The Ghost Writer

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Ewan McGregor

The Ghost

Pierce Brosnan

Adam Lang

Kim Cattrall

Amelia Bly

Olivia Williams

Ruth Lang

Tom Wilkinson

Paul Emmett

Timothy Hutton

Sidney Kroll

Jon Bernthal

Rick Ricardelli

Tim Preece

Roy

Robert Pugh

Richard Rycart

David Rintoul

Stranger

Eli Wallach

Old man

Jim Belushi

John Maddox

Anna Botting

SKY TV newsreader

Yvonne Tomlinson

Stewardess

Milton Welsh

Taxi Driver

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Alister Mazzotti

Protection Officer Nº1

Tim Faraday

Barry

Kate Copeland

Alice

Soogi Kang

Dep

Lee Hong Thay

Duc

Crew

Art

• Cornelia Ott Art Direction
• Ulli Isfort Set Decoration
• David Scheunemann Supervising Art Director
• Albrecht Konrad Production Design
• Roxy Konrad Art Department Coordinator
• Bernhard Henrich Set Decoration
• Steve Summersgill Art Direction

Camera

• Paweł Edelman Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Elisa Costa Makeup Artist
• Kyra Panchenko Makeup Artist
• Dinah Collin Costume Design
• Marion Weise Costume Supervisor
• Didier Lavergne Makeup & Hair
• Jean-Max Guérin Makeup & Hair

Crew

• Volkhart Buff Stunt Coordinator
• Jennifer Patrick Dialogue Coach
• Guy Courtecuisse Post-Production Manager

Directing

• Roman Polanski Director
• Anna Zenowicz Script Supervisor
• Sylvette Baudrot Script Supervisor
• Ralph Remstedt First Assistant Director

Editing

• Katia Boutin Dialogue Editor
• Hervé de Luze Editor

Production

• Timothy Burrill Co-Producer
• Henning Molfenter Executive Producer
• Christoph Fisser Co-Producer
• Carl Woebcken Co-Producer
• Alain Sarde Producer
• Daniel Champagnon Production Supervisor
• Robert Benmussa Producer
• Fiona Weir Casting
• Roman Polanski Producer

Sound

• Nicolas Becker Foley Artist
• Sandy Buchanan ADR Mixer
• Jean-Marie Blondel Foley Artist
• Thomas Desjonquères Sound Editor
• Alexandre Desplat Original Music Composer
• Suzana Perić Music Editor
• Sandy Notarianni Assistant Sound Editor

Visual Effects

• Roland Tropp Special Effects Supervisor

Writing

• Robert Harris Screenplay
• Robert Harris Novel
• Roman Polanski Screenplay

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