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| Year: | 2010 |
| Rating: | 7.6(22065) |
| Listed in: | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Directed by: | Roman Polanski |
| Actors: | Ewan McGregor Jon Bernthal Tim Preece James Belushi Timothy Hutton Anna Botting |
Cast
| Directed by | |
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| Roman Polanski | |
| Actors | |
| Ewan McGregor | as The Ghost |
| Jon Bernthal | as Rick Ricardelli |
| Tim Preece | as Roy |
| James Belushi | as John Maddox |
| Timothy Hutton | as Sidney Kroll |
| Milton Welsh | as Taxi Driver |
| Alister Mazzotti | as Protection Officer #1 |
| Tim Faraday | as Barry |
| Lee Hong Thay | as Duc |
| Pierce Brosnan | as Adam Lang |
| John Keogh | as Protection Officer #2 |
| Hans-Peter Sussner | as Protection Officer #3 |
| Stuart Austen | as Protection Officer #4 |
| Andy Güting | as Protection Officer #5 |
| Robert Wallhöfer | as Protection Officer #6 |
| Glenn Conroy | as Barman |
| Robert Seeliger | as CNN Newscaster |
| David Rintoul | as Stranger |
| Clayton Nemrow | as Journalist |
| Nyasha Hatendi | as Josh |
| Robert Pugh | as Richard Rycart |
| Michael S. Ruscheinsky | as CNN Reporter |
| Eli Wallach | as Vineyard old man |
| Tom Wilkinson | as Paul Emmett |
| Errol Shaker | as Mainland Ferry Attendant |
| Errol Trotman-Harewood | as C.I.A. Agent on the Ferry |
| Talin Lopez | as C.I.A. Agent on the Ferry |
| Joel Kirby | as Motel Receptionist |
| Jeff Burrell | as Frank |
| Daniel Sutton | as Hatherton Stewart |
| Eben Young | as FBI Agent |
| Jaymes Butler | as FBI Agent |
| Martin Hentschel | as Island Airport Guard |
| Alexander Lammers | as Reporter |
| Karl W. Lohninger | as Staring Into Window |
| Actresses | |
| Anna Botting | as SKY TV Newsreader |
| Yvonne Tomlinson | as Stewardess |
| Kim Cattrall | as Amelia Bly |
| Kate Copeland | as Alice |
| Soogi Kang | as Dep |
| Olivia Williams | as Ruth Lang |
| Marianne Graffam | as Lucy |
| Morgane Polanski | as Hotel Receptionist |
| Julia Kratz | as Woman with Bullhorn |
| Daphne Alexander | as Connie |
| Angelique Fernandez | as War Crime Prosecutor |
| Anne Wittman | as CNN Newscaster |
| Mo Asumang | as US Secretary of State |
| Sylke Ferber | as Island Ferry Attendant |
| Desirée Erasmus | as Nancy Emmett |
| Regine Hentschel | as Diner Waitress |
| Iris Karina | as Woman in Black |
| Susanne Menner | as Lady Journalist |
| Cecilia Pillado | as The Female Flight Passenger |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | 4 February 2009 - May 2009 |
| Budget: | USD 35,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 9,733,721 USD (31 March 2010) UK - 853,679 GBP (18 April 2010) Worldwide - 60,741,549 USD (15 August 2010) Non-USA - 32,240,000 USD (25 April 2010) non-USA - 45,200,000 USD (15 August 2010) Argentina - 726,855 USD (4 July 2010) Belgium - 755,358 USD (9 May 2010) Brazil - 682,491 USD (11 July 2010) Denmark - 497,111 USD (2 May 2010) France - 7,870,069 USD (4 April 2010) Germany - 3,147,954 USD (18 April 2010) Greece - 1,012,881 USD (28 April 2010) Italy - 4,211,281 USD (2 May 2010) Norway - 447,223 USD (27 May 2010) Poland - 2,637,644 USD (11 April 2010) South Korea - 1,075,789 USD (27 June 2010) Spain - 7,232,750 USD (30 May 2010) Sweden - 518,711 USD (27 May 2010) |
| Plot: | 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. |
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GEOG: Though the movie is set in Massachusetts, when the ticket agent at the ferry asks The Ghost for his choice of ticket type, she uses the British words "single" and "return" instead of the United States expressions "one-way" and "round-trip". GEOG: The NHL game being broadcast at the bar is on Rogers Sportsnet which is a Canadian station. This channel isn't offered in New England, unless watched on the NHL Center Ice package. SYNC: After the Ghost Writer reads a 212-555 phone#, he presumably dials that 555-prefix number, but, the tones are not the same as a 555-number would be. Revealing mistakes: A yellow and black striped buoy viewed from the ferry is a European type not found in US waters. Continuity: When arriving at the house for the first time, The Ghost is sitting behind the driver's seat as he shows the guard his passport, with the bags to his right. But when he pulls up to the house he is sitting on the other side with the bags to his left. While he could have switched everything around on the way up the driveway, it is highly unlikely. Continuity: When the Ghost arrives in Edgartown in the borrowed BMW and pulls up in a parking lot, his vehicle is shown blocking another car parked at right angles to his. In the next medium shot, his vehicle is shown a good 6 feet or more further back and not blocking the other vehicle. In the next medium shot, when the Ghost turns his vehicle around to follow the GPS instructions, he starts from the original position blocking the other vehicle. SYNC: Several curse words are dubbed over with British words, though the actors are clearly saying something else (notably Lang saying "sod" dubbed in place of the "f-word"). Continuity: In the middle of the movie the Ghost underlines all instances of "Ruth" in the manuscript. Later in the movie he underlines various words including "Ruth" which now has no underlining. Continuity: When the ghost writer and his agent (Rick) meet in the first scene, in a bar/restaurant, the agent has the glass almost empty of water, but in the next image (filming angle changed) his glass is 3/4 full with water. Continuity: The black car chasing The Ghost through the woods changes models. Early in the chase, the car is a Chrysler LHS, circa 2002. When it boards the ferry, it is a Chrysler 300M, circa 2009. (It's possible that two sets of bad guys are following the Ghost, but that possibility is not highlighted.) Revealing mistakes: When The Ghost is in his hotel room, the telephone rings and it is a UK brrring-brrring (double) ring instead of a long single ring. Fact errors: In an early London street scene outside the publishing offices, a No. 9 double decker bus can be seen. This bus type isn't currently used in London. Continuity: In the first meeting with Adam Lang and The Ghost, Lang's tomato juice level falls and rises DATE: The first car off the ferry in the beginning of the movie has a white New York State Statue of Liberty license plate. The "Liberty" license plate was retired in 2001, before the War on Terror. Fact errors: A round-trip ferry ticket for a car to Martha's Vineyard is $135, well over the $40 paid by the ghost. Revealing mistakes: There are no leaves on trees or green grass in Massachusetts or on Cape Cod at the January when the movie takes place. Continuity: When the ghostwriter is leaving the professor's house in the BMW, he is followed by a Chrysler 300 sedan. He manages to elude it and get on the ferry, however some men in a Chrysler sedan catch up to the ferry and get on it just as it is leaving. However, the Chrysler sedan that catches up to the ferry is not the same model that was following him originally. The original car is a Chrysler 300M, while the car at the ferry is a Chrysler 300C. It is a totally different style with a large front grill and should not have been mistaken for the original chase car. SYNC: When The Ghost first dials the 212-555 etc # on the back of the photograph, the dial tones don't equal 212-555 - they start correctly, then the 555 doesn't match. GEOG: When the Ghost stands outside Paul Emmett's house and looks in the mailbox, the letters have all been sent to Belmont, Massachusetts, with a zip code beginning with "023". But Belmont's zip code is 02478. Continuity: When we first see the abandoned BMW on the ferry viewed from the the bow of the ship its front right wheel is parked straight, hard against the yellow lane divider. When we see it alone from above/behind the vehicle is more skewed and across the left-hand line. Revealing mistakes: When the Ghost goes to the beach he passes a road sign saying "reduced speed" instead of "reduce speed". Continuity: The Ghost uses a PC when he interviews Lang, but later when he uses the Internet, the search buttons and and the mouse cursor have a "Mac-like" appearance. While the Windows version of Safari has the same buttons and the cursors on a PC can be changed, it is highly unlikely. GEOG: Although the story is set to take place in the United States, the blue BMW 5 Series (most likely a 525d) driven by Paul Emmitt's wife is a diesel. Currently BMW does not sell any diesel powered 5 Series cars in the United States. Continuity: SPOILER: As the shooter falls from the roof, he clearly rotates onto his back. But in the subsequent closeup he is lying on his stomach. Continuity: When the Ghost is driving out of Paul Emmett's home we can see the rear wiper which is stopped on the upper position, but when the same wiper is seen in the view from inside the car it's stopped on its proper position. CHAR: When Lang is being shown on live TV addressing the media, the 'CNN' strapline at the bottom of the screen refers to him as 'Former BRISTISH Prime Minister". Fact errors: The investigation of the fictional prime minister by the ICC would be precluded by a cooperating British government (which implies, inter alia, the conduct of a British investigation). Article 17 of the Rome Statute states that cases are admissible only when a state's own court system is genuinely unable or unwilling to investigate or prosecute an alleged crime. GEOG: When The Ghost meets with Richard Rycart at the ferry terminal, Rycart reveals to The Ghost that he has been secretly recording their conversation. Wiretapping laws in Massachusetts prohibit the audio (and visual) recording of conversations without the consent of both parties. So, even if Rycart chose to give the conversation to someone else, it would result in more of a legal and financial headache (lawsuit) for him rather than a benefit. GEOG: The Martha's Vineyard map the ghost is holding contains the island's correct town names: Aquinnah, Chilmark, Edgartown, Tisbury and West Tisbury. However it also contains names and places that do not exist on the island. The airport, ambulance, and police cars say "Old Haven" which resembles the village "Vineyard Haven" located in the town of Tisbury, however there is no "Old Haven" on Martha's Vineyard. FAIR: 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. FAIR: After the Ghost's first interview with Lang, he asks an assistant to "transcribe" a minidisc, not a floppy disk as previously assumed. |
Quotes
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The Ghost: You wouldn't happen to know if there are any flight leaving the airport tonight, would you? Island Airport Guard: Not unless you've got your own private jet. The Ghost: Ah, I lent it to my butler. Island Airport Guard: Haha, oh you Brits! Amelia Bly: Are you ill? The Ghost: No, I'm aging. This place is Shangri-La in reverse. The Ghost: Did you ever want to be a proper politician in your own right? Ruth Lang: Of course, didn't you want to be a proper writer? Ruth Lang: [to bodyguard] If we meet any terrorists, I'll text you. Ruth Lang: I feel like the wife of Napoleon on St. Helena. The Ghost: [on phone to agent] Some peace protesters are trying to kill me! Paul Emmett: [reacting to an old picture of Lang, taken in his college days with a marijuana joint] Let's hope he didn't inhale. Paul Emmett: [about his wall of framed photos] Oh yes, the wall of ego. We all have one, our equivalent of the dentist's fish tank. Adam Lang: [to Rycart on television] You cheeky fuck! Robert Rycart: He can't drown two ghost writers, for god sake. You're not kittens! Island Ferry Attendant: Single or return? The Ghost: Return. I hope. [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. The Ghost: Well all the words are there, they're just in the wrong order. Adam Lang: Who are you? The Ghost: I'm your ghost. Adam Lang: Right... Ruth Lang: Don't worry, he isn't as it were, such a jerk. The Ghost: I'd never guess you smoked. Amelia Bly: I only allow myself one. In times of great stress or contentment. The Ghost: Which is this? Amelia Bly: Very funny. The Ghost: Forty thousand years of human language, and there's no word to describe our relationship. It was doomed. The Ghost: [into mirror] Bad idea! The Ghost: You're not to be written out of history. Ruth Lang: Why not? Most women are. The Ghost: Then are reinstated. I'll put in all the occasions he's forgotten. Ruth Lang: How kind, like the boss' secretary, remembers his wife's birthday for him. Paul Emmett: A less equable man than I might start to find your questions impertinent. The Ghost: Well don't tell me you're going to read it now. Richard Rycart: Not all of it, just the beginning. There's something very important about it. The Ghost: Yeah, it's the cure for insomnia. The Ghost: It's my first time in a private jet. Amelia Bly: Let's hope it's not your last. Paul Emmett: I doubt it very much. The gate will open automatically. Be sure to make a right at the bottom of the drive. If you turn left, the road will take you deeper into the woods and you'll never be seen again. |
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