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The Ghost Writer (12-Feb-2010)

Director: Roman Polanski

Writers: Robert Harris; Roman Polanski

From novel: The Ghost by Robert Harris

Music: Alexander Desplat

Producers: Roman Polanski; Robert Benmussa; Alain Sarde

Keywords: Thriller

A middling ghostwriter signed on to finish the memoirs of a former British prime minister discovers damaging information that could prove threatening to his own life.

ABSTRACT
An unnamed, unremarkable ghostwriter is hired to complete the memoirs of former British prime minister Adam Lang after the previous writer tasked with the project, long-time Lang aide Mike McAra, perished in an apparent accident. As the ghostwriter settles into a small hotel on Martha's Vineyard to begin his assignment, however, a burgeoning scandal concerning Lang's possible implication as a party to war crimes leads him to realize that the material he has been assigned to work with may very well lead him to a demise not unlike that of his predecessor.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jim Belushi
Comic
15-Jun-1954   According to Jim
Jon Bernthal
Actor
20-Sep-1977   Shane Walsh on The Walking Dead
Pierce Brosnan
Actor
16-May-1951   Remington Steele, James Bond
Kim Cattrall
Actor
21-Aug-1956   Samantha on Sex and the City
Timothy Hutton
Actor
16-Aug-1960   Ordinary People
Ewan McGregor
Actor
31-Mar-1971   Trainspotting
Eli Wallach
Actor
7-Dec-1915 24-Jun-2014 The Magnificent Seven
Tom Wilkinson
Actor
12-Dec-1948   Shakespeare in Love
Olivia Williams
Actor
26-Jul-1968   The Sixth Sense

CAST

Ewan McGregor   ...   The Ghost
Pierce Brosnan   ...   Adam Lang
Kim Cattrall   ...   Amelia Bly
Olivia Williams   ...   Ruth Lang
Tom Wilkinson   ...   Paul Emmett
Timothy Hutton   ...   Sidney Kroll
Jon Bernthal   ...   Rick Ricardelli
Tim Preece   ...   Roy
Robert Pugh   ...   Richard Rycart
David Rintoul   ...   Stranger
With the participation of
Eli Wallach   ...   Old Man
Jim Belushi   ...   John Maddox
Anna Botting   ...   SKY TV Newsreader
Yvonne Tomlinson   ...   Stewardess
Milton Welsh   ...   Taxi Driver
Alister Mazzotti   ...   Protection Officer #1
Tim Faraday   ...   Barry
Kate Copeland   ...   Alice
Soogi Kang   ...   Dep
Lee Hong Thay   ...   Duc
John Keogh   ...   Protection Officer #2
Hans-Peter Sussner   ...   Protection Officer #3
Stuart Austen   ...   Protection Officer #4
Marianne Graffam   ...   Lucy
Morgane Polanski   ...   Hotel Receptionist
Andy G�tig   ...   Protection Officer #5
Robert Wallh�fer   ...   Protection Officer #6
Glenn Conroy   ...   Barman
Robert Seeliger   ...   CNN Newscaster
Clayton Nemrow   ...   Journalist
Julia Kratz   ...   Woman with Bullhorn
Nyasha Hatendi   ...   Josh
Daphne Alexander   ...   Connie
Angelique Fernandez   ...   War Crime Prosecutor
Anne Wittman   ...   CNN Newscaster
Michael S. Ruscheinsky   ...   CNN Reporter
Mo Asumang   ...   US Secretary of State
Sylke Ferber   ...   Island Ferry Attendant
Desiree Erasmus   ...   Nancy Emmett
Errol Shaker   ...   Mainland Ferry Attendant
Errol Harewood   ...   CIA Agent on the Ferry
Talin Lopez   ...   CIA Agent on the Ferry
Joel Kirby   ...   Motel Receptionist
Regine Hentschel   ...   Diner Waitress
Jeff Burrell   ...   Frank
Daniel Sutton   ...   Hatherton Stewart
Eben Young   ...   FBI Agent
Jaymes Butler   ...   FBI Agent

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