The Ghost Writer (2010)
Given the election year, I thought it would be fun to discuss the comber political thriller The Ghost Writer. The film follows a biographer as he ghost writes a controversial former British Prime Minister, his policies, and his unscrupulous ties.
Directed by Roman Polanski
Written by Roman Polanski and Robert Harris, based on his novel
Music by Alexander Desplat
Starring Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams, Tom Wilkinson, Kim Cattrall, Timothy Hutton, Jon Bernthal, James Belushi, Robert Pugh, and Eli Wallach
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | September 30, 2024 8:20 PM
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It is a good film, I love how the cast looks like their real world contemporaries:
Tony and Cherie Blair
Robin Cook
Condoleezza Rice
Robert McNamara
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | September 23, 2024 5:25 PM
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Alexander Desplat's score is really good, too
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | September 23, 2024 5:26 PM
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I prefer the brusher political thrillers.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | September 23, 2024 5:34 PM
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I'm available to reprise my role as Galaxy Girl!
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | September 23, 2024 6:33 PM
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It's directed by a child rapist.
It was well known that Polanski was a child rapist when Harris decided to work with him on the adaptation.
It was a poorly made film and the idea that THE WOMAN aka Cherie Booth was behind it all was ridiculous.
And then of course Harris wrote and adapted the film of Munich - The Edge Of War, a film that tried to rehabilitate the image of Neville Chamberlain.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | September 23, 2024 6:53 PM
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It’s not particularly memorable and Polanski centering the film around extradition suggests it was made in self-interest of his own belief that he is being treated unfairly.
It also seeks to blame America for Britain’s own failings under the Blair Administration.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | September 23, 2024 7:00 PM
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The thing I remember the most from this film is Kim Cattrall's atrocious English accent, which was a shock since she actually IS English. Well I know she moved to Canada from Liverpool when she was just a baby but she was still surrounded with her English relatives all her life so one would think that she'd be able to do a better imitation of the accent.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | September 23, 2024 7:18 PM
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I always enjoyed the film
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | September 23, 2024 9:08 PM
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R9 it was nice to see Kim play someone other than Samantha Jones during this timeframe.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | September 30, 2024 3:43 PM
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One of the most elegant film endings of all time.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | September 30, 2024 8:20 PM
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