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The Words is a 2012 American drama and romance film directed and written by Brian Klugman. The cast includes Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldaña, Olivia Wilde, and Jeremy Irons. Produced by Jim Young, the movie was filmed in Montreal and set in New York City. It was distributed by CBS Films and Netflix, with a release date of September 7, 2012. The runtime is 102 minutes.
Marcelo Zarvos composed the score. The film carries a PG-13 rating. Production companies involved include Also Known As Pictures, Animus Films, Benaroya Pictures, Serena Films, and Waterfall Media. The budget was 6,000,000, and the revenue reached 13,231,461. The tagline is "There's more than one way to take a life." Keywords associated with the plot include a plagiarized book and an aspiring writer.
Review scores include 24% on Rotten Tomatoes, 37/100 on Metacritic, and a 4.7/10 average. The IMDb rating is 7.0 from 84,092 votes. The film received one win and three nominations. It was released via video on demand.
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6.7The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch - he didn't write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and his literary star continues to rise, Jansen is forced to confront the steep price that must be paid for stealing another man's work, and for placing ambition and success above life's most fundamental three words.
Cast
- Bradley Cooper as Rory Jansen
- Zoe Saldaña as Dora Jansen
- Jeremy Irons as The Old Man
- Dennis Quaid as Clay Hammond
- Olivia Wilde as Danielle
- J.K. Simmons as Mr. Jansen
Themes
- plagiarized book
- aspiring writer
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
84,092 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
24%
Metacritic
37/100
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Brian Klugman Lee Sternthal
- Written by
- Brian Klugman Lee Sternthal
- Produced by
- Michael Benaroya Cassian Elwes Tatiana Kelly Laura Rister Jim Young
- Starring
- Bradley Cooper Jeremy Irons Dennis Quaid Olivia Wilde Zoe Saldaña Ben Barnes Nora Arnezeder
- Cinematography
- Antonio Calvache
- Edited by
- Leslie Jones
- Music by
- Marcelo Zarvos
- Production companies
- CBS Films Animus Films Benaroya Pictures Serena Films Waterfall Media
- Distributed by
- CBS Films
- Release dates
- January 27, 2012 ( 2012-01-27 ) (Sundance Film Festival) September 7, 2012 ( 2012-09-07 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 97 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $6 million
- Box office
- $16.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Screenwriter
- Brian Klugman
- Cast member
- Ron Rifkin
- Composer
- Marcelo Zarvos
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- Montreal
- Duration
- 102
- FilmAffinity ID
- 790635
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.thewordsmovie.com
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- publication date
- 2012-11-08
- title
- The Words
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Leslie Jones
- review score
- 37/100
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Encyclopedic overview
The Words is a 2012 American mystery romantic drama film, written and directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal in their directorial debut. It stars Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldaña, Olivia Wilde, Jeremy Irons, Ben Barnes, Dennis Quaid, and Nora Arnezeder. Cooper, a childhood friend of Klugman and Sternthal from Philadelphia, was also the executive producer.
Plot
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