Description
Also known as ‘The Ghost Writer’.
| following the tragic death of his ghost writer, british ex-prime minister adam lang (pierce brosnan) hires a journalist (ewan mcgregor) to complete his memoirs. no sooner has he arrived at the langs isolated island retreat to begin the job, when a scandal arises, and a huge political storm breaks. with reporters and protesters swarming to the marthas vineyard mansion where lang is staying with his wife ruth (olivia williams) and his media-handler turned mistress amelia (kim cattrall), the ghost is trapped within the confines of the estate and is quickly drawn into the policitcal and sexual affairs at play there. more troubling still, as the ghost researches his subject he begins to uncover clues suggesting his predecessor had stumbled on a dark secret in adam langs past. suddenly it begins to seem likely that his untimely death might not have been an accident after all. |
