Secretary of State

The Ghost Writer (2010)

Actors: Alain Sarde (producer), Roman Polanski (producer), Kim Cattrall (actress), Ewan McGregor (actor), Olivia Williams (actress), Henning Molfenter (producer), Tom Wilkinson (actor), Eli Wallach (actor), James Belushi (actor), Martin Hentschel (actor), Pierce Brosnan (actor), Timothy Hutton (actor), Robert Pugh (actor), Roman Polanski (writer), Charlie Woebcken (producer),

Plot: An unremarkable ghost-writer has landed a lucrative contract to redact the memoirs of Adam Lang, the former UK Prime Minister. After dominating British politics for years, Lang has retired with his wife to the USA. He lives on an island, in luxurious, isolated premises complete with a security detail and a secretarial staff. Soon, Adam Lang gets embroiled in a major scandal with international ramifications that reveals how far he was ready to go in order to nurture UK's "special relationship" with the USA. But before this controversy has started, before even he has closed the deal with the publisher, the ghost-writer gets unmistakable signs that the turgid draft he is tasked to put into shape inexplicably constitutes highly sensitive material.

Keywords: 10-downing-street, accomplice, actor, adultery, airplane, airplane-stewardess, airport, american-flag, american-politics, anger
Genres: Mystery, Thriller,
Taglines: Read between the lies.

Quotes:

The Ghost: You ought not to be written out of history.::Ruth Lang: Why not? Most women are.::The Ghost: Then I'll reinstate you. I'll put in all the occasions that he's forgotten.::Ruth Lang: How kind, like the boss's secretary who remembers his wife's birthday for him.

Paul Emmett: A less equable man than I might start to find your questions impertinent.

The Ghost: Well don't tell me you're going to read it now.::Richard Rycart: Not all of it, just the beginning. There's something very important about it.::The Ghost: Yeah, it's the cure for insomnia.

The Ghost: It's my first time in a private jet.::Amelia Bly: Let's hope it's not your last.

The Ghost: You wouldn't happen to know if there are any flights leaving the airport tonight, would you?::Motel Receptionist: Not unless you've got your own private jet.::The Ghost: Ah, I lent it to my butler.::Motel Receptionist: Haha, oh you Brits!

Amelia Bly: Are you ill?::The Ghost: No, I'm aging. This place is Shangri-La in reverse.

The Ghost: Did you ever want to be a proper politician in your own right?::Ruth Lang: Of course, didn't you want to be a proper writer?

Ruth Lang: [to bodyguard] If we meet any terrorists, I'll text you.

Ruth Lang: I feel like the wife of Napoleon on St. Helena.

The Ghost: [on phone to agent] Some peace protesters are trying to kill me!