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Robert Harris's Books
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ConspirataFrom the bestselling author of Fatherland and Enigma, comes the second novel in his trilogy about Cicero and Rome, Conspirata.Read More
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The Ghost WriterThis trade paperback edition of the New York Times bestselling novel THE GHOST will pub simultaneously with the MM movie tie-in edition.Read More
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The Ghost EXPThis trade paperback edition of the New York Times bestselling novel THE GHOST will pub simultaneously with the MM movie tie-in edition.Read More
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Chester Chronicle, August 19, 2010
...READERS with a?passion for history can now delve deeper into the past with help from Halton libraries. The Pages Ago scheme?is designed to?make it easier for?readers to?explore the real-life context of their favourite stories. Library books will be...
Bookseller, August 18, 2010
...Mantel's Wolf Hall (Fourth Estate) and Ian McEwan's Solar (Jonathan Cape). The most popular authors were Robert Harris and Stieg Larsson, both of whom had three titles chosen. Biographies on the likes of De Gaulle, William Wilberforce, Paddy Ashdown,...
Victoria Star Online, August 16, 2010
...Mandelson. He was also the inspiration for the former prime minister dogged by allegations of war crimes in Robert Harris' thriller "The Ghost," which was turned into a film by Roman Polanski...
Metronews, August 16, 2010
...Mandelson. He was also the inspiration for the former prime minister dogged by allegations of war crimes in Robert Harris' thriller "The Ghost," which was turned into a film by Roman Polanski...
CathNews, August 10, 2010
...Robert Harris is a best-selling writer whose conspiracy books include Fatherland and Archangel.� He has collaborated here with Roman Polanski in adapting his novel, Ghost, for the screen and has...
InMyCommunity, August 10, 2010
...thriller The Ghost Writer. Based on the novel The Ghost by former political journalist and Tony Blair associate Robert Harris, the story was clearly inspired by Blair’s involvement in the US ‘War on Terror’. An unnamed writer (Ewan...
Time Out Sydney, August 10, 2010
...for such mainstays as Chinatown and Rosemary’s Baby (and of course his own real-life news cycle) turns Robert Harris’s political potboiler involving a ghostwriter (McGregor), a former British prime minister (Brosnan) and an isolated island home into...
Examiner.com, August 9, 2010
...along with the war crime charges. DVD Features • “‘The Ghost Writer’: Fiction and Reality” - Author/ Screenwriters Robert Harris discusses his book which was a 15-year process in the making, working with Roman Polanski and the influence of...
Examiner.com, August 8, 2010
...Title: The Ghost Writer (PG-13) Director: Roman Polanski Writer: Robert Harris Starring: Ewan McGregor (The Ghost) Olivia Williams (Ruth Lang) Kim Cattrall (Amelia Bly) Pierce Brosnan (Adam Lang) Imdb rating: 7.8...
Manila Bulletin, August 7, 2010
...latest film, The Ghost Writer, is a tense, political thriller adapted from the best-selling novel The Ghost by Robert Harris (perhaps best known for his seminal alternate history work, Fatherland). Prior to becoming a successful novelist, Harris has been...
Moscow News, August 5, 2010
...s Berlin Film Festival and an absentee Polanski was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Director. Based on Robert Harris’ novel “The Ghost”, the film tells a story about an unremarkable ghost-writer (Ewan McGregor) who lands a lucrative job of...
Digital Home Canada, August 4, 2010
...thriller film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan and Kim Catrall. Adapted from the Robert Harris novel The Ghost, the movie follows a unamed Ghost Writer, played by Ewan McGregor who agrees to complete the memoirs of...
PEP.ph, August 4, 2010
...3) starting Wednesday, August 4. The mystery thriller, which was adapted from the bestselling novel The Ghost by Robert Harris, stars Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall and Olivia Williams. In the film, when a successful British ghostwriter...
Manila Bulletin, August 3, 2010
...Was it the screenplay, the director, or the story? It was Polanski. And the book “The Ghost” by Robert Harris, which is a great page-turner. Roman is one of cinema’s finest directors and a director of great thrillers, but he’s never done a...
Toronto Star Online, August 2, 2010
...the beach isolation and high security of an unnamed American coastal island (it’s Martha’s Vineyard in Robert Harris’s source bestseller; Harris and Polanski collaborated on the screenplay). Lang feels the need to set the record straight by means...
MovieWeb, August 2, 2010
...down the life story of a former U.K. prime minister in this Roman Polanski-helmed adaptation of the Robert Harris novel. Convinced by his agent that he's been granted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, talented British screenwriter "The Ghost" (Ewan...
Examiner.com, August 1, 2010
...former prime minister's memoirs gets tangled in a dangerous web of secrets. Based on the book by Robert Harris. Buy on DVD/ Buy on Blu Ray / Rent from Blockbuster / Add to Netflix Queue Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010) Directed by: Thor Freudenthal Starring:...
Examiner.com, August 1, 2010
...The Ghost Writer is a political thriller adapted from Robert Harris' novel The Ghost. The film is directed by Roman Polanski and it is based on the screenplay written by him and Harris. There has been speculation that the novel...
Shreveport Times, July 22, 2010
...the Composer and His Judge' by Patricia Dunker. 'Eye on the Red TSAR' by Sam Eastland. 'Conspirata' by Robert Harris. 'Kings of North' by Cecelia Holland. 'After the Fall' by Kylie Ladd. 'The Surrendered' by Chang-Rae Lee. 'Buying a Computer for Seniors'...
Kansas City Star, July 21, 2010
...to nab yet another directing nomination for Roman Polanski, as well as for the screenplay he wrote with Robert Harris. Acting awards are less likely, though I loved Pierce Brosnan and Olivia Williams as a former British prime minister and his seemingly...
XpatLoop.com, July 15, 2010
...prime minister uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy."Movie type: DramaDirector: Roman PolanskiWriter: Robert HarrisScript: Robert Harris, Roman PolanskiStarring: Ewan McGregor (The Ghost Writer'), Pierce Brosnan (Adam Lang), Kim Cattrall...
Vernon Morning Star, July 1, 2010
...Prior to his September, 2009 arrest in Switzerland, Roman Polanski was directing a film from the novel by Robert Harris (who also adapted the screenplay) –– a dark political thriller about a writer who stumbles upon a secret while ghosting the...
IGN.com, June 25, 2010
..."The Cast of The Ghost Writer" -- "The Ghost Writer: Fiction or Reality?" -- An interview with author Robert Harris Box art is below: Stay tuned to IGN DVD for more information about this and other upcoming releases!...
Lovereading, June 23, 2010
...in the past. Other works shortlisted for the award include The Glass Room by Simon Mawer, Lustrum by Robert Harris and The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds...
Suite101.com, June 20, 2010
...success of all of the short-listed books is testimony to the current level of interest in historical fiction; Robert Harris has produced a string of best-sellers set in the distant past, and three of the list - the books by Foulds, Mantel and Mawer -...
Breaking News.ie, June 19, 2010
...in a class of its own.âWolf Hall was chosen from a shortlist of seven, by authors including Robert Harris, Adam Foulds and Simon Mawer.Ms Mantel said: âI am astonished and delighted and gratified to be the first winner of the Walter Scott...
Biggleswade Chronicle, June 19, 2010
...a class of its own." Wolf Hall was chosen from a shortlist of seven, by authors including Robert Harris, Adam Foulds and Simon Mawer. Ms Mantel said: "I am astonished and delighted and gratified to be the first winner of the Walter Scott prize. Intense...
Guardian.co.uk, June 18, 2010
...Femininity disgusted him." "This is the most damning official biography of a British prime minister ever written," Robert Harris noted in the Sunday Times of Philip Ziegler's Edward Heath: The Authorised Biography , which he called an "elegant,...
MSN Movies, June 15, 2010
...down the life story of a former U.K. prime minister in this Roman Polanski-helmed adaptation of the Robert Harris novel. Convinced by his agent that he's been granted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, talented British screenwriter "The Ghost" (Ewan...
IGN.com, June 10, 2010
..."The Cast of The Ghost Writer" -- "The Ghost Writer: Fiction or Reality?" -- An interview with author Robert Harris Box art is still a phantom. Stay tuned to IGN DVD for more information about this and other upcoming releases!...
MSN Movies, June 8, 2010
...down the life story of a former U.K. prime minister in this Roman Polanski-helmed adaptation of the Robert Harris novel. Convinced by his agent that he's been granted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, talented British screenwriter "The Ghost" (Ewan...
High-Def Digest, June 7, 2010
...The political thriller directed by Roman Polanski and written by Robert Harris is headed for Blu-ray this August. In an early retailer announcement, Summit Entertainment looks to be bringing 'The Ghost Writer' to Blu-ray on August 3. The film stars Ewan...
Abu Dhabi National, June 3, 2010
...his filmmaking genius will also be left truly and properly perplexed. For the film, an adaptation of a Robert Harris novel that pillories Tony Blair, here called Adam Lang and played by Pierce Brosnan, is just slightly short of disastrous. Lang, when we...
MSN Movies, May 25, 2010
...down the life story of a former U.K. prime minister in this Roman Polanski-helmed adaptation of the Robert Harris novel. Convinced by his agent that he's been granted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, talented British screenwriter "The Ghost" (Ewan...
Christian Science Monitor, May 21, 2010
...From the Monitor's summer reading guide: beach reading for smart readers. Imperium By Robert Harris Simon & Schuster 320 pp., $14 Enlarge The Monitor's 2010 summer reading guide goes online on Monday. But until then, here's a list of recent books lively...
You, May 19, 2010
...- Polanski is refusing to confirm the prime minister character is based on Tony Blair – but scriptwriter Robert Harris says it is...
MSN Movies, May 18, 2010
...down the life story of a former U.K. prime minister in this Roman Polanski-helmed adaptation of the Robert Harris novel. Convinced by his agent that he's been granted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, talented British screenwriter "The Ghost" (Ewan...
Metro.us, May 13, 2010
...Pierce Brosnan as British Prime Minister Adam Lang and Ewan McGregor as writer Robert Harris in “The Ghost Writer.” Fun memories Being a ghostwriter can be fun! Some of Andrew Crofts’ memories: “I had one author who wanted me to read the whole...
Economic Voice, May 12, 2010
...Credits: Director: Roan Polanski Cast: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Bronson, Olivia Williams and Kim Cattrall Screenwriters: Robert Harris Release Date: April 2010 (Still on general release) Synopsis: Ewan McGregor portrays the aforementioned hack biographer...
Economic Voice, May 9, 2010
...Credits: Director: Roan Polanski Cast: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Bronson, Olivia Williams and Kim Cattrall Screenwriters: Robert Harris Release Date: April 2010 (Still on general release) Synopsis: Ewan McGregor portrays the aforementioned hack biographer...
Empire Online, May 5, 2010
...Review Alexandre Desplat deftly draws out the increasing uncertainty that anchors Roman Polanski's tale (here retaining novelist Robert Harris' original title) of a writer negotiating the dangerous memoirs of a Blair-like PM, resulting in an exquisitely...
MSN Movies, May 4, 2010
...down the life story of a former U.K. prime minister in this Roman Polanski-helmed adaptation of the Robert Harris novel. Convinced by his agent that he's been granted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, talented British screenwriter "The Ghost" (Ewan...
Denver Post, May 3, 2010
...Polanski, whose latest fiction 'The Ghost Writer' partly mirrors his own real-life detention drama, based on British writer Robert Harris' bestseller 'The Ghost', gets its world premiere at the Berlin film festival on February 12, 2010 with the movie's...
MSN Movies, April 27, 2010
...down the life story of a former U.K. prime minister in this Roman Polanski-helmed adaptation of the Robert Harris novel. Convinced by his agent that he's been granted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, talented British screenwriter "The Ghost" (Ewan...
The Stirrer, April 23, 2010
...23-04-2010 Stirrer editor Adrian Goldberg checks out Roman Polanskis adaptation of the Robert Harris thriller Ghost, starring Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor. Released just in time to catch election fever, this political thriller should have all the...
Birmingham Wired, April 22, 2010
...mr harrisrobert harrisvue cinema Categories: Robert Harris will introduce a special screening of The Ghost at the Vue Cinema BESTSELLING author and screenwriter Robert Harris is to introduce a special screening of the film adaptation of...
Times Online, April 20, 2010
...full pelt into entrenched interests and ends with mysterious forces ousting him. Adam Lang in The Ghost by Robert Harris (2007) Like Perkins, Lang is also a Labour PM but there the similarities peter out. Idealism for Lang is only speech-deep; he is a...
MSN Movies, April 20, 2010
...down the life story of a former U.K. prime minister in this Roman Polanski-helmed adaptation of the Robert Harris novel. Convinced by his agent that he's been granted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, talented British screenwriter "The Ghost" (Ewan...
Daily Record, April 16, 2010
...the first time, you drew that Tony Blair is all over the character. There's no doubt that Robert Harris wrote his book about Tony or was thinking about him when he was writing it. But when you are reading a script for a character, you read it much...
Guardian.co.uk, April 16, 2010
...In today's podcast, in the week when Roman Polanksi's new film of Robert Harris's novel, The Ghost, is released, Claire Armitstead discusses the film with to the Guardian's critic, Peter Bradshaw. She also talks to the journalist Simon Hattenstone, who...
Daily Record, April 16, 2010
...the first time, you drew that Tony Blair is all over the character. There's no doubt that Robert Harris wrote his book about Tony or was thinking about him when he was writing it. But when you are reading a script for a character, you read it much...
BBC, April 16, 2010
...Switzerland. The political thriller, starring Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan, is based on the best-seller by British writer Robert Harris. A combination of Roman Polanski and Mount Vesuvius would have been guaranteed to get everybody watching! Robert...
BBC, April 16, 2010
...Switzerland. The political thriller, starring Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan, is based on the best-seller by British writer Robert Harris. A combination of Roman Polanski and Mount Vesuvius would have been guaranteed to get everybody watching! Robert...
Bray People, April 15, 2010
...Timothy Hutton, Jon Bernthal, Robert Pugh Producer(s): Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde Writer(s): Roman Polanski, Robert Harris Genre: Suspense/Thriller, Drama Running Time: 128 minutes Website: http://theghostwriter-movie.com/ Synopsis:...
Melton Times, April 15, 2010
...you off this gripping tale of deceit, writes Ben Truslove.The film, based on the best-selling novel by Robert Harris, who was schooled in Melton, is the story of a nameless ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) lured by the big bucks to help ex-British prime...
First Post, April 15, 2010
...on Friday, was originally called The Ghost Writer before it was changed back to the title of author Robert Harris's best-selling thriller on which it is based. This is noteworthy because while the film is about a ghost-writer - Ewan McGregor as a jobbing...
Lovereading, April 13, 2010
...The legendary director is to adapt Robert Harris' Roman novel for television audiences. Pompeii, the bestselling novel by Robert Harris, is to be adapted into a four-hour television mini series, produced by Gladiator director Ridley Scott. The...
Telegraph, April 9, 2010
...1 Comment There?s a revealing little nugget in today?s interview with Robert Harris in the Telegraph. He says Tony Blair doesn?t read novels, and so is unlikely to have read Harris?s book, The Ghost, heavily based on Blair, and now a Roman...
MSN Movies, April 8, 2010
...down the life story of a former U.K. prime minister in this Roman Polanski-helmed adaptation of the Robert Harris novel. Convinced by his agent that he's been granted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, talented British screenwriter "The Ghost" (Ewan...
Keep Media, April 5, 2010
...on this article It is a pity that the title of this film is different from that of Robert Harris's excellent thriller from which it is adapted. The book is called The Ghost. Presumably Hollywood thought that, if the original title were preserved,...
NewKerala.com, April 5, 2010
...said to have turned down the chance to star in Roman Polanski's new film 'The Ghost Writer'. Robert Harris, who adapted his own novel 'The Ghost' for the big screen version, admits he originally wanted Grant to play the part of the Prime Minister''s...
Post Chronicle, April 5, 2010
...The Ghost Writer because he wanted to focus on making romantic comedies, according to the movie's writer. Robert Harris, who adapted his own novel The Ghost for the big screen version, admits he originally wanted the Four Weddings and a Funeral star to...
Digital Spy, April 4, 2010
...You Hear About The Morgans? star wanted to concentrate on filming comedies, according to the movie's writer Robert Harris. According to Contactmusic, Harris has revealed that Grant turned down the role, played by Ewan McGregor in the film, after reading...
IMDB, April 4, 2010
...s new film because he wanted to focus on making romantic comedies, according to the movie's writer. Robert Harris, who adapted his own novel The Ghost for the big screen version, admits he originally wanted the star to play the part of the British Prime...
Contactmusic, April 4, 2010
...THE GHOST WRITER because he wanted to focus on making romantic comedies, according to the movie's writer. Robert Harris, who adapted his own novel The Ghost for the big screen version, admits he originally wanted the Four Weddings and a Funeral star to...
MSN Movies, April 1, 2010
...down the life story of a former U.K. prime minister in this Roman Polanski-helmed adaptation of the Robert Harris novel. Convinced by his agent that he's been granted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, talented British screenwriter "The Ghost" (Ewan...
Channel 4 News, March 31, 2010
...Author Robert Harris talks to Channel 4 News on the launch of Roman Polanski's new film The Ghost Writer, as politicians including Lord Mandelson turn out for a special screening of...
MSN Movies, March 24, 2010
...down the life story of a former U.K. prime minister in this Roman Polanski-helmed adaptation of the Robert Harris novel. Convinced by his agent that he's been granted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, talented British screenwriter "The Ghost" (Ewan...
Lawrence.com, March 20, 2010
... Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski and British novelist Robert Harris deliver a fairly involving and reasonably puzzling murder mystery. Ewan McGregor stars as an author whose agent lands him a deal polishing the memoirs of a newly retired British...
Omaha World-Herald, March 19, 2010
...corporation after the Iraq war's Halliburton. It's based on a novel by a former BBC reporter, Robert Harris. This is a clever brain tease of a film made with all the touches of an old master, which, at age 76, Roman Polanski (?Chinatown,? ?The Pianist?)...
Tacoma News Tribune, March 19, 2010
...involving and reasonably puzzling murder mystery from a couple of master storytellers the Oscar-winning director and British novelist Robert Harris (Enigma, Fatherland). Ewan McGregor is a successful author whose agent lands him a doozy of a deal. Hell...
Delaware Online, March 18, 2010
...secret renditions and torture. If that sounds familiar, it's meant to: Based on a novel by co-screenwriter Robert Harris, a former political journalist who was close to Tony Blair, "The Ghost Writer" clangs and chimes with all manner of echoes from...
MSN Movies, March 16, 2010
...down the life story of a former U.K. prime minister in this Roman Polanski-helmed adaptation of the Robert Harris novel. Convinced by his agent that he's been granted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, talented British screenwriter "The Ghost" (Ewan...
Valley Advocate, March 16, 2010
...written word. The Ghost Writer is director Roman Polanski's return to the thriller. Featuring an adaptation by Robert Harris and Polanski of Harris' novel The Ghost, the film tells the tale of fictional former U.K. Prime Minister Adam Lang (Pierce...
Guardian.co.uk, March 12, 2010
...Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith (Pan) The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (Penguin Classics) Fatherland by Robert Harris (Arrow) Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers (New English Library) Sara Paretsky Sarah Crown Claire Armitstead Scott Cawley...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 11, 2010
...it, doing so overlooks the fact that it is also an effective thriller. Based on the novel by Robert Harris, who wrote the screenplay, "The Ghost Writer" stars Pierce Brosnan as a former British prime minister in seclusion in the United States, imprisoned...
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, March 7, 2010
...tale itself is both topical and timelessly paranoid in its outlook. The topical bits belong mostly to novelist Robert Harris, who adapted his 2007 book 'The Ghost' with Polanski. A key character is a variant on former British prime minister Tony Blair,...
Las Vegas Review Journal, March 6, 2010
...returns to the contemporary thriller for the first time since 1988's 'Frantic' with this acclaimed adaptation of Robert Harris' award-winning 2008 best-seller 'The Ghost.' Harris joined Polanski in scripting the movie version. In addition to his stars,...
Miami Herald, March 4, 2010
...Chinatown: His singular knack for taking pulp and transforming it into tense, paranoid drama. Based on a 2007 Robert Harris novel, the story follows a writer known only as The Ghost (Ewan McGregor) who is hired to rewrite the political memoirs of the...
CHUD, March 3, 2010
...By Nick Nunziata Published Today By Nick Nunziata Published Yesterday By Nick Nunziata Published Yesterday By Nick Nunziata Published Yesterday By Al Schwartz Published Yesterday By Troy Anderson Published Yesterday By Dan Benenson Published Yesterday By...
MSN Movies, March 2, 2010
...down the life story of a former U.K. prime minister in this Roman Polanski-helmed adaptation of the Robert Harris novel. Convinced by his agent that he's been granted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, talented British screenwriter "The Ghost" (Ewan...
Examiner.com, March 2, 2010
...Roman Polanski found the time to direct The Ghost Writer, based off the novel written by Robert Harris. Polanski and Harris then tweaked the novel into a screenplay which turned into a 128 minute flick. As a movie, it works fairly well. ...
Huffington Post, March 1, 2010
...premiered last week, and became just the most recent blockbuster thriller to be based on a book -- Robert Harris's "The Ghost." In a year when four out of the ten movies nominated for the Best Picture Oscar were based on books, we've been thinking about...
Metro Weekly, February 26, 2010
...director, Roman Polanski -- we haven't even gotten to the film yet. Adapted from a novel by Robert Harris, The Ghost Writer is a political thriller of the highest order. The Ghost (Ewan McGregor), never named, is hired to write – or rather re-write –...
SignOn San Diego, February 26, 2010
...in this film (Ewan McGregor) fits the job requirements. He’s so unobtrusive that the screenwriters (Polanski and Robert Harris, author of the 2007 novel on which the film is based) never even give him a name (he’s credited only as 'The Ghost'). But...
MSN Movies, February 23, 2010
...down the life story of a former U.K. prime minister in this Roman Polanski-helmed adaptation of the Robert Harris novel. Convinced by his agent that he's been granted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, talented British screenwriter "The Ghost" (Ewan...
Indian Express, February 23, 2010
...A wintry coda to Mr Polanski's classic, 'Chinatown', 'The Ghost Writer' is adapted from 'The Ghost' by Robert Harris, a British novelist, thriller-writer, newspaper columnist and friend of the Blairs. Mr Harris's fictitious PM, a crusader in the war on...
Irish Examiner, February 21, 2010
...form for the French-Polish film-maker, best known for classics such as Rosemary’s Baby and Chinatown. Based on Robert Harris’s bestseller The Ghost, the film features a stand-out performance by Pierce Brosnan as a former British prime minister...
Yahoo! News Australia, February 20, 2010
...high level that 'The Ghost Writer' is irresistible, no matter now obvious the twists."The picture, based on Robert Harris' best-seller The Ghost, features a stand-out performance by Pierce Brosnan as a former British prime minister modelled on Tony Blair...
News24.com, February 20, 2010
...high level that The Ghost Writer is irresistible, no matter now obvious the twists.'The picture, based on Robert Harris' best-seller The Ghost, features a stand-out performance by Pierce Brosnan as a former British prime minister modelled on Tony Blair...
Channel NewsAsia, February 20, 2010
...level that 'The Ghost Writer' is irresistible, no matter now obvious the twists." The picture, based on Robert Harris' best-seller "The Ghost", features a stand-out performance by Pierce Brosnan as a former British prime minister modelled on Tony Blair...
Yahoo! News Australia, February 20, 2010
...high level that The Ghost Writer is irresistible, no matter now obvious the twists."The picture, based on Robert Harris' bestseller The Ghost, features a stand-out performance by Pierce Brosnan as a former British prime minister modelled on Tony Blair...
Nine MSN, February 20, 2010
...high level that The Ghost Writer is irresistible, no matter now obvious the twists.'The picture, based on Robert Harris' best-seller The Ghost, features a stand-out performance by Pierce Brosnan as a former British prime minister modelled on Tony Blair...
Melbourne Age, February 20, 2010
...level that 'The Ghost Writer' is irresistible, no matter now obvious the twists." The picture, based on Robert Harris' best-seller "The Ghost", features a stand-out performance by Pierce Brosnan as a former British prime minister modelled on Tony Blair...
Los Angeles Times, February 19, 2010
...and Pierce Brosnan. "The Ghost Writer" is based on a the novel of the same name by genre-jumping Robert Harris. Harris took on contemporary politics in "The Ghost Writer," but is also known for his period thrillers like " Conspirata ," out now, set in...
New York Daily News, February 19, 2010
...be angering his wife (Olivia Williams) to a dangerous degree. Despite the packed plot adapted by Polanski and Robert Harris from Harris' novel — the pacing feels oddly slack. And the performances are all over the board: Brosnan knows just how to make...
Time Out New York, February 18, 2010
...for such mainstays as Chinatown and Rosemary’s Baby (and of course his own real-life news cycle) turns Robert Harris’s political potboiler involving a ghostwriter (McGregor), a former British prime minister (Brosnan) and an isolated island home into...
Metro Spirit, February 18, 2010
...Roman Polanski has a new film opening in limited release. “Ghost Writer” is based on a novel by Robert Harris and features Ewan McGregor as a popular ghost writer who takes on the task of working with the British prime minister’s manuscripts after...
The Onion AV Club, February 18, 2010
...Director: Roman Polanski Cast: Robert Pugh Running time: 95 minutes Writer: Robert Harris Distributor: Summit Entertainment It is both easy and impossible to separate Roman Polanski the person from Roman Polanski the filmmaker when considering his...
ABC News, February 18, 2010
...new film 'Ghost Writer.' Directed by Roman Polanski the movie was based on the novel 'The Ghost' by Robert Harris. The film also stars Kim Cattrall and Jon Bernthal. February 18, 2010 | Permalink...
KSFA 860, February 18, 2010
...in deep doo-doo. But not, in this critic?s view, as a filmmaker. The Ghost Writer, based on the Robert Harris bestseller, shows Polanski in brilliant command of a political thriller that ties you up in knots of tension while zinging politics and showbiz...
Tacoma News Tribune, February 14, 2010
...AP hours before a press conference in Berlin to unveil Polanskis newest film based on a novel by Robert Harris, in which Brosnan stars as former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, a character likened to Tony Blair, and McGregor plays a reporter hired to...
Indiewire, February 14, 2010
... Director: Roman Polanski Writer: Robert Harris Cast: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall, Olivia Williams, Timothy Hutton, Tom Wilkinson Distributor: Country: France/US/UK/Germany Theatrical Release Date: February 19, 2010 Synopsis: A...
San Francisco Examiner, February 13, 2010
...five years made its debut at the Berlin film festival. 'The Ghost Writer,' based on a novel by Robert Harris, stars Pierce Brosnan as a former British prime minister, Olivia Williams as his wife and Ewan McGregor as a ghost writer hired to complete his...
Hollywood Reporter, February 12, 2010
...Polanski would send a video message to the festival proved unfounded. Instead, the cast of the film and Robert Harris, who wrote both the novel and screenplay to 'The Ghost Writer,' took turns praising the director's intensity and professionalism. 'He is...
ABC Online, February 10, 2010
...alchemy with the camera ... He's a taskmaster. You have to know your onions.' Based on British writer Robert Harris' bestseller The Ghost, the film gets its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival tomorrow. Harris, Brosnan and McGregors will be on...
InSing.com, February 10, 2010
...with the camera ... He's a taskmaster. You have to know your onions." Based on British writer Robert Harris' bestseller "The Ghost", the film gets its world premiere at the Berlin film festival on Friday with Brosnan, McGregor and Harris on hand, but no...
Digital Spy, February 7, 2010
...Germany on Friday, is said to be delighted with the finished product. Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, screenwriter Robert Harris said: 'I don't know if he is disappointed not to be able to attend the premiere. I imagine he has been to quite a few...
Orange UK, February 7, 2010
...so he held a showing at his chalet in Gstaad - and was impressed with the finished product. Robert Harris, who wrote the screenplay, tells the Daily Telegraph, "I don't know if he is disappointed not to be able to attend the premiere. I imagine he has...
CBS TV47, February 6, 2010
...so he held a showing at his chalet in Gstaad - and was impressed with the finished product. Robert Harris, who wrote the screenplay, tells Britain's Daily Telegraph, "I don't know if he is disappointed not to be able to attend the premiere. I imagine he...
Los Angeles Times, February 5, 2010
...As the second installment in British novelist Robert Harris' trilogy of cutthroat politics and intrigue during the late Roman Republic opens, Marcus Tullius Cicero is about to assume the consulship of Rome, the position of supreme authority he...
Telegraph, February 5, 2010
...a 13-year-old girl in 1977, watched the film in a DVD version at his chalet in Gstaad with Robert Harris, who wrote the screenplay. He was very happy with it, which was wonderful, but of course I am hugely biased, the affable Harris tells me. I dont know...
SC Now, February 5, 2010
...non-fiction titles have been waiting for someone to check them out. Two new books have arrived. Conspirata by Robert Harris. In this gripping second installment to his ancient Rome trilogy (after “Imperium”), bestseller Harris proves once again that...
First Post, February 1, 2010
...because of a lousy review in the : earlier in January, the historian was reported to have withdrawn after Robert Harris had been rude about the recent memoir of her life with Harold Pinter, Must You Go? If Amis, or anyone else involved in the...
Star-Telegram, January 31, 2010
...Spartacus War coming out in paperback Tuesday. But the big news for historical-fiction fans is the latest from Robert Harris, Conspirata: A Novel of Ancient Rome (also out Tuesday) , the follow-up to Imperium and the second of his planned trilogy. As...
Ain't It Cool News, January 20, 2010
...as a filmmaker, Roman Polanski is back in a big, big way with THE GHOST WRITER. Adapted by Robert Harris (author of the excellent FATHERLAND and ENIGMA) from his own novel, the film is about a mildly successful non-fiction hack (Ewan McGregor) who lands...
The Onion AV Club, January 14, 2010
...The trailer for Roman Polanski’s upcoming political thriller The Ghost Writer debuted yesterday. Based on the Robert Harris novel The Ghost, it stars Ewan McGregor as a ghost writer for a recently unseated British prime minister (a thinly-disguised...
MovieWeb, January 8, 2010
...under house arrest in Switzerland. Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan star in this film that is based on Robert Harris novel "The Ghost." Summit plans to expand the film's run March 5 and again on March 19. When a successful British ghostwriter, The Ghost...
Northampton Chronicle and Echo, January 4, 2010
...of violence by Ryan David Jahn, The Affair of the Thirty-nine Cufflinks by James Anderson and Archangel by Robert Harris. Under the young-adult fiction section there have been 46 new additions made including The ask and the answer by Patrick Ness,...
Northampton Chronicle and Echo, January 4, 2010
...of violence by Ryan David Jahn, The Affair of the Thirty-nine Cufflinks by James Anderson and Archangel by Robert Harris. Under the young-adult fiction section there have been 46 new additions made including The ask and the answer by Patrick Ness,...
Variety, December 15, 2009
...outstanding Hitchcockian thriller,' said Patrick Wachsberger, who runs Summit with Rob Friedman. The Ghost Writer,' based on the Robert Harris bestseller, will likely stir up controversy on two levels, the distributors realize. There is first the...
Variety, December 15, 2009
...outstanding Hitchcockian thriller,' said Patrick Wachsberger, who runs Summit with Rob Friedman.'The Ghost Writer,' based on the Robert Harris bestseller, will likely stir up controversy on two levels, the distributors realize. There is first the...
Teen First Teen Magazine, December 15, 2009
...a mysterious secret from his past that threatens to jeopardize international relations. The film is based on the Robert Harris novel "The Ghost." Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Williams, Tom Wilkinson, Jim Belushi, Robert...
Earthtimes.org, December 15, 2009
...a 13-year-old girl. Polanski is at present under house arrest in his Swiss chalet. Based on British author Robert Harris's best-selling political novel, Polanksi's The Ghost Writer is one of seven movies that form part of the main competition for...
BBC, December 15, 2009
...13-year-old girl. He fled the US in 1978 before he could be sentenced. The Ghost Writer, based on Robert Harris's novel The Ghost, stars Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall and Olivia Williams. Political thriller Harris revealed that Polanski was...
About, December 15, 2009
...Ghost Writer for distribution in North America. Polanski directed and produced the film, which is based on the Robert Harris novel and adapted for the screen by Harris and Polanski. According to Summit's official press release, The Ghost Writer stars...
Variety Asia Online, December 12, 2009
...Cattrall, Jim Belushi, Robert Pugh and Tom Wilkinson. The pic's based on the novel 'The Ghost' by Robert Harris, who joined Polanski in penning the adaptation. Production is set up as a French-German-UK co-production between RP Films 11, Babelsberg Film...
Coming Soon!, December 12, 2009
...Tom Wilkinson. Alexandre Desplat scored the film. is based on the novel 'The Ghost' written by best-selling author Robert Harris. It won the International Thriller Writers' Award for best novel of 2008. Harris joined Polanski in adapting the book for the...
FilmForce, December 12, 2009
...Pugh and Tom Wilkinson. Alexandre Desplat scored the film. is based on the novel written by best-selling author Robert Harris. It won the International Thriller Writers' Award for best novel of 2008. Harris joined Polanski in adapting the book for the...
Hollywood Reporter, December 11, 2009
...secrets, his own life is put in jeopardy. The movie is based on the novel 'The Ghost' by Robert Harris. Harris wrote the screenplay with Polanski. Summit will release the movie in the first half of 2010. ICM repped the film...
Indiewire, December 11, 2009
...film were represented by ICM. The film is based on the novel The Ghost written by best-selling author Robert Harris. It won the International Thriller Writers Award for best novel of 2008. Harris joined Polanski in adapting the book for the big screen....
Daily Express, December 4, 2009
...freedom and duty. One of this years very best. LUSTRUM (Hutchinson, £18.99) is the second book in Robert Harris trilogy about Marcus Tullius Cicero, the Roman statesman and philosopher. In Latin lustrum means a period of five years and this gripping...
Daily Express, November 15, 2009
...true national treasure, has retraced his past journeys and reflects on then and now. Journey of a Lifetime Robert Harris sweeps the listener back to 63BC and a power struggle between Julius Caesar and his great rival, the lawyer and orator Cicero in...
New Zealand Herald, October 27, 2009
...By Christina Patterson Robert Harris is a very nice man. I know this because everyone says he is, and I know this because when, at his book launch â which was heaving with political...
MTnet, October 17, 2009
...London, October 15 (MIA) - Director Roman Polanski is finishing his latest film from jail, according to screenwriter Robert Harris. Speaking at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, Harris said Polanski wanted to finish The Ghost in time for next...
Metro.co.uk, October 15, 2009
...Writer Robert Harris says the director will finish new film The Ghost in prison Roman Polanski will continue working on The Ghost Disgraced film director Roman Polanski is finishing his latest film...
Los Angeles Times, October 14, 2009
...jail cell in Switzerland, where he awaits word on extradition to face sentencing on a statutory rape charge. Robert Harris, who penned both the novel that inspired the film and its screenplay, said that Polanski is attempting to make decisions from...
Irish Independent, October 11, 2009
...March investigates the mysterious death of a high-ranking Nazi. Alternative history has seldom been as brilliantly executed as Robert Harris's Fatherland (1992). - Ian O'Doherty Irish Independent...
Guardian Unlimited, October 11, 2009
...The second volume of Robert Harris's Cicero trilogy finds a master storyteller on top form, says Dominic Sandbrook Robert Harris: ?A terrific sense of timing and eye for character.? The second volume of Robert...
The Independent, October 10, 2009
...to pay the mortgage, fearful for the future of the trade, there are two words of comfort ? Robert Harris. The author of novels such as Enigma and Pompeii began life as one before deciding he could make it as a novelist, with extraordinary results. His...
The Independent, October 8, 2009
...Lustrum is one of those intriguingly Janus-faced words. As the definition that serves as one of Robert Harris's epigraphs explains, it means at once "a lair" or "debauchery", but it is also the name of a sacrifice of expiation. As Harris's novel...
Times Online, October 5, 2009
...Cicero? Where did Conyers Middleton (see previous post) begin? One of the guests at the party to launch Robert Harris's novel, Lustrum, last Thursday had been reading our TLS classics issue and hoped for an answer. It was easy for the questioner to see...
Telegraph, October 4, 2009
...said when I interviewed him on stage at the Kenton Theatre during the Henley Literary Festival. Along with Robert Harris, the bestselling author of Lustrum, Harwood feels there is nothing to be gained by putting the director, who is now 76, on trial when...
Telegraph, October 3, 2009
...novel by Tara Palmer-Tomkinson * Politicking and back-stabbing in Cicero?s Rome may be at the heart of Robert Harris?s new novel, Lustrum, but are they also a feature of Random House, the company that publishes Harris? Random House is dominant in the...
Times Live South Africa, September 30, 2009
...I make no apology for feeling desperately sorry for him. The almost pornographic relish with which his critics are retelling the lurid details of the assault (strange behavior, one might think, for those who profess concern for the victim) makes it hard...
Christian Science Monitor, September 29, 2009
...Pompeii by Robert Harris is a fascinating fictional treatment of the Vesuvius eruption in AD 79...
Ormskirk and Skelmersdale Advertiser, September 28, 2009
...over the arrest of film director Roman Polanski as artists and politicians leapt to his defence. British novelist Robert Harris said he was "shocked and stunned" by the 76-year-old Academy Award winner's arrest, while French Culture Minister Frederic...
Surrey Herald, September 28, 2009
...over the arrest of film director Roman Polanski as artists and politicians leapt to his defence. British novelist Robert Harris said he was "shocked and stunned" by the 76-year-old Academy Award winner's arrest, while French Culture Minister Frederic...
Birmingham Evening Mail, September 28, 2009
...over the arrest of film director Roman Polanski as artists and politicians leapt to his defence. British novelist Robert Harris said he was "shocked and stunned" by the 76-year-old Academy Award winner's arrest, while French Culture Minister Frederic...
Newcastle Sunday Sun, September 28, 2009
...over the arrest of film director Roman Polanski as artists and politicians leapt to his defence. British novelist Robert Harris said he was "shocked and stunned" by the 76-year-old Academy Award winner's arrest, while French Culture Minister Frederic...
The Scotsman, September 27, 2009
...ROBERT Harris knows all about political scheming. Some of his best friends are modern masters of the craft. Peter Mandelson, for one, is a chum of the journalist turned thriller writer...
Times Online, September 18, 2009
...great diarists of the 20th century, James Lees-Milne is well served by this... The Sunday Times review by Robert Harris: Alan Clark is revealed as no lovable rogue, but a sinister predator immune to public opinion and cosseted... The Sunday Times review...
The Independent, September 11, 2009
...ceremony. To the relief of all of us, there was general agreement that the prize should go to Robert Harris for his recently published thriller Fatherland set in an imaginary post-war Germany run by a victorious Hitler. If ever there was a good read,...
The Independent, September 11, 2009
...ceremony. To the relief of all of us, there was general agreement that the prize should go to Robert Harris for his recently published thriller Fatherland set in an imaginary post-war Germany run by a victorious Hitler. If ever there was a good read,...
LifeSite, September 10, 2009
...at Regensburg, calling them 'grossly stupid.' LSN left a message with the Bishop of St. John, Most Reverend Robert Harris, who is also the chancellor of STU, but did not hear back by press time. A message left for STU's media director was also not...
Guardian Unlimited, September 4, 2009
...new ghost story, Her Fearful Symmetry, to new books from Bernard Cornwell, Kate Mosse, Terry Pratchett, Martina Cole, Robert Harris, James Patterson, Patricia Cornwell, Jackie Collins and Cecelia Aherne, and an authorised follow-up to the Hitchhiker's...
Conceits, August 20, 2010
...food and conversation. Eventually we even talked about the book, which for this session was Lustrum by Robert Harris. As ever, we didn't agree.Then on Monday, we went to J's birthday party. We haven't seen her and P for a while, because...
Ben Witherington on the Bible and Culture, August 19, 2010
...his Gospel was probably written in Rome in the 60s). The first of these novels is by Robert Harris, and was recommended to me by two of my Aussie friends John and Gillian Painter of Canberra. It is entitled Pompeii and it focuses on the singular...
I am Kayak, Hear me roar, August 17, 2010
...I just finished listening to The Ghost by Robert Harris. Since I drive about 80 minutes there and back to work everyday, I have been listening to books on cd. Which I love. I could listen to it all...
Mellotone70Up Blog, August 17, 2010
...to reveal their accounts.]Interesting to note that the book's publishers, Random House, are also publishers of Robert Harris, at one stage a friend of Blair and a supporter of New Labour, whose last novel but one, The Ghost, concerned a prime minister...
AVM's Reading, August 15, 2010
...Why I'm reading itI've read all the modern novels by Robert Harris, and his recent story The Ghost is high on my wish list. I'm not sure why I've avoided the Roman novels (this one, Pompeii and Lustrum). Our...
This Distracted Globe, August 10, 2010
...a look at ten directed by Roman Polanski. The Ghost Writer (2010) Directed by Roman Polanski Screenplay by Robert Harris & Roman Polanski, based on the novel The Ghost by Robert Harris Produced by Roman Polanski, Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde 128...
Christopher Fowler's Blog, August 9, 2010
...for now, I’m afraid, books still win hands down. The book in the picture is ‘Conspirata’ by Robert Harris. This is the US edition of ‘Lustrum’ repacked in a dinky mass-market edition that fitted in my shorts. Further along the beach I saw a...
disassociated.com, August 8, 2010
...The premise Directed by Roman Polanski, and based on “The Ghost”, a novel by British author Robert Harris, The Ghost Writer , is the story, surprise, surprise, of a ghost writer – known only as “The Ghost” (Ewan McGregor) – who is tasked...
Pete Terranova, August 7, 2010
...after the previous Ghost has met an untimely and mysterious end. Go! Written by lefty and talented writer Robert Harris (brother-in-law to one of my favorite writers, Bruce Hornby), the movie hits all the left-wing talking points about the war on terror....
Entertainment, August 6, 2010
...Eli Wallach, Olivia Williams, Kim Cattrall, Timothy Hutton and James Belushi. The well-paced script, adapted by Polanski with Robert Harris from Harris' novel, will leave you sorting out all the twists and turns while the credits are rolling. PG-13, 128...
Jay.eLx, August 6, 2010
...the screenplay, the director, or the story? Brosnan: It was Polanski. And the book “The Ghost” by Robert Harris, which is a great page-turner. Roman is one of cinema’s finest directors and a director of great thrillers, but he’s...
Film Junk, August 5, 2010
...The Ghost Writer Directed by: Roman Polanski Written by: Robert Harris (novel), Roman Polanski (screenplay) Starring: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall, Olivia Williams, Tom Wilkinson, James Belushi, Jon Bernthal It is rare for a major motion...
Digital Home, August 4, 2010
...thriller film directed by Roman Polanski and starring Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan and Kim Catrall. Adapted from the Robert Harris novel The Ghost, the movie follows a unamed Ghost Writer, played by Ewan McGregor who agrees to complete the memoirs of...
Studio Cut, August 4, 2010
...it the screenplay, the director, or the story? Brosnan: It was Polanski. And the book “The Ghost” by Robert Harris, which is a great page-turner. Roman is one of cinema’s finest directors and a director of great thrillers, but he’s never done a...
Entertainment Blogger, August 3, 2010
...by Brosnan ( Oceans ), Olivia Williams, Tom Wilkinson and veteran Eli Wallach. The film is an adaptation of the Robert Harris novel, The Ghost . Harris and Polanski co-wrote the screenplay. If you cannot forgive Polanski for his person indiscretions,...
In My Opinion (Ang Sa Wari Ko), August 3, 2010
...Glorietta 4 exclusively beginning August 4. It is a political thriller film adapted from the 2007 novel of Robert Harris entitled The Ghost, directed by Roman Polanski and starring Ewan McGregor, Olivia Williams, Kim Cattrall, and Pierce Brosnan. The...
Reel Artsy, August 3, 2010
...Roman Polanski The Cast of The Ghost Writer The Ghost Writer : Fiction or Reality?: an interview with author Robert Harris A Prophet Extras include: Commentary Deleted Scenes Rehearsal Footage Screen Tests The Breakfast Club Blu-ray Extras include:...
Jori's Entertainment Journal, August 3, 2010
...it the screenplay, the director, or the story? Brosnan: It was Polanski. And the book “The Ghost” by Robert Harris, which is a great page-turner. Roman is one of cinema’s finest directors and a director of great thrillers, but he’s never done a...
Studio Cut, August 1, 2010
...3) starting Wednesday, August 4. The mystery thriller, which was adapted from the bestselling novel The Ghost by Robert Harris, stars Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall and Olivia Williams. In the film, when a successful British...
Kate Hardy, July 30, 2010
...Current work : still in vacanza… One of the things I really enjoy is reading a book while I’m actually in the place where it’s set. Back in April, I read Marina Fiorato’s ‘The Glassblowers of Murano’ in Venice, and I...
Hermenautic Circle blog, July 28, 2010
...There's no denying Eric Posner's enthusiasm for "Conspirata: A Novel of Ancient Rome," by Robert Harris, which explores the adventures and thought of Cicero through the eyes of one of the orator's slaves. Still, I think the blurb offered by the...
Marginalia, July 26, 2010
...I have just turned the last page of Robert Harris' Conspirata . This impressive novel tells the story of Marcus Tullius Cicero's rise to the consulship, his preservation of the res publica against the machinations of Catiline, and then...
Passages to the Past, June 6, 2010
...Most Royal by Jean Plaidy Unicorn's Blood by Patricia Finney Fallen Skies by Philippa Gregory Imperium by Robert Harris Murder on the Cliffs by Joanna Challis The Exiled by Posie Graeme-Evans People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks Shadow of the Swords by...
HighDefDiscNews, June 4, 2010
...Roman Polanski The Cast of The Ghost Writer The Ghost Writer: Fiction or Reality?: an interview with author Robert Harris...
News, April 9, 2010
...There’s a revealing little nugget in today’s interview with Robert Harris in the Telegraph. He says Tony Blair doesn’t read novels, and so is unlikely to have read Harris’s book, The Ghost, heavily based on Blair, and now...
Books, Inq. — The Epilogue, April 8, 2010
...authors often complain . (Hat tip, Paul Davis.) We recently went to see The Ghost Writer , for which novelist Robert Harris wrote the screenplay. I had read the novel about a week before. Both novel and film are excellent, but the novel is slightly better...
DesiPundit, April 8, 2010
...Author, historian and chair of the award’s judges Alistair Moffat said that writers like Robert Harris on ancient Rome or Hilary Mantel on 1520s England were “far better at conveying what life was like than some university history lecturers”....
The Oscar Nazi, April 7, 2010
...Love Never Let Me Go Rabbit Hole The Social Network The Way Back Also consider: Roman Polanski & Robert Harris for The Ghost Writer , Brian Helgeland for Robin Hood , Joel & Ethan Coen for True Grit...
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and, April 5, 2010
...THE GHOST WRITER because he wanted to focus on making romantic comedies, according to the movie’s writer. Robert Harris, who adapted his own novel The Ghost for the big screen version, admits he originally wanted the Four Weddings and a Funeral star to...
Sindh Today - Online News, April 5, 2010
...said to have turned down the chance to star in Roman Polanski’s new film ‘The Ghost Writer’. Robert Harris, who adapted his own novel ‘The Ghost’ for the big screen version, admits he originally wanted Grant to play the part of the Prime...
Historical Tapestry, April 3, 2010
...Mantel - Thomas Cromwell and Henry VIII The Glass Room by Simon Mawer - 1930s Czechoslavakia Lustrum by Robert Harris - Rome Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant - 16th century Italy The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds - Two poets in the 1840s Stone's Fall...
Reading the Past, April 2, 2010
...Thorpe - a reimagining of the medieval legend of Robin Hood. No US publisher as yet. Lustrum by Robert Harris - set in Cicero's Rome. The US title is Conspirata. Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant - women and power in a convent in Renaissance Ferrara. Stone's...
not enough books, March 30, 2010
...Unfortunately I didn't finish this book, so that's why my review format will be different for this one. I copied the following book description from amazon.com: Beginning in 63 B.C.E. and told by Cicero's slave secretary, Tiro, this complex tale...
The English Blog, March 27, 2010
...died in an unfortunate accident. Or was it an accident ... WHAT I THOUGHT I read the book by Robert Harris a couple of years ago, but had forgotten large chunks of the plot, which was good because my enjoyment of the film was not spoiled by knowing what...
PopMatters, March 11, 2010
...Murder, mayhem, and political Intrigue ... or, Roman politics as usual....
I'll Never Forget the Day I Read a Book!, March 7, 2010
...Two books by Robert Harris Robert Harris is an English gentleman, which, of course means that he is fascinated with ancient Rome. In preparation for reading his newest book Conspirata I checked out his...
The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews, March 7, 2010
...The Ghost Writer Robert Harris Gallery (Pocket), Mar 2 2010, $15.00 ISBN: 9781439190555 Rhinehart Inc has paid former British Prime Minister Adam Lang a fortune to write his memoirs especially focusing on his...
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This Writing Life, March 2, 2010
...March 2, 2010 I'm reading THE GHOST by Robert Harris, the book the recent film The Ghostwriter is based on. (Great book so far, by the way). "A book unwritten is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com, March 1, 2010
...premiered last week, and became just the most recent blockbuster thriller to be based on a book -- Robert Harris's "The Ghost." In a year when four out of the ten movies nominated for the Best Picture Oscar were based on books, we've been thinking about...
Arts: It's What's for Blog, February 28, 2010
...and Ewan McGregor as the ghostwriter assigned to complete the former’s memoirs. Based on the bestseller by Robert Harris. ‘Shutter Island’ (Martin Scorsese, United States) Its release last weekend raked in $41.1 million, the highest for any...
EconomicPolicyJournal.com, February 27, 2010
..."The Ghost Writer" is, if only because the things it does well are so simple: Working with co-writer Robert Harris, here adapting his own novel, Polanski smoothly threads viewers through a story that on paper might seem ludicrously contrived but that...
Taking Barack To The Movies, February 24, 2010
...s a member of the CIA! — is a little in the undernourished side, if you ask me. Robert Harris's thriller was one of those books, like the Da Vinci Code, that strews odd clues and happenings in the reader's path every other chapter, but never quote...
BlogDance: The best film / movie blog posts from a, February 21, 2010
...FilmoFilia Brand New Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer Poster revelated!The screenplay was co-written by Polanski and novelist Robert Harris. The thriller stars Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall, Olivia Williams, Tom Wilkinson, Eli...
Bride of the Book God, February 21, 2010
...read loads of his stuff, so it may just be one of those inexplicable things. But I heard Robert Harris being interviewed on the radio when The Ghost was about to be published and it sounded sufficiently intriguing that I bought it when it came out, and...
EveryJoe, February 21, 2010
...his life in danger. The Ghost Writer is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Robert Harris. The film stars Ewan McGregor as The Ghost, Pierce Brosnan as Adam Lang, Kim Catrall as Amelia Bly and Olivia Williams as Ruth Lang. The film is...
Jacket Copy, February 19, 2010
...McGregor and Pierce Brosnan. "The Ghost Writer" is based on a the novel of the same name bygenre-jumping Robert Harris. Harris took on contemporary politics in "The Ghost Writer," but is also known for his period thrillers like " Conspirata ," out now,...
Read Street, February 18, 2010
...Ghost Writer." Its director Roman Polanski's adaptation of "The Ghost," a novel by British thrill-writer Robert Harris set on Martha's Vineyard. The plot: A ghostwriter, hired to finish the memoir of a former British prime minister, finds...
Inside Movies, February 18, 2010
...'The Ghost Writer,' Roman Polanski's adaptation of Robert Harris' bestseller 'The Ghost,' is a political thriller about a hack writer ( Ewan McGregor ) hired to finish "ghosting" the memoirs of former British prime minister Adam Lang ( Pierce Brosnan. )...
WSJ.com: Speakeasy, February 18, 2010
...Summit Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor Based on Robert Harris’ novel “The Ghost,” Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer” stars Ewan McGregor as the titular scribe asked to help finish the memoirs of a former British prime minister (played...
GMA Mentioned on Air, February 18, 2010
...new film “Ghost Writer.” Directed by Roman Polanski the movie was based on the novel “The Ghost” by Robert Harris. The film also stars Kim Cattrall and Jon Bernthal. February 18, 2010 | Permalink ...
Cole Smithey - Capsules, February 17, 2010
...effort, but that's not to say Polanski has lost his touch. Co-written by Polanski with political journalist Robert Harris, upon whose novel the film is based, "The Ghost Writer" is full of plot holes yet still entices. Ewan McGregor plays an unnamed...
FASHION IN POLITICS, February 16, 2010
...Robert Harris is the author of a great deal many brilliant books. His latest, Lustrum, was the topic of a FiP post not long ago. It was Peter Mandelson related, hence...
The Ludovico Technique: A Film Blog, February 16, 2010
..." Like Scorsese’s “Shutter Island,” Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer” is based on a popular novel – Robert Harris’ “The Ghost.” Like “Shutter Island,” “Ghost Writer” is set mainly on an island off the coast of Massachusetts. And...
Paranominal, February 14, 2010
...Ghost Writer , Ghostwriter , Memoirs , Motion Picture , Novel Product , Pierce Brosnan , Power Politics , Prime Minister Of Britain , Product Description , Robert Harris , Rock Stars , thriller , Truth Click here to cancel reply. Name (required) Email...
YouTube Movie Trailers - Watch Awesome HD Quality, February 11, 2010
...The Ghost Writer is a 2010 film adaption of the Robert Harris novel The Ghost. The film is directed by Roman Polanski and stars Pierce Brosnan , Ewan McGregor , and Kim Cattrall . The Ghost (McGregor), a successful British ghostwriter, agrees to complete...
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and, February 6, 2010
...so he held a showing at his chalet in Gstaad - and was impressed with the finished product. Robert Harris, who wrote the screenplay, tells Britain’s Daily Telegraph, “I don’t know if he is disappointed not to be able to attend the premiere. I...
MovieBlips - Top Movies News, Videos, and Blogs, February 5, 2010
...filmofilia.com 6 days ago — Below we have a new trailer for upcoming film adaption of the Robert Harris novel “The Ghost” – “The Ghost Writer” directed by Roman Polanski and starring Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan . The Ghost Writer plot:...
The Book Publicity Blog, February 5, 2010
...— Courtesy Of A Rainstorm Morning Edition Can They Do That? Lewis Maltby Morning Edition Conspirata Robert Harris NPR.org When Compared To Salinger, A ‘Thank You’ Will Do NPR.org Wild Child T.C. Boyle ...
CloneMovie Latest movie news, February 4, 2010
...Writer , which will world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival this month. Based on the novel by Robert Harris (who also penned the screenplay), Polanski’s latest stars Ewan McGregor as a professional ghost writer who’s brought in at...
Cinematical, February 4, 2010
...Writer , which will world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival this month. Based on the novel by Robert Harris (who also penned the screenplay), Polanski's latest stars Ewan McGregor as a professional ghost writer who's brought in at the...
BlogDance: The best film / movie blog posts from a, February 1, 2010
...01:18:52 PM. © FilmoFilia Below we have a new trailer for upcoming film adaption of the Robert Harris novel “The Ghost” – “The Ghost Writer” directed by Roman Polanski and starring Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan.The...
busplunge, February 1, 2010
...from Oak Hill boys who are working in Bingham, Utah copper mines. I had written them in November. Robert Harris, Jr. and Novella brought us warm dinners. Virgil and Everett called one hour. Virgil has a new Studebaker. Reading "World Call" article on...
Frankly My Dear, January 30, 2010
...As in, appears to give the whole bleeding movie (based on a Robert Harris novel and script ) away. Still, a sample of his wares is here. Will it play in theaters before Roman P. is extradited? Possibly...
FirstShowing.net, January 28, 2010
...The Ninth Gate , The Pianist , and Oliver Twist most recently. The screenplay was co-written by Polanski and novelist Robert Harris . This is based on Harris' own novel of the same name as well. It was filmed in early 2009 and finished while Polanski was...
bookgirl's nightstand, January 28, 2010
...Fell From the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow. I just love the cover of this book. Conspirata by Robert Harris. Politics in Ancient Rome. I’ve not read any of his books but oddly enough I was thinking about them as I’m reading The Complete Polysyllabic Spree...
Mind Relaxing Ideas, January 22, 2010
...schedules doesn't slows him down in creating interesting film like his newest movie "The Ghost Writer" , from Robert Harris novel "The Ghost". Checkout the latest poster Starring Pierce Brosnan, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Williams and Kim Cattrall. Scheduled...
Screenhead, January 21, 2010
...s trailer is short, but comparatively more detailed than some long, vague trailers. It ... Polanski Goes With ‘Ghost’ Robert Harris and Roman Polanski team up to adapt Harris' novel "The Ghost." Just published last ... Roman Polanski To Finish Last...
FirstShowing.net, January 20, 2010
...The Ninth Gate , The Pianist , and Oliver Twist most recently. The screenplay was co-written by Polanski and novelist Robert Harris . This is based on Harris' own novel of the same name as well. It was filmed in early 2009 and finished while Polanski was...
The Reading Diary of John Dupuis, January 20, 2010
...Beauty by Ross Macdonald The Book of Bourbon: And other Fine American Whiskeys by Gary Regan Archangel by Robert Harris All that for about $8.00. Labels: hard boiled , mystery , thriller...
RSSMicro Search - Top Videos on RSS Feeds, January 20, 2010
...Take a look at the German poster for "The Ghost Writer", the film adaption of author Robert Harris' novel "The Ghost", directed by Roman "The Tenant" Polanski, based on a screenplay by Harris and Polanski. Following Polanski's arrest by Swiss police,...
The MovieGoods Blog, January 20, 2010
...and Pierce Brosnan (Former James Bond) in a political thriller. Adapted from a great novel (”The Ghost”) by Robert Harris. The story follows an unnamed writer (McGregor) who is brought in to finish the memoirs of the former UK Prime Minister, Adam...
D*hOLLYWOOD, January 19, 2010
...film while under house arrest in Switzerland. Toplining Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan, "Ghost Writer" is based on Robert Harris novel The Ghost . Summit said the film's run will be expanded on March 5 and again on March 19. Summit acquired North...
I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever, January 15, 2010
...brosnan , roman polanski , thriller , trailer The film world's most beloved criminal, Roman Polanski, has an adaptation of Robert Harris's political thriller The Ghost coming out. The film containins: Ewan McGregor as a ghost writer, Pierce Brosnan as a...
Il CineManiaco, January 14, 2010
...per noi italiani in L’uomo nell’ombra , il nuovo lavoro di Roman Polanski, tratto dal romanzo di Robert Harris Il Ghostwriter. Qui sopra potete vedere il trailer del thriller politico con Pierce Brosnan, Ewan McGregor, Kim Cattrall, Olivia Williams,...
Thepeoplesmovies's Blog, January 13, 2010
...to uncover secrets that puts his own life in jeperody. The movie is based on THE GHOST by Robert Harris . Kim Cattrall , Tom Wilkinson , Timothy Hutton , Olivia Williams and James Belushi also star. source TwitchFilm more about “ THE GHOST...
Living in Cinema, January 13, 2010
...made the rounds a few days ago, but it was dubbed. Based on the novel The Ghost by Robert Harris, the film stars Ewan McGregor as a man hired to finish the memoirs of a former Prime Minister (Pierce Brosnan) when the original ghost writer dies. When the...
Warm Fuzzies!, January 8, 2010
...took me to Pompeii. The people, the culture, the food (totally fascinating and gross) felt REAL. I think Robert Harris is a gripping and versatile writer whose brilliant research is always seemlessly integrated into the story...
Rama's Screen, January 7, 2010
...and again on March 19th. THE GHOST WRITER (We saw the 15 second teaser ) , is ased on the Robert Harris novel, the film tells the story of a ghostwriter ( Ewan McGregor ) who is hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister, and...
Birmingham Public Library's Latest News, Reviews &, January 7, 2010
...for their mother, they must find a way to connect with her and her tragic past. Conspirata – Robert Harris In the sequel to Imperium , Harris continues his tale of ancient Roman intrigue, chronicling the rise of Cicero to the rank of Roman Consul...
Ocean Without End, January 5, 2010
...new hero Monty Don (again) - Elizabeth Jane Howard's memoir, Slipstream (vague and disappointingly light) - Enigma (Robert Harris) - When Eight Bells Toll (or something like that) and Where Eagles Dare (Alistair MacLean) - An entire Desmond Bagley...
Too many books, January 1, 2010
...Mum- Rosie Rushton May 17. Josie and Jack- Kelly Braffet 18. The Cuckoo Sister- Vivian Alcock 19. Pompeii- Robert Harris 20. Audacity of Hope- Barack Obama 21. Good in Bed- Jennifer Weiner June 22. Jinxed- Carol Higgins Clark 23. Valentine Princess- Meg...
PalmTree Pundit, January 1, 2010
...- Francis A. Schaeffer (for Omnibus III) ~ Honolulu: A Novel - Alan Brennert JUNE ~ Pompeii - Robert Harris ~ Heart and Soul - Maeve Binchy ~ Dynamite Road - Andrew Klavan ~ The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and...
The Other Side of Paris, December 29, 2009
...A Most Wanted Man by John le Carré Nothing To Be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes Archangel by Robert Harris Broken Skin by Stuart MacBride The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton OCTOBER Sandstealers by Ben Brown The Night Watch by Sarah Waters A...
Reading, Writing, Working, Playing, December 18, 2009
...should've read eons ago . Hornby also mentioned Pompeii , one of my favorite novels by a contemporary author, Robert Harris. He mentioned that Harris, who by the way is his brother-in-law, "read just about every book there is on volcanology and Roman...
Frankly My Dear, December 16, 2009
...hanging on to stardom years removed from his Bond days. It’s a political thriller based on a Robert Harris novel, The Ghos t, ostensibly about Tony Blair’s and his wife’s role in involving Britain in George W. Bush’s Iraq crusade. With the...
Earth and other unlikely worlds, December 15, 2009
...Brendan DuBois Histoire de la Monarchie universelle: Napoléon et la conquête du monde - Louis Geoffroy Fatherland - Robert Harris White Lotus - John Hershey Aristopia - Castello Holoford Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle - Vladimir Nabokov If: A...
Things I'd Like To Share, December 14, 2009
...s new movie The Ghost Writer. Summit plans to release the film, an adaptation of The Ghost by Robert Harris, in the first half of 2010 Natalie Portman will be portraying classic character Elizabeth Bennet in the film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and...
Rama's Screen, December 12, 2009
...America… THE GHOST is now re-titled THE GHOST WRITER (We saw the 15 second teaser ) , Based on the Robert Harris novel, the film tells the story of a ghostwriter ( Ewan McGregor ) who is hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime...
ArtsBeat, December 11, 2009
...acquired North American distribution rights for Mr. Polanski’s feature “The Ghost Writer.” The film, adapted from the Robert Harris novel “The Ghost,” tells the story of an author (played by Ewan McGregor ) who agrees to help write the memoirs...
/Film, December 11, 2009
...of sexual and political intrigue involving the PM. The script is based on the novel The Ghost , by Robert Harris . The statement from Summit’s Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger is enthusiastic: We had the good fortune to recently screen ‘The...
Reading Matters, November 18, 2009
...Ghost by Hilary Mantel Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell The Ghost by Robert Harris Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry The Accidental by Ali Smith The Curious...
Complete and Utter Poppycock, November 1, 2009
...and never really got one. Assassin by Rye James Nothing here you haven't seen before. Pompeii by Robert Harris Nice sense of tension and anticipation because you know about the volcano when the people you are reading about do not. Do-Over by Robin Hemley...
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SOCIALIST UNITY, September 28, 2009
...biography Alan Clark: The Biography, “Readers hoping for salacious detail will be disappointed”. Meanwhile, in the Sunday Times, Robert Harris complained: “A more serious matter on which the author evades judgement is whether Clark’s attitude to...
Vox Audita Perrit, Literra Scripta Manet...., September 26, 2009
...days flat. I really hope that Lustrum is not a disappointment, but it'd be very hard for Robert Harris to make the Catiline conspiracy boring or unreadable, not when the source material is as rich as it is.St Kilda were beaten by 12 points by Geelong for...
SFFaudio, September 8, 2009
...in the Falco series, you may want to note that he stars in the five part serialisation of Robert Harris’s Fatherland running on BBC7 this week (this serialisation from 1998 is actually an extended version of the 2 hour play first broadcast on R4 in...
