The Ghost Writer
Read between the lies.
Overview
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.
- Budget
- $45,000,000
- Revenue
- $60,300,000
- Production
- R.P. Productions, France 2 Cinéma, Runteam, Studio Babelsberg, Elfte Babelsberg Film
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Cast
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
Crew
- Director
- Roman Polanski
- Writers
- Robert Harris,Roman Polanski
- Cinematography
- Paweł Edelman
- Composer
- Alexandre Desplat
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Renovatio
April 11, 2017
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 re…
CinemaSerf
April 14, 2024
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 sub…