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The Ghost Writer

6.8

Released February 12, 2010Runtime 2h 8min

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.

Genres

Thriller

Mystery

Production Companies

R.P. Productions

France 2 Cinéma

Runteam

CVT Productions

Studio Babelsberg

Media Plus

Elfte Babelsberg Film

Production Countries

France

Germany

United Kingdom

Finances

Budget: $45,000,000
Revenue: $60,300,000
Profit/Loss: $15,300,000

Stream

Rent

Buy

Videos

Cast

Ewan McGregorThe Ghost

Pierce BrosnanAdam Lang

Kim CattrallAmelia Bly

Olivia WilliamsRuth Lang

Tom WilkinsonPaul Emmett

Timothy HuttonSidney Kroll

Jon BernthalRick Ricardelli

Tim PreeceRoy

Robert PughRichard Rycart

David RintoulStranger

Eli WallachOld man

Jim BelushiJohn Maddox

Anna BottingSKY TV newsreader

Yvonne TomlinsonStewardess

Milton WelshTaxi Driver

Alister MazzottiProtection Officer Nº1

Tim FaradayBarry

Kate CopelandAlice

Soogi KangDep

Lee Hong ThayDuc

John KeoghProtection Officer Nº2

Hans-Peter SussnerProtection Officer Nº3

Stuart AustenProtection Officer Nº4

Marianne GraffamLucy

Morgane PolanskiHotel Receptionist

Andy GütigProtection Officer Nº5

Robert WallhöferProtection Officer Nº6

Glenn ConroyBarman

Robert SeeligerCNN Newscaster

Clayton NemrowJournalist

Julia KratzWoman with bullhorn

Nyasha HatendiJosh

Daphne AlexanderConnie

Angelique FernandezWar Crime Prosecutor

Anne WittmanCNN Newscaster

Michael S. RuscheinskyCNN Reporter

Mo AsumangUS Secretary of State

Sylke FerberIsland Ferry Attendant

Desirée ErasmusNancy Emmett

Errol ShakerMainland Ferry Attendant

Errol Trotman-HarewoodC.I.A Agent on the Ferry

Talin LopezC.I.A Agent on the Ferry

Joel KirbyMotel Receptionist

Regine HentschelDiner Waitress

Jeff BurrellFrank

Daniel SuttonHatherton Stewart

Eben YoungFBI Agent

Jaymes ButlerFBI Agent

Crew

Roman PolanskiDirector

Sylvette BaudrotScript Supervisor

Anna ZenowiczScript Supervisor

Ralph RemstedtFirst Assistant Director

Robert HarrisNovel

Roman PolanskiScreenplay

Robert HarrisScreenplay

Timothy BurrillCo-Producer

Christoph FisserCo-Producer

Henning MolfenterExecutive Producer

Carl WoebckenCo-Producer

Robert BenmussaProducer

Roman PolanskiProducer

Alain SardeProducer

Fiona WeirCasting

Daniel ChampagnonProduction Supervisor

Elisa CostaMakeup Artist

Kyra PanchenkoMakeup Artist

Nicolas BeckerFoley Artist

Jean-Marie BlondelFoley Artist

Sandy BuchananADR Mixer

Alexandre DesplatOriginal Music Composer

Paweł EdelmanDirector of Photography

Hervé de LuzeEditor

Albrecht KonradProduction Design

Cornelia OttArt Direction

David ScheunemannSupervising Art Director

Steve SummersgillArt Direction

Bernhard HenrichSet Decoration

Ulli IsfortSet Decoration

Dinah CollinCostume Design

Roxy KonradArt Department Coordinator

Katia BoutinDialogue Editor

Thomas DesjonquèresSound Editor

Roland TroppSpecial Effects Supervisor

Volkhart BuffStunt Coordinator

Marion WeiseCostume Supervisor

Suzana PerićMusic Editor

Sandy NotarianniAssistant Sound Editor

Didier LavergneMakeup & Hair

Jean-Max GuérinMakeup & Hair

Jennifer PatrickDialogue Coach

Guy CourtecuissePost-Production Manager

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Reviews

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 ...

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 ...