Video Review - The Hoax - 3.0 stars

interesting true life tale of clifford irving, who perpetrated the hoax of trying write an autobiography of howard hughes without hughes's say so.

good role for richard gere. character who is unlikeable becomes interesting. nice and somewhat nuanced portrayal of irving's friend by alfred molina. not much use here for oscar winning marcia gay harden, sort of a cliche role of disapproving wife.

was intrigued by the movie's theory of how the book tied in to nixon's paranoia which led to watergate, and how hughes perhaps orchestrated much of the proceedings to regain the upper hand over nixon and gain several favorable airline and business rulings.