The Ghost Writer (2010)

128 min · Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, crime film, drama film, political thriller film

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Directors

Roman Polański

Cast

Ewan McGregor, Olivia Williams, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall, James Belushi, Tom Wilkinson, Eli Wallach, Timothy Hutton, Tim Faraday, Marianne Graffam, Kate Copeland, Martin Hentschel, Joel Kirby

The story

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.

Catalogue themes and tags

2000s, Assassination, Autobiography, Autorin, Bigamy, Bike, Biografie, Brolly, CIA, CIA Agent, Cheated Wife, Conspiracy of Murder, Ferry Boat, Folter, Geheimes Treffen, Geheimnisse, Government, Hotel Room, Husband Wife Relationship, Inseln, Intrige, Jagd auf Mörder, Komplott, Life and Death, London, Manifest, Marital Neglect, Mission of Murder, Politikerin, Prime Minister, Prosecution, Rach, Raincoat, Research, Starker Regen, Tony Blair, Turbulence, Untreue, Verhältnis, Verlust des Sohnes, Vietnamese, Weltpolitik, schreiben, sexy, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Psychological thriller, Mystery, Drama, Political thriller, Crime Thriller, Political drama

Genres

Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, crime film, drama film, political thriller film

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