The Ghost Writer (film)

The Ghost Writer
US film poster
Directed byRoman Polanski
Screenplay byRobert Harris
Roman Polanski
Based onThe Ghost
by Robert Harris
Produced byRoman Polanski
Robert Benmussa
Alain Sarde
StarringEwan McGregor
Pierce Brosnan
Kim Cattrall
Olivia Williams
Tom Wilkinson
Timothy Hutton
Jon Bernthal
David Rintoul
Robert Pugh
Eli Wallach
CinematographyPaweł Edelman
Edited byHervé de Luze
Music byAlexandre Desplat
Distributed byOptimum Releasing (United Kingdom)
Pathé Distribution (France and Switzerland)[1]
Kinowelt Filmverleih (Germany)[2]
Release dates
  • 12 February 2010 (2010-02-12) (Berlin Film Festival)
  • 18 February 2010 (2010-02-18) (Germany)
  • 3 March 2010 (2010-03-03) (France)
  • 16 April 2010 (2010-04-16) (United Kingdom)
Running time
128 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
France
Germany
LanguageEnglish
Budget€30.8 million[3]
Box office$60.3 million[2]

The Ghost Writer (released as The Ghost in the United Kingdom and Ireland)[4] is a 2010 neo-noir[5] political thriller film directed by Roman Polanski. The film is an adaptation of a 2007 Robert Harris novel, The Ghost, with the screenplay written by Polanski and Harris. It stars Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall and Olivia Williams.

The film was a critical and commercial success and won numerous cinematic awards including Best Director for Polanski at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival and also at the 23rd European Film Awards in 2010.[6]

  1. ^ "The Ghost Writer (2008)". UniFrance. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "The Ghost Writer". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  3. ^ Malherbe, Clément; Veyret, Jessica; Jeanneau, Caroline (16 March 2011). "Films de fiction dont le coût est supérieur à 15 M€". CNC (in French). p. 90.
  4. ^ Movies.ie 6 April 2010: "Free Preview Screening the Ghost in Dublin". Retrieved 30 January 2012
  5. ^ Phillips, Gene D. (2012). Out of the Shadows: Expanding the Canon of Classic Film Noir. Scarecrow Press. p. 225. ISBN 9780810881891.
  6. ^ Brooks, Xan (5 December 2010). "Roman Polanski film The Ghost Writer dominates European awards". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 April 2014.

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