L'uomo nell'ombra

Titolo originale: The Ghost Writer
Regia: Roman Polanski |
Anno: 2010
Origine: Belgium | France | Germany | United Kingdom | United States of America |
Generi: Thriller Mistero
Tag: london, england | central intelligence agency (cia) | based on novel or book | politics | war crimes | massachusetts | author | martha's vineyard |
Cast: Ewan McGregor | Pierce Brosnan | Kim Cattrall | Olivia Williams | Tom Wilkinson | Timothy Hutton | Jon Bernthal | Tim Preece | Robert Pugh | David Rintoul | Eli Wallach | Jim Belushi | Anna Botting | Yvonne Tomlinson | Milton Welsh | Alister Mazzotti | Tim Faraday | Kate Copeland | Soogi Kang | Lee Hong Thay | John Keogh | Hans-Peter Sussner | Stuart Austen | Marianne Graffam | Morgane Polanski | Andy Gütig | Robert Wallhöfer | Glenn Conroy | Robert Seeliger | Clayton Nemrow | Julia Kratz | Nyasha Hatendi | Daphne Alexander | Angelique Fernandez | Anne Wittman | Michael S. Ruscheinsky | Mo Asumang | Sylke Ferber | Desirée Erasmus | Errol Shaker | Errol Trotman-Harewood | Talin Lopez | Joel Kirby | Regine Hentschel | Jeff Burrell | Daniel Sutton | Eben Young | Jaymes Butler |

L'ex primo ministro britannico Adam Lang vive su un'isola negli Stati Uniti con la moglie, la segretaria e le guardie del corpo. Viene raggiunto da un ghost writer incaricato di rivedere da cima a fondo la sua autobiografia. Lo scrittore va a sostituire il precedente ghost writer che è morto cadendo da un traghetto in circostanze misteriose. In breve tempo lo scrittore comprende di essersi accollato un'impresa scottante e non solo sul piano letterario. Lang viene infatti accusato di avere, nel corso del suo mandato, consentito la tortura di prigionieri sospettati di terrorismo e di avere inconfesssati legami con la Cia.

Approfondimenti

Released in the UK under the title "The Ghost" to match the title of the book, written by Robert Har [...] D
The end title designer forgot to use punctuation when writing the end credits. This resulted in all [...] D
Ruth and Adam supposedly meet in college so would be close in age. In real life Brosnan is 15 years [...] D
The Ghost (Ewan McGregor) is given a manuscript by Lang's attorney. In the taxi, he checks the numbe [...] D
Ewan McGregor has said that the script never named his character, so in his head, his character name [...] D
The NHL hockey game that The Ghost watches (or pretends to watch) on the television in the hotel bar [...] D
Although the studio advised the stars to avoid commenting directly on the arrest of Roman Polanski, [...] D
Even though he'd won the Silver Bear award as Best Director, Roman Polanski was not permitted to att [...] D
The cast includes one Academy Award winner (Timothy Hutton) and one nominee Tom Wilkinson. D
The Virgin Airways plane that takes the Ghost to the U.S. is a CGI model of a Boeing 787, which hadn [...] D
Hugh Grant reportedly turned down the lead role. D
The hotel receptionist is portrayed by Morgane Polanski, daughter of director Roman Polanski. D
Nicolas Cage was cast as The Ghost, but he dropped out after the film was postponed. D
Robert Harris--a former BBC television reporter and political columnist--actively supported Tony Bla [...] D
In Britain, the film has always been referred to as "The Ghost", the title of Robert Harris' book. B [...] D
Lang's beach house set was built entirely in a studio. The Cape Cod views through the windows were t [...] D
Though Lang bears numerous similarities to Tony Blair, there are some notable differences: a) Blair [...] D
When Roman Polanski was arrested September 2009 in Switzerland, post-production was never put on hol [...] D
When investigating Professor Paul Emmett's background, The Ghost comes across a website talking abou [...] D
The role of Ruth Lang was intended for Tilda Swinton, but she passed on it. D
Adam Lang's (Pierce Brosnan) career and his memoirs bear several parallels (intentional or otherwise [...] D
Largely because Roman Polanski could not set foot in the United States, filming took place in German [...] D
Early in the movie, The Ghost passes through a security check and jokingly asks if the company think [...] D
It was originally filmed and rated as an R-rated thriller but, upon its purchase for U.S. distributi [...] D
Ewan McGregor was considered to replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, but he declined due to fears o [...] D
On the fence outside of Professor Paul Emmett's house, a sign reads "Cyclops Security". The Ghost is [...] D