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Saw the film yesterday. At 1h14m18s, when he parks on the road side, there is a car parked immediately on his right. At 1h14m25s, there is an outside view of the scene but this time the other car is gone. At 1h14m40s, we see the BMW turning around, with the other car that had disappeared had now reappeared. By: Jerry Garrett on September 18, at pm.

The house was built at the Studio Babelsberg for the indoor shots. By: Moni Kellermann on October 8, at pm. By: Jerry Garrett on October 8, at pm. The house for the scene featuring Eli Wallach was also built on the beach at Sylt. Nice but not really intended …. Great site, I watched the Ghost Writer tonight. One correction though, Edgartown on Marthas Vineyard does not have a large car ferry like depicted in the movie. The ferries this large only go to Oak Bluffs and Edgartown. Thanks for taking the time to write.

You are correct about how small the ferry is. I love that ferry. It has a surprisingly good little galley on it, and we had some unforgettable quahog chowder on it one silvery afternoon. By: Jerry Garrett on October 13, at am. Interesting page. Very often in movies the last minutes contain vital information.

I somehow missed this last sentence the ghost writer detected from the script at the book launch. Can anybody help? Just watched this movie. The hotel that Ewan McGregor stays at looks just like the outside and inside of the White Elephant on Nantucket; the lobby, the check in desk, and the bar area.

Great edge of your seat film — would have liked a different ending, but I guess that no one triumphs over the CIA! By: Jerry Garrett on March 6, at am.

By: Jerry Garrett on April 12, at am. By: Jerry Garrett on May 1, at pm. That sounds about right. I had hoped it would be a little more profound.

Did I imagine it : When Laing and the Ghost were sitting at the table in the jet they both emptied their glases before Laing started shouting.

When Laing had finished he took up his glass and emptied it again! By: Jerry Garrett on May 7, at pm. I am glad to find this site to see where the scenes were filmed. Polanski is a genius! By: Jerry Garrett on May 21, at pm. I never heard this word for roundtrip in US, only in Europe. Off course it is not important at all, just thought it was funny.

By: Gustavo Campos on February 5, at pm. By: Jerry Garrett on February 5, at pm. I love the entire site you furbished with so much information. I was an extra in several films not this one which gave me so much insight on why these particular locations were chosen. By: roeschandco on February 20, at am. By: Jerry Garrett on February 20, at am. It was just a set constructed in Peenemuende yes, where Wernher von Braun launched his London-bound missiles.

Of course, there are no car ferries serving either of those towns. I missed the shot with the Bourne Bridge mentioned above in it but did see a quicky of the Sagamore Bridge out the windshield. By: Jerry Garrett on January 20, at pm. Playing catch-up. By: El Chinero on December 14, at pm. You are commenting using your WordPress.

You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Create a free website or blog at WordPress. Usedom Beach, popular Polanski location? Ferry to "Edgartown" looks a lot like the Sylt Island ferry.

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By: Jerry Garrett on May 15, at pm Reply. By: Jerry Garrett on May 16, at am Reply. By: guy valenti on May 20, at pm Reply. By: Michal on May 24, at pm Reply. This scene, I believe, was filmed at Usedom.

Thanks for your question. By: Jerry Garrett on May 24, at pm Reply. By: Peter on July 6, at pm Reply. By: Jerry Garrett on July 6, at pm Reply. Interview The Ghost Writer. Photos Top cast Edit. Tim Preece Roy as Roy. Yvonne Tomlinson Stewardess as Stewardess. Tim Faraday Barry as Barry.

Kate Copeland Alice as Alice. Soogi Kang Dep as Dep. Lee Hong Thay Duc as Duc. Roman Polanski. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. 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 is campaigning for his foundation with his wife in 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.

Read between the lies. Crime Drama Mystery Thriller. Did you know Edit. Trivia The 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.

Goofs Ruth'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! Crazy credits There are no opening credits.

The title and cast list do not appear until after the last scene of the movie. Alternate versions US version was cut for language to secure a PG rating the usage of the words "fuck" and "shit" was severely toned down. User reviews Review.

Top review. A polished, tightly made, but rather routine political intrigue film The Ghost Writer A very conventional political thriller, well done, smartly paced, but a bit drab or slow at times, too.

And familiar. There are thinly disguised portraits of Cherie Blair and Robin Cook, and a coincidental allusion to Polanski himself in that the former PM is held under quasi house arrest in Cape Cod and is afraid to leave the USA in case he is arrested for war crimes. All this caused some giggles of recognition among the audience at the Berlinale. There is a long tradition of works of art that reference current events, as any reading of the footnotes to the Greek tragedies and Shakespeare's plays reveal.

But today they don't necessarily rely on the audience's knowledge of events, which are sometimes largely forgotten. Sergei Eisenstein's masterful Ivan the Terrible had coded, and not-so-coded, references to Stalin, but it continues to be a great film without knowledge of the eponymous hero's surrogacy.

The piquant pleasure and eerie effect of The Ghost Writer is derived almost entirely from the contemporary parallels. So how will the film stand up in years to come when the events and personalities will have become less and less important or completely forgotten?