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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
The true story of James Hogue, a brilliant impostor who embraced the American art of self-invention, fabricated a spectacular series of fictional identities for himself, and successfully conned his way into Princeton University.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 60GoodWatch 61
IMDb6.0
Running time
53 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −43 min on the typical 96
typical 9653Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
2003
September 26, 2003
23 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Directing · 1
- Jesse Moss Director, Writer
Writing · 1
- David Samuels Writer
Production · 2
- Rory Kennedy Executive Producer
- Liz Garbus Executive Producer
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