The Hoax
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| Initial release | USA |
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| Directors | Lasse Hallström |
| Box office | 11. 77 million USD |
| Story by | Clifford Irving |
| Screenplay | Clifford Irving |
| William Wheeler | |
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| ID | 973018 |
About The Hoax
In the early 1970s, author Clifford Irving (Richard Gere), with accomplice Richard Suskind (Alfred Molina), attempts to pull off one of the greatest media scams of the century. He writes a fake biography of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, claiming that Hughes authorized it, and sells the book to publishing giant McGraw-Hill.
Bibby Stockholm: Hoax listing for asylum barge on travel website
... The Hoax listing on the website described the Bibby Stockholm as having a garden and offering views of Dorset s Jurassic coast...
Fan outrage at Susan Meachen, the romance novelist accused of faking her death
... After news of The Hoax went viral, someone claiming to be Ms Meachen told writer Michael Gallagher that she felt the only way to find relief from the online bullying she said she experienced, was to fake her own death...
Victor Lewis-Smith: Journalist and satirist dies aged 65
...By Jasmine AnderssonBBC NewsWriter, broadcaster and satirist Victor Lewis-Smith - known as a TV critic and for The Hoax phone calls he made to the likes of Princess Diana - has died aged 65 after a short illness...
Sherri Papini: US woman who staged her own disappearance sentenced to 18 months
... In a sentencing memo, Papini s lawyer William Portanova blamed The Hoax on her " painful early years [that] twisted and froze her in myriad ways"...
Operation Mincemeat: The Welsh drifter who helped end WW2
... With Mr Michael kept in a mortuary refrigerator, Cholmondeley and Montagu got to work on the details they were certain would make The Hoax more believable to the Germans...
Video clip of hoax call with UK minister Ben Wallace published
... Mr Wallace revealed The Hoax last week, saying he had been targeted by an " imposter" posing as the Ukrainian PM...
UK blames Russia for hoax calls to cabinet ministers
... On Monday, Boris Johnson s spokesman told reporters that " the Russian state was responsible for The Hoax telephone calls made to UK ministers last week"...
Man posing as Ukraine PM spoke to defence secretary Ben Wallace
... A Ministry of Defence source said the inquiry was looking into " how this was able to happen" but gave no details of what Mr Wallace may have told The Hoax caller, or who made the call...
Bibby Stockholm: Hoax listing for asylum barge on travel website
By Dan Johnson & Brodie OwenBBC News
The government's Bibby Stockholm barge for asylum seekers has appeared as a hoax listing on a travel website.
The barge, in Portland Port, Dorset, was advertised on Booking. com a week after it was evacuated following the on board The Craft .
The Man behind the listing, which has since been removed from The Site , told The Bbc he had done it " as a joke".
Booking. com has been contacted for a comment.
Last week, 39 asylum seekers were taken off the barge after Legionella bacteria was found in its water system.
The Hoax listing on the website described the Bibby Stockholm as having a garden and offering views of Dorset's Jurassic Coast .
It also said towels and bed linen were included on board The Craft , as well as a continental, American or vegetarian breakfast " every morning at the property".
It added that residents had access to a sauna and Swimming Pool .
A BBC journalist was able to book a double room on the barge for Monday night for a total of £93. 78, though that payment has yet to be processed.
The Home Office confirmed it had not made the vessel available for public bookings.
The Man who made the listing on Booking. com, who did not give his name, told The Bbc it was " definitely a joke" and he " did not think they would take it seriously".
The floating hotel, intended to hold 500 men, remains empty while further tests are carried out on its water system.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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