A ghost writer, hired to complete the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister, uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy.A ghost writer, hired to complete the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister, uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy.A ghost writer, hired to complete the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister, uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy.
- Awards
- 33 wins & 57 nominations
- John Maddox
- (as James Belushi)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe end title designer forgot to use punctuation when writing the end credits. This resulted in all assistants being listed as "ass designer" or "ass painter" etc.
- GoofsRuth's accent changes randomly between very English posh and slightly Estuary (lower-class). This could be a clue that she has had to 'improve' her accent as she has ascended Lang's ladder and finds it difficult, as English people do, to keep up the pretence, especially at times of emotional stress.
- Quotes
Adam Lang: Spare me the bleeding-heart bullshit! Do you know what I'd do if I was in power again? I'd have two queues at airports: one for flights where we'd done no background checks, infringed on no one's civil bloody liberties, used no intelligence gained by torture. And on the other flight we'd do everything we possibly could to make it perfectly safe. And then we'd see which plane the Rycarts of this world would put their bloody kids on! And you can put that in the book!
- Crazy creditsThere are no opening credits. The title and cast list do not appear until after the last scene of the movie.
- Alternate versionsUS version was cut for language to secure a PG-13 rating (the usage of the words "fuck" and "shit" was severely toned down).
- maureenmcqueen
- Feb 22, 2010
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Người Chấp Bút
- Filming locations
- Peenemünde, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany(as Martha's Vineyard)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $45,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $15,541,549
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $183,009
- Feb 21, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $60,331,447
- Runtime2 hours 8 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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