [Stuart Margolin](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-margolin)
- [David Aaron Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-aaron-baker)
- [John Carter](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carter)
- [Howard Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hughes)
- [Alfred Molina](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-molina) as Richard Suskind
- [Stanley Tucci](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-tucci)
- [Hope Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/hope-davis)
- [Željko Ivanek](https://cinepixo.com/people/zeljko-ivanek) as Ralph Graves

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Official site: http://www.miramax.com/movie/the-hoax
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-hoax-2006
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