Pathological liar Clifford Irving stages a complex hoax. In the 1970's Irving managed to fool a major publisher and LIFE magazine into thinking he was writing an authorized biography of Howard Hughes. Irving and his best friend and partner, Dick Susskind, go to extreme lengths to pull off the hair-brained scheme. The more outrageous the lies they concoct, the more believable they become and the more money gets thrown at them. Inspired by the unbelievable true story of the man who faked the authorized autobiography of Howard Hughes and nearly pulled off the media scam of the 20th century.

MPAA rating: R; for language.

DVD ; Region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

Includes Spanish; with French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, Marcia Gay Harden, Hope Davis, Julie Delpy, Stanley Tucci.

Director of photography, Oliver Stapleton ; editor, Andrew Mondshein ; music, Carter Burwell ; costume designer, David Robinson ; production designer, Mark Ricker.

Based upon the book by Clifford Irving.

DVD release of the 2006 motion picture.

Special features: "Stranger than fiction;" deleted scenes with commentary by director Lasse Hallström and writer William Wheeler; extended scene "Business as pleasure;" feature commentary with producers Leslie Holleran and Joshua D. maurer; "Mike Wallace: reflections on a con."