Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
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.
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Classical in form, cool, spare and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- effortlessdemanding
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Richard GereClifford Irving
- Alfred MolinaDick Suskind
- Marcia Gay HardenEdith Irving
- Hope DavisAndrea Tate
- Julie DelpyNina Van Pallandt
- Stanley TucciShelton Fisher
- David Aaron BakerBrad Silber
- Mamie GummerDana
- Željko IvanekRalph Graves
- Eli WallachNoah Dietrich
Crew
- Lasse HallströmDirector
- William WheelerScreenplay
- Oliver StapletonDirector of Photography
- Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
- Andrew MondsheinEditor
- Betsy BeersProducer
- Bob YariProducer
- Mark GordonProducer
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