er and Life Magazines that he was working in conjunction with Howard Hughes to write Hughes's autobiography. Since Hughes is an enormously wealthy and powerful man, and equally as eccentric and secluded, this is an amazing life-time opportunity for the publishers and the writer. Irving carries the story with conviction, involving his best friend and his wife in the elaborate weave of schemes and tales, until everyone, including the publishers, is in over their heads. The scheme only ends as Irving includes a chapter involving money laundering and bribery between Hughes and Nixon, loosely tied to Watergate.I was most impressed by how truth and fiction became confused, even in the author's own mind. The cinematography of the false stories was distinct from reality and done in a dreamlike fashion that was fantastic. The movie was beautifully acted by Richard Gere and almost every other actor. It was a thriller, but also a wild slice of history. I enjoyed the movie and got a kick out of how it tied in with Watergate, since we just finished Frost Nixon.
We finished the DVD on 01/31/09.
I thought this was really a great movie. The lengths he went to perpetrate the hoax was remarkable (keep in mind this is a true story). But the power of the movie comes from Richard Gere's character delving into the mind of Hughes and the lenghs he goes to not only perpetuate the fraud, but to obsess over Hughes himself. ,
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