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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...
The Dartmouth, August 14, 2009
...are being adapted for the screen, from Alice Sebold?s bestselling coming-of-age novel ?The Lovely Bones? (2002) to Robert Harris? political thriller ?The Ghost? (2007). Although some fans of a particular novel inevitably complain that its...
Word Magazine, August 10, 2009
...to choose from the English language selection in Karlsruhe train station and ended up with The Ghost by Robert Harris (definitely not his best). Particularly galling as I have both David Simon books on my shelf to read (but thought they were too thick to...
Telegraph, August 6, 2009
...The novelist Robert Harris has dedicated his latest book about Cicero, the Roman polymath, to Lord Mandelson. Robert Harris has dedicated his latest book to Lord Mandelson Photo: GRAHAM JEPSON Harris, the author...
Exec Digital UK, June 30, 2009
...also upbeat about the release schedule for the key Christmas trading period. New works by Dan Brown and Robert Harris and an autobiography from Ozzie Osborne were likely to be among the best-selling books, while new albums from Madonna and the Arctic...
Reuters UK, June 30, 2009
...also upbeat about the release schedule for the key Christmas trading period. New works by Dan Brown and Robert Harris and an autobiography from Ozzie Osborne were likely to be among the best-selling books, while new albums from Madonna and the Arctic...
Politics.ie, June 26, 2009
...Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 187 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Crime and Punishment-Doestoevsky and some Robert Harris like Archangel and Fatherland #3 (permalink) 54 Minutes Ago Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Over beyand. Posts: 1,496...
San Francisco Chronicle, June 12, 2009
...s a novel for foggy days. Here are the recommendations: Professor of geology at UC Berkeley 'Pompeii,' by Robert Harris (2003) This is a wonderful historical novel, full of fascinating information about Roman civilization and the geology of the volcano...
Mail Online UK, June 11, 2009
...nd in New York five days later. The world was eager for it. Within 12 months, it had sold around 50,000 hardbacks in the UK; in the U.S. sales were more than one-third of a million. It became a phenomenon. Sixty years later, no one can say how many...
The Independent, June 6, 2009
...Robert Harris 1984, George Orwell 1984, I think, is the most influential book ever written, and so you could say the greatest book ever written. I remember reading it as a...
Cornell University, May 29, 2009
...group has been important for all sorts of students -- it was true then and is true today.' Robert Harris, professor of African-American history and national historian for Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity -- founded in 1906 at Cornell -- gave Kammen access to...
The Free Lance-Star, May 16, 2009
...as Nehru, Churchill, and de Gaulle. No wonder most of them employ a 'ghost,' like the one in Robert Harris' excellent thriller of the same name, which is really a devastating critique of Britain's former premier, Tony Blair. Second, these memoirs are...
The Independent, May 14, 2009
...four in the last year.' He is just completing The Ghost, Roman Polanski's eagerly anticipated take on Robert Harris's best-selling novel, which will be released later this year. McGregor plays a ghostwriter employed to finish the memoirs of a deposed...
The Independent, May 13, 2009
...four in the last year.' He is just completing The Ghost, Roman Polanski's eagerly anticipated take on Robert Harris's best-selling novel, which will be released later this year. McGregor plays a ghostwriter employed to finish the memoirs of a deposed...
Screendaily, April 24, 2009
...on the Roof). UFA is currently developing screenplay adaptations of Noah Gordon's bestselling novel Medicus (The Physician), Robert Harris' Vaterland (Fatherland), Leonie Swann Glennkill (Three Bags Full) and Bernhard Schlinks latest novel Das Wochenende...
Emirates Business 24/7, March 27, 2009
...and 1970s television series I, Claudius and Academy Award-winning film Gladiator to the celebrated best-selling book Pompeii by Robert Harris. Even cult British TV sci-fi series Dr Who has filmed in Pompeii, supposedly on the eve of the eruption. What...
Woman & Home, March 21, 2009
...to send his patients, many traumatised soldiers, back to the horrors of battle. Compassionate and thought-provoking. Pompeii by Robert Harris (Arrow £7.99) As Roman citizens relax in their villas in Pompeii and Herculaneum, the unexpected failure of the...
Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, a, March 5, 2010
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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
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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...
Entertainment on HuffingtonPost.com, October 9, 2009
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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...
FirstShowing.net, August 14, 2009
...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 . Summit Entertainment is planning on bringing The Ghost to theaters...
Word Magazine blogs, August 10, 2009
...to choose from the English language selection in Karlsruhe train station and ended up with The Ghost by Robert Harris (definitely not his best). Particularly galling as I have both David Simon books on my shelf to read (but thought they were too thick to...
standard.co.uk - londonersdiary, August 10, 2009
...also happens to be the brother of best-selling author Nick Hornby and Gill Hornby, wife of best-selling author Robert Harris. While Mandy made a tidy windfall, the mystery still remains as to how he could have afforded to buy the house when he did â in...
People become stories and stories become understan, June 13, 2009
...surrounded by excellent books, reading more than a couple, depending on my mood. Tonya gifted me Pompeii by Robert Harris while I was in Naples, just to give me a taste of how it was when Mount Vesuvius exploded, burying Pompeii and Herculaneum ......
Ask MetaFilter, June 13, 2009
...I'm looking for books by other authors that he might enjoy. He's also enjoyed Fatherland by Robert Harris, and Poppy Brite's book Liquor (about opening a restaurant in New Orleans, not horror.) In general, he likes stuff that has very detailed...
PalmTree Pundit, May 30, 2009
...has it right now. 9. Three (only three!) books on your nightstand? Honolulu by Alan Brennert Pompeii by Robert Harris Knowing God by J.I. Packer (I've been reading it for over 5 months now!) 10. Book(s) you’ve read more than once? Stepping...
UkPoliBlog: Composite feed, May 27, 2009
...broadcaster Esther Rantzen, who plans to stand against Labour's Margaret Moran in Luton South unless she resigns. Robert Harris, the journalist and writer, said he was considering challenging Tory MP Alan Duncan, and Lynn Faulds Wood, the TV consumer...
UkPoliBlog: Composite feed, May 25, 2009
...have US-style primaries and a new constitutional settlement, began at a meeting at her home two Sundays ago. Robert Harris, the bestselling author, yesterday told the Guardian he held talks with Kennedy and considered standing against Conservative MP and...
The Guardian World News, May 25, 2009
...to confirm her plans. There is no suggestion she is planning to stand as an independent herself. But Robert Harris, the bestselling author, told the Guardian he held talks with Kennedy and had considered standing against Conservative MP and frontbencher...
UkPoliBlog: Composite feed, May 2, 2009
...strengthens the Brownite determination to attack. Journalists are now repeating the comparison between Brown and Richard Nixon that Robert Harris first made years ago. It holds because for both men self-pity and an unwarranted belief that they are...
Tony Blair, May 2, 2009
...strengthens the Brownite determination to attack. Journalists are now repeating the comparison between Brown and Richard Nixon that Robert Harris first made years ago. It holds because for both men self-pity and an unwarranted belief that they are...
In Spring it is the Dawn, April 9, 2009
...books they requested: Teresa ( Surfacing by Margaret Atwood) Vasilly ( Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre) Becca ( Pompeii by Robert Harris) Bcteagirl ( The Way the Crow Flies by Ann-Marie MacDonald) Michelle ( Moon Palace by Paul Auster) Congratulations!...
Stephen's MySpace Blog, April 6, 2009
...Goodall The Book that Changed My Life , ed. Roxanne J. Coady The Great Warming , Brian Fagan The Ghost , Robert Harris The Words of Martin Luther King , ed. Coretta Scott King Visit http://www.thisweekatthelibrary.blogspot.com for extended comments. Four...
Stephen's MySpace Blog, March 30, 2009
...sometimes eerily familiar world . - from Rubicon Potentials for Next Week : Through a Window , Jane Goodall The Ghost , Robert Harris The Great Warming , Brian Fagin The Words of Martin Luther King Jr The Moscow Option , David Downing, a recommendation...
Rullsenberg Rules, March 25, 2009
...Navajo Tribal Police stories, Tony Hillerman 84. *The Ipcress File, Len Deighton - many years ago 85. Enigma, Robert Harris 86. Fatherland, Robert Harris 87. The Constant Gardener, John le Carre 88. *The House of Cards trilogy, Michael Dobbs - read in...
Stephen's MySpace Blog, March 23, 2009
...Legend , Nancy Sinatra The Sun Shines Bright , Isaac Asimov The Art of Happiness , the Fourteenth Dalai Lama Enigma , Robert Harris I to Myself , Henry David Thoreau Friday the 13 th began spring break at my university, and subsequently I will be away...

