The Hoax (2006) (Howard Hughes biopic)

[huskers1217]

this is an interesting story and one that I want to research more

 

[beardown07]

this is an interesting story and one that I want to research more

2006?? Had never heard of it. Pretty interesting.

 

[huskers1217]

2006?? Had never heard of it. Pretty interesting.

yeah i know. I haven't heard much of it but caught this movie on tv last night for a bit

from wiki

Clifford Michael Irving (born November 5, 1930) is an American investigative reporter and novelist. Although he has written and published twenty books under his own name, he is best known for a fictional "autobiography" of Howard Hughes in the early 1970s. After Hughes denounced him and sued the publisher, McGraw-Hill, Irving confessed to thehoax and was sentenced to 21⁄2 years in prison, of which he served 17 months.[1] Irving's 1981 book titled The Hoax is the author's version of events surrounding the fake autobiography. The book was made into a 2006 biopic of the same namestarring Richard Gere as Clifford Irving. He is most active now as an author of electronic books available via Kindle andNook.[2]