When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever.
MPAA rating: PG-13; for language, brief nudity/sexuality, some violence and a drug reference.
Summit Entertainment and Alain Sarde and Robert Benmussa present an R.P. Films, France 2 Cinema, Elfte Babelsburg Film Gmbh, Runteam III Ltd production ; produced by Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde ; screenplay by Robert Harris and Roman Polanski ; directed by Roman Polanski.
Based on the novel The ghost by Robert Harris.
Videodisc release of the 2010 motion picture.
Special features: an interview with Roman Polanski; the cast of The ghost writer; The ghost writer: fiction or reality.
Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall, Olivia Williams, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Hutton, Jon Bernthal, David Rintoul, Robert Pugh, Eli Wallach.
Director of photography, Pawel Edelman ; editor, Hervé de Luze ; music, Alexandre Desplat.
DVD; Region 1; NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby Digital 5.1.
English and Spanish audio tracks; Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
