F for Fake DVD

Release Year: 1973

Runtime: 89 min

Directors: Orson Welles, François Reichenbach

Cast: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Elmyr de Hory, Clifford Irving, Laurence Harvey

Studios: SACI, Les Films de l'Astrophore, Janus Film und Fernsehen

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.

Special Features:

Disc One: The film

New, restored high-definition digital transfer Audio commentary by star and co-writer Oja Kodar and director of photography Gary Graver Introduction by director Peter Bogdanovich Extended 9-minute trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired

Disc Two: The supplements

Orson Welles: One-Man Band (1995), an 88-minute documentary about Welles's unfinished projects Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery (1997), a 52-minute documentary about art forger Elmyr de Hory A 60 Minutes interview with Clifford Irving, from 2000, about his Howard Hughes autobiography hoax A 1972 Hughes press conference exposing Irving's hoax Plus: A new essay by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum

Technical Specifications:

• Dolby Digital Mono
• Color
• 1.66:1 aspect ratio