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The Ghost Writer (film)

The Ghost Writer
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US film poster
Directed by Roman Polanski
Produced by Roman Polanski
Robert Benmussa
Alain Sarde
Screenplay by Robert Harris
Roman Polanski
Based on The Ghost
by Robert Harris
Starring Ewan McGregor
Pierce Brosnan
Kim Cattrall
Olivia Williams
Tom Wilkinson
Timothy Hutton
Jon Bernthal
Tim Preece
Robert Pugh
David Rintoul
Eli Wallach
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography Paweł Edelman
Edited by Hervé de Luze
Distributed by Summit Entertainment (United States)
Optimum Releasing (United Kingdom)
Release date
  • 12 February 2010 (2010-02-12) (Berlin Film Festival)
  • 19 March 2010 (2010-03-19) (United States)
  • 16 April 2010 (2010-04-16) (United Kingdom)
Running time
128 minutes
Country United Kingdom
France
Germany
Language English
Budget $45 million
Box office $60,222,298

The Ghost Writer (released as The Ghost in the United Kingdom and Ireland) is a 2010 Franco-German-British political thriller film directed by Roman Polanski. The film is an adaptation of a Robert Harris novel, The Ghost, with the screenplay written by Polanski and Harris. It stars Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall and Olivia Williams.

The film won numerous cinematic awards including Best Director for Polanski at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival and also at the 23rd European Film Awards in 2010.

A British ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) is hired by the publishing firm Rhinehart, Inc. to complete the autobiography of former Prime Minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan). His predecessor and Lang's aide, Mike McAra, has recently died in an apparent drowning accident. The writer travels to Old Haven on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, where Lang and his wife Ruth (Olivia Williams) are staying, along with Lang's personal assistant (and implied mistress), Amelia Bly (Kim Cattrall). Amelia forbids the writer from taking McAra's manuscript outside, emphasizing that it is a security risk.


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