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6.8A 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.
Cast
- Ewan McGregor as The Ghost
- Pierce Brosnan as Adam Lang
- Kim Cattrall as Amelia Bly
- Olivia Williams as Ruth Lang
- Tom Wilkinson as Paul Emmett
- Timothy Hutton as Sidney Kroll
Themes
- london, england
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- based on novel or book
- politics
- war crimes
- massachusetts
- author
- martha's vineyard
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
174,335 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
Metacritic
77/100
- Year
- 2010
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 34 wins & 57 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Roman Polanski
- Screenplay by
- Robert Harris , Roman Polanski
- Based on
- The Ghost , by Robert Harris
- Produced by
- Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde
- Starring
- Ewan McGregor , Pierce Brosnan , Kim Cattrall , Olivia Williams , Tom Wilkinson , Timothy Hutton , Jon Bernthal , David Rintoul , Robert Pugh , Eli Wallach , Jim Belushi
- Cinematography
- Paweł Edelman
- Edited by
- Hervé de Luze
- Music by
- Alexandre Desplat
- Distributed by
- Optimum Releasing (United Kingdom) , Pathé Distribution (France and Switzerland) , Kinowelt Filmverleih (Germany)
- Release dates
- 12 February 2010 ( 2010-02-12 ) ( Berlin Film Festival ) 18 February 2010 ( 2010-02-18 ) (Germany) 3 March 2010 ( 2010-03-03 ) (France) 16 April 2010 ( 2010-04-16 ) (United Kingdom)
- Running time
- 128 minutes
- Countries
- United Kingdom, France, Germany
- Language
- English
- Budget
- €30.8 million
- Box office
- $60.3 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 128
- FilmAffinity ID
- 480586
- Image
- Polanski ghost dreharbeiten.jpg
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- Commons category
- The Ghostwriter
- publication date
- 2010-07-15
- title
- The Ghost Writer
- review score
- 84%
- capital cost
- 45000000
- box office
- 60000000
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The Ghost Writer (released as The Ghost in the United Kingdom and Ireland) is a 2010 neo-noir political thriller film directed by Roman Polanski. The film is an adaptation of the 2007 novel, The Ghost, by Robert Harris with the screenplay written by Polanski and Harris. It stars Ewan McGregor in the title role with Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall, and Olivia Williams.
The film was a critical and commercial success and 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.