Con Man

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How can a man commit petty crimes, elude the police of several states, and still get top honors at Princeton? How does such a man become a track star almost overnight without a single person knowing his crimes? And most important-why did he do it? Con Man is the story of James Hogue, an incredibly intelligent serial imposter who reinvented his identity repeatedly, always with an intriguing and fabricated past. Poised for stunning success at Princeton: he'd not only been admitted, but he attained a scholarship, top honors, and became a track star for the university. There was nothing he couldn't achieve. It seemed his assumed identity was perfect. However, there was one flaw in the plan—Over a three-year filmmaking process, director Jesse Moss attempts to untangle the mystery behind James Hogue-securing Hogue's participation and gaining access to previously sealed police records. Beginning with Hogue and Moss' shared high school experience in Palo Alto, Hogue's life emerges through intimate accounts of those who knew him in his various guises. A unique mystery, Con Man is a brilliant and haunting exploration of a man whose identity may never truly be known. - Brian Benston. Preceded by: For Our Man (Kazuo Ohno, 25 min. United States) Alone in a room, in the still of night, an old scribbler begins work on a simple story.