When a successful British ghost writer, THE GHOST WRITER, agrees to complete the memoirs of former British Prime Minister ADAM LANG, his agent assures him it’s the opportunity of a lifetime. But the project seems doomed from the start - not least because his predecessor on the project, Lang’s long-term aide, died in an unfortunate accident.
THE GHOST WRITER flies out to work on the project, in the middle of winter, in an oceanfront house on an island off the US Eastern seaboard. But the day after he arrives, a former British cabinet minister accuses Lang of authorizing the illegal seizure of suspected terrorists and handing them over for torture by the CIA—a war crime. The controversy brings reporters and protesters swarming to the island mansion where Lang is staying with his wife, RUTH, and his personal assistant (and mistress), AMELIA. As THE GHOST WRITER works, he begins to uncover clues suggesting his predecessor may have stumbled on a dark secret linking Lang to the CIA—and that somehow this information is hidden in the manuscript he left behind. Was Lang in the service of the American intelligence agency while he was Prime Minister? And was THE GHOST WRITER’s predecessor murdered because of the appalling truth he uncovered?
Resonating with topical themes, this atmospheric and suspenseful political thriller is a story of deceit and betrayal on every level – sexual, political and literary. In a world in which nothing, and no one, is as it seems, THE GHOST WRITER quickly discovers that the past can be deadly -- and that history is decided by whoever stays alive to write it.
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall, Olivia Williams with Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Hutton, John Bernthal, David Rintoul, Robert Pugh, Eli Wallach
Produced by Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde
Written by Robert Harris and Roman Polanski
Directed by Roman Polanski
Distributor:
ACME FILM OÜ
Director:
Roman Polanski
Cast:
Ewan McGregor, Jon Bernthal, Kim Cattrall, Pierce Brosnan, Tim Preece, James Belushi, Olivia Williams, Timothy Hutton, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Botting, Yvonne Tomlinson, Eli Wallach, Milton Welch, Alister Mazzotti, Tim Faraday, Marianne Graffam
Links:
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