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An unremarkable ghost-writer has landed a lucrative contract to redact the memoirs of Adam Lang, the former UK Prime Minister. After dominating British politics for years, Lang has retired with his wife to the USA. He lives on an island, in luxurious, isolated premises complete with a security detail and a secretarial staff. Soon, Adam Lang gets embroiled in a major scandal with international ramifications that reveals how far he was ready to go in order to nurture UK's "special relationship" with the USA. But before this controversy has started, before even he has closed the deal with the publisher, the ghost-writer gets unmistakable signs that the turgid draft he is tasked to put into shape inexplicably constitutes highly sensitive material. Written by Eduardo Casais <casaise@acm.org>
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
18 February 2010 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
L'écrivain fantôme See more »Box Office
Budget:
$45,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£853,679 (UK) (16 April 2010)Gross:
$15,523,168 (USA) (11 June 2010)Company Credits
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The Ghost: You realize I know nothing about politics.
Rick Ricardelli: You voted for him, didn't you?
The Ghost: Adam Lang? Of course I did, everyone voted for him. He wasn't a politician, he was a craze.
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Allegro Assai from Beethoven's Symphony No. 3
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Symphony Nova Scotia
Conducted by Georg Tintner
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
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Lang's beach house set was built entirely in a studio. The Cape Cod views through the windows were the result of green screens. See more »Goofs
When Adam Lang emerges from the limousine to address the reporters, Amelia Bly crosses behind him and stands to the left. In the next shot, which shows the remainder of the press conference on television, Amelia is standing to the right of Adam. However the news camera's POV is different from that of the initial shot of the characters taking up position and Bly's positioning is not inconsistent. See more »Quotes
[first lines]The Ghost: You realize I know nothing about politics.
Rick Ricardelli: You voted for him, didn't you?
The Ghost: Adam Lang? Of course I did, everyone voted for him. He wasn't a politician, he was a craze.
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Crazy Credits
The title appears as highlighted words on pages of the scattered manuscript. See more »Soundtracks
Marcia FunebreAllegro Assai from Beethoven's Symphony No. 3
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Symphony Nova Scotia
Conducted by Georg Tintner
Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc.
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This is a connoisseur's movie. It needs to be consumed slowly and deliberately to truly enjoy everything that has gone into it. Watch it carefully, there is a lot going on under the surface.
Yes, it's a thriller, and as such parts of it are fast paced, but what it does so well is to misdirect your attention for a while before snapping you back to focus.
There are no wasted words, nor gratuitous scenes in this movie. Just like a Hitchcock movie, the scenes are all necessary, even if they are symbolic.
The acting is first rate, and I say that because much of the tension in the movie comes from the way the characters act, not special effects, not plot points hammered in over and over again.
It is a very dark movie, and the darkness is nicely set off by humor and sarcasm in a few spots.