元英国首相アダム・ラング（ピアース・ブロスナン）の自叙伝執筆を依頼されたゴーストライター（ユアン・マクレガー）。ラングが滞在する真冬のアメリカ東海岸の孤島に1ヵ月閉じ込められることと、締め切りまで時間がないことを除けば、おいしい仕事のはずだった。しかし、前任者のゴーストライターは事故で死んだという―。とにかく、気乗りがしなかった…。仕事を始めた直後、ラングに、イスラム過激派のテロ容疑者を‘不法’に捕らえ、拷問にかけたという戦犯容疑がかかる。しかし、この政治スキャンダルもまだ序章に過ぎなかった。
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製作費: $45,000,000 (68億円)
興行収入: $60,300,000 (90億円)
推定収支: $15,300,000 (23億円)
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監督: ロマン・ポランスキー
脚本: Robert Harris / ロマン・ポランスキー
音楽: アレクサンドル・デスプラ
制作: Henning Molfenter / Robert Benmussa / ロマン・ポランスキー
撮影監督: Paweł Edelman
制作会社: R.P. Productions / France 2 Cinéma / Runteam / Studio Babelsberg / Elfte Babelsberg Film
Such an eerie and haunting movie… I expected just another political thriller, but this is so much more interesting… The remote setting, the media storm… the layered motivations of the characters, sexual, financial, political etc… It was also great to see cinematography that wasn’t just close ups of talking heads, which is the norm for these kinds of movies… I also liked the parallels to the real world, the Blair-esque prime minister, the Middle Eastern wars and such, but also that it really is it’s own movie and is more concerned with painting a certain world than with commenting on current events…
It's quite difficult to watch this in the UK and not draw parallels with a certain real former Prime Minister - especially given the way "Lang" is rather chummily played by Pierce Brosnan. He is trying to have his memoirs written, and after an accident robs him of the incumbent, his team alight on a man who shows no interest in or has any knowledge of politics. This nameless character (Ewan McGregor) is given strict instruction about the manuscript, whom he can talk to or about it to and his subject and wife "Ruth" (Olivia Williams) seems approachable enough. His investigations, though, start to arouse a few suspicions - especially when he begins to feel like he is being watched, followed and manipulated. "Lang" is soon publicly caught up in some war crime investigations and his ghost writer starts to wonder just how far his boss went to foster and facilitate the relationship between his country and the USA - where they are now living and working. Add to this internecine play, his secretive secretary "Amelia" (Kim Catrall) and a rather enigmatic contribute from "Emmett" (Tom Wilkinson) and we have the makings of an intricately woven political thriller in which, for a chance, McGregor does well. He does rabbit in the headlights well as his character becomes embroiled in matters well beyond his depth. Roman Polanski keeps the film well paced with the chilly scenario and remote locations playing well to a sense of menace and duplicity. It's a bit sluggish out of the blocks, but once in gear it works well.
