France 2 Cinéma
Studio Babelsberg
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The Ghost Writer
Read between the lies.
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.
- Original title
- The Ghost Writer
- Language
- EN
- Country
- FR,GB,DE
- Budget
- $45,000,000
- Revenue
- $60,300,000
CinemaSerf
Apr 14, 2024 · via TMDB
It's quite difficult to watch this in the UK and not draw parallels with a certain real former Prime Minister - especially given the way "Lang" is rather chummily played by Pierce Brosnan. He is trying to have his memoirs written, and after an accident robs him of the incumbent, his team alight on a man who shows no interest in or has any knowledge of politics. This nameless character (Ewan McGregor) is given strict instruction about the manuscript, whom he can talk to or about it to and his subject and wife "Ruth" (Olivia Williams) seems approachable enough. His investigations, though, start to arouse a few suspicions - especially when he begins to feel like he is being watched, followed and manipulated. "Lang" is soon publicly caught up in some war crime investigations and his ghost writer starts to wonder just how far his boss went to foster and facilitate the relationship between his country and the USA - where they are now living and working. Add to this internecine play, his secretive secretary "Amelia" (Kim Catrall) and a rather enigmatic contribute from "Emmett" (Tom Wilkinson) and we have the makings of an intricately woven political thriller in which, for a chance, McGregor does well. He does rabbit in the headlights well as his character becomes embroiled in matters well beyond his depth. Roman Polanski keeps the film well paced with the chilly scenario and remote locations playing well to a sense of menace and duplicity. It's a bit sluggish out of the blocks, but once in gear it works well.
Renovatio
Apr 11, 2017 · via TMDB
Such an eerie and haunting movie… I expected just another political thriller, but this is so much more interesting… The remote setting, the media storm… the layered motivations of the characters, sexual, financial, political etc… It was also great to see cinematography that wasn’t just close ups of talking heads, which is the norm for these kinds of movies… I also liked the parallels to the real world, the Blair-esque prime minister, the Middle Eastern wars and such, but also that it really is it’s own movie and is more concerned with painting a certain world than with commenting on current events…
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Ewan McGregor
The Ghost
Pierce Brosnan
Adam Lang
Kim Cattrall
Amelia Bly
Olivia Williams
Ruth Lang
Tom Wilkinson
Paul Emmett
Timothy Hutton
Sidney Kroll
Jon Bernthal
Rick Ricardelli
Tim Preece
Roy
Robert Pugh
Richard Rycart
David Rintoul
Stranger
Eli Wallach
Old man
Jim Belushi
John Maddox
Anna Botting
SKY TV newsreader
Yvonne Tomlinson
Stewardess
Milton Welsh
Taxi Driver
Tim Faraday
Barry
Kate Copeland
Alice
Soogi Kang
Dep
Lee Hong Thay
Duc
John Keogh
Protection Officer Nº2
Marianne Graffam
Lucy
Morgane Polanski
Hotel Receptionist
Glenn Conroy
Barman
Robert Seeliger
CNN Newscaster
Clayton Nemrow
Journalist
Nyasha Hatendi
Josh
Daphne Alexander
Connie
Angelique Fernandez
War Crime Prosecutor
Anne Wittman
CNN Newscaster
Michael S. Ruscheinsky
CNN Reporter
Mo Asumang
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Sylke Ferber
Island Ferry Attendant
Desirée Erasmus
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Errol Shaker
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Jeff Burrell
Frank
Eben Young
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Jaymes Butler
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David Scheunemann
Supervising Art Director
Paweł Edelman
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Didier Lavergne
Makeup & Hair
Kyra Panchenko
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Volkhart Buff
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Roman Polanski
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Sylvette Baudrot
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Hervé de Luze
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Carl Woebcken
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Christoph Fisser
Co-Producer
Henning Molfenter
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Alain Sarde
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Robert Benmussa
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Roman Polanski
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Sandy Notarianni
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Alexandre Desplat
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Thomas Desjonquères
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Robert Harris
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