Storyline

Early in 1971, the publishing company McGraw-Hill passes on Clifford Irving's new novel. He's desperate for money, so, against the backdrop of Nixon's reelection calculations, Irving claims he has Howard Hughes's cooperation to write Hughes's autobiography. With the help of friend Richard Suskind, Irving does research, lucks into a manuscript written by a long-time Hughes associate, and plays on corporate greed. He's quick-thinking and outrageously bold. Plus, he banks on Hughes's reluctance to enter the public eye. At the same time, he's trying to rebuild his marriage and deflect the allure of his one-time mistress, Nina van Pallandt. Can he write a good book, take the money, and pull off the hoax?

Plot Keywords

drunkenness, television broadcast, zurich switzerland, 1970s, hoax, implied sex, typewriter, pentagon, black woman, cheque, reference to richard nixon, reel to reel tape recorder, passport, manuscript, book, reference to the new york times, press conference, imagination, the white house, year 1971

Short Review

Porn movie quality production. If you can make it past the first hour it gets a little better Wait for it on late night t

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