The Ghost Writer (2010)






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. In director Roman Polanski's tense drama, the author realizes that his discovery threatens some very powerful people who will do anything to ensure that certain episodes from Lang's past remain buried.


Books with substantial mentioning of The Ghost Writer

James Greenberg
Roman Polanski, A retrospective
New York, 2013

David Ehrenstein
Roman Polanski
Paris, 2012

Articles on The Ghost Writer

Philip Horne, The Man Who Wasn't There, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 5 (May), 2010 pp. 38-41

Andrew Sarris, The Perils of Polanski, Art imitaes life in The Ghost Writer, in: Filmcomment, nr. 3 (May/June), 2010 pp. 20-21

Reviews

James Mottram, The Ghost Writer, in: movieScope, nr. 16 (Mar/Apr), 2010 pp. 68

Michael Brooke, The Ghost, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 5 (May), 2010 pp. 67

Nev Pierce, The ghost, in: Empire, nr. 255 (Sept), 2010 pp. 144 (DVD review)

Ian Nathan, The Ghost, in: Empire, nr. 251 (May), 2010 pp. 53

Margret Köhler, Der Ghostwriter, in: Filmdienst, nr. 4, 2010 pp. 38

Rudolf Worschech, Der Ghostwriter, in: epd Film, nr. 3, 2010 pp. 39

Anke Sterneborg, klaustrophobisch, in: epd Film, nr. 11, 2010 pp. 58 (DVD review)

The Ghost Writer
France / Germany / United Kingdom 2010

Directed by

Cast
Morgane Polanski
Robert Pugh

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Year: 2010
Country: France
Germany
United Kingdom
Language: English
 
IMDb: 1139328