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.
Direction
Polanski frames isolation like a trap closing slowly.
Cinematography
Bleak Martha's Vineyard never looked more threatening.
Writing
Every line of dialogue has two meanings. Minimum.
Director
Roman Polanski
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
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Polanski completed editing while under house arrest in Switzerland; the film's themes of entrapment and surveillance took on accidental autobiographical weight.
Adam Lang is transparently Tony Blair, and the film dropped months after Blair's 2010 memoir release—Polanski essentially made a revenge fantasy for everyone who bought 'A Journey' and felt conned.
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