The Ghost Writer

A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.

Cast

Ewan McGregor

as The Ghost

Pierce Brosnan

as Adam Lang

Kim Cattrall

as Amelia Bly

Olivia Williams

as Ruth Lang

Tom Wilkinson

as Paul Emmett

Timothy Hutton

as Sidney Kroll

Jon Bernthal

as Rick Ricardelli

Tim Preece

as Roy

Robert Pugh

as Richard Rycart

David Rintoul

as Stranger

Reviews

Renovatio

Such an eerie and haunting movie… I expected just another political thriller, but this is so much more interesting… The remote setting, the media storm… the layered motivations of the characters, sexual, financial, political etc… It was also great to see cinematography that wasn’t just close u...

CinemaSerf

It's quite difficult to watch this in the UK and not draw parallels with a certain real former Prime Minister - especially given the way "Lang" is rather chummily played by Pierce Brosnan. He is trying to have his memoirs written, and after an accident robs him of the incumbent, his team alight on a...

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