The Ghost Writer
Bottom Line: Well, everybody’s “write” about one thing: Roman Polanski can direct well.
“Well all the words are there, they’re just in the wrong order.” –Ewan McGregor as the Ghost
Directed by: Roman Polanski
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Olivia Williams, Pierce Brosnan
Engaging political thriller tells the story of an unnamed man (Ewan McGregor) who is hired as the ghostwriter for the memoirs of fictional former British Prime Minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan), after the previous man, a lifelong aide of Lang’s, dies in an unexplained event. Despite a predicted $250,000 outcome of the project, the ghostwriter is on a tight schedule, and his life, he fears, may be at a serious risk.
