THE GHOST WRITER WAS AWARDED THE SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTION AT THE BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL 2010. BASED ON ROBERT HARRIS'S SUCCESSFUL NOVEL THE GHOST WRITER.
A nameless British ghostwriter is hired by London-based publishing firm Rhinehart, Inc. to complete the autobiography of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang after the original ghost, Lang's aide Mike McAra, dies in an apparent drowning accident. The Ghost travels to Old Haven on Martha's Vineyard, where Lang and his wife Ruth are staying at a complex with Lang's personal assistant, Amelia Bly. As Lang's time as prime minister is marred by his involvement in the war on terror, the Ghost encounters anti-war demonstrators and activists who are protesting Lang's presence on the island.
As the Ghost works on the book, former British Foreign Secretary Richard Rycart accuses Lang of authorizing the extraordinary rendition of terrorists. Lang faces prosecution by the International Criminal Court if he leaves the United States and is rushed to Washington, DC for PR, while the Ghost finds a hidden envelope under a clothes drawer. The envelope contains photographs that contradict Lang's claims about his past, including that he and Ruth met at Cambridge University, and the personal phone number of Rycart.
The Ghost probes the death of McAra and investigates the shore where his body was found, where he is told by a resident the tides would not deposit a body on the beach. The Ghost grows more suspicious when Ruth reveals that Lang and McAra argued the night before he died. The Ghost uses McAra's old car to return to his hotel, but instead follows pre-programmed directions on the car's satellite navigation system, which takes him to the Belmont home of Harvard Professor Paul Emmett. The Ghost questions Emmett, who denies ever having met McAra and having only a cursory acquaintance with Lang, becoming more evasive when the Ghost presents him with evidence that shows otherwise.
Actors
Ewan McGregor, Kim Cattrall, Olivia Williams, Pierce Brosnan
Director Roman Polanski
Genre Thriller
Image formats Widescreen (2.35:1)
Sound formats Dolby Digital 5.1
Audio language English
Subtitles Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish
Recording year 2010
Spoken languages: English
Subtitles: Danish,Swedish,Norwegian,Finnish
