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The Hoax
“Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.”
63%
Movie
1h 56m
AI Analysis
The Hoax (2006) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Hoax (2006) — a movie tagged as Comedy and Drama with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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. Our models also surface themes such as war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~116 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Hoax 63% (234 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
63%
from 234 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2006-10-14
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- TMDB rating
- 6.3
- TMDB ID
- 9903
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Where can I watch The Hoax (2006)?
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Is there an official trailer for The Hoax?
Yes, you can watch the official trailer for The Hoax directly on this page. We pull the latest video metadata from TMDb and play it via YouTube integration.
What is The Hoax about?
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.
Is there an AI analysis for The Hoax?
Yes. WatchMind publishes an AI analysis on this page — tone, pacing, audience fit, and community scores from TMDb metadata and recommendation models (not a chatbot). Scroll to the AI Analysis section or read the meta description summary.
How long is the movie The Hoax?
The official runtime for The Hoax is approximately 116 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Richard Gere
Clifford Irving
Alfred Molina
Dick Suskind
Marcia Gay Harden
Edith Irving
Hope Davis
Andrea Tate
Julie Delpy
Nina Van Pallandt
Stanley Tucci
Shelton Fisher
David Aaron Baker
Brad Silber
Mamie Gummer
Dana
Željko Ivanek
Ralph Graves
Eli Wallach
Noah Dietrich
Myk Watford
Sergent Daniels
John Bedford Lloyd
Frank Mccullough
Peter McRobbie
George Gordon Holmes
John Carter
Harold McGraw
James Biberi
McGraw-Hill Security
Christopher Evan Welch
Albert Vanderkamp
Raul Julia Jr.
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Judi Barton
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