"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story."

2006

1h 56m

6.3(215 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

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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Cast & Crew

29 members

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Richard Gere

Clifford Irving

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Alfred Molina

Dick Suskind

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Marcia Gay Harden

Edith Irving

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Hope Davis

Andrea Tate

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Julie Delpy

Nina Van Pallandt

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Stanley Tucci

Shelton Fisher

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David Aaron Baker

Brad Silber

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Mamie Gummer

Dana

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Zeljko Ivanek

Ralph Graves

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Eli Wallach

Noah Dietrich

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Myk Watford

Sergent Daniels

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John Bedford Lloyd

Frank Mccullough

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Peter McRobbie

George Gordon Holmes

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John Carter

Harold McGraw

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James Biberi

McGraw-Hill Security

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Christopher Evan Welch

Albert Vanderkamp

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Raul Julia Jr.

Bike Messenger

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Judi Barton

Marion

Costume & Make-Up

Milton Buras

Howard Hughes

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Okwui Okpokwasili

Malika

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Bob Wiltfong

Sporting Goods Salesman

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William Fowle

Car Salesman

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Carlton Wilborn

Bahamas Desk Clerk

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Antonie Knoppers

Fredrick Van Pallandt

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Steve Buck

Man with Red Tie

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Production

Eric Yellin

Man in Blue Jeans

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John Rothman

Puffy Man

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Susan Misner

Feral Girl #1

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Jennifer Layne Park

Feral Girl #2

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