The Ghost Writer

A ghostwriter stumbles onto a secret that places his life in danger as he takes down the life story of a former U.K. prime minister (Pierce Brosnan) in this Roman Polanski-helmed adaptation of the Robert Harris novel., Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan star in Roman Polanski’s much lauded adaptation of author Robert Harris’s political conspiracy thriller. When the corpse of the man ghost-writing the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang is found, apparently having accidentally fallen from a ferry, another writer is quickly hired to finish the job. The new man (McGregor, in an un-named role) is dispatched to the ex-PM’s swish home in the States, where he now resides. As the writer begins his task, he thinks it odd that he’s not allowed access to his predecessor’s draft but gets on with the work, under pressure from all sides to finish the job quickly. But, later, he uncovers documents, seemingly left by the dead man, which throw a new light on everything: they suggest Lang and his wealthy friends have very dark secrets, ones they’d possibly even kill for in order to keep them hidden. Will the new ghost-writer now suffer the same fate as the previous one?, In this taut political thriller, a British screenwriter (Ewan McGregor) agrees to ghostwrite the memoirs of a retired prime minister, but after he takes the job the former political leader is accused of committing a war crime. As the writer uncovers facts that corroborate these suspicions, he begins to fear he might be killed, just like the man who worked on the memoirs before him. Directed by Roman Polanski. Pierce Brosnan, Tom Wilkinson, Olivia Williams., A British screenwriter agrees to ghostwrite the memoirs of a retired prime minister, but after he takes the job the former political leader is accused of committing a war crime. As the writer uncovers facts that corroborate these suspicions, he begins to fear he might be killed, just like the man who worked on the memoirs before him., Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan star in Roman Polanski’s much lauded adaptation of author Robert Harris’s political conspiracy thriller. When the corpse of the man ghost-writing the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang is found, apparently having accidentally fallen from a ferry, another writer is quickly hired to finish the job. The new man is dispatched to the ex-PM’s swish home in the States. As the writer begins his task, he’s frustrated that he’s not allowed completely free access to his predecessor’s draft but gets on with the work, under pressure from all sides to finish the job quickly. But, later, he uncovers documents, seemingly left by the dead man, which throw a new light on everything: they suggest Lang and his wealthy friends have very dark secrets that they’d kill for. Will the new ghost-writer now suffer the same fate as the previous one? Also starring Olivia Williams, Tom Wilkinson and Kim Cattrall., A British screenwriter agrees to ghost-write the memoirs of a retired prime minister, but after he takes the job the former political leader is accused of committing a war crime.