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    F for Fake 1973 POSTER

    F for Fake

    1973

    French

    7.7

    18

    88%

    88%

    Action

    artist

    deception

    Documentary

    essay film

    ibiza

    illusion

    manipulation

    Orson Welles Orson Welles Director Laurence Harvey Laurence Harvey as Himself Don Ameche Don Ameche as Himself Paul Stewart Paul Stewart as Himself - Special Participant Joseph Cotten Joseph Cotten as Himself - Special Participant
    Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.
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