Ewan McGregor wins Best Actor EFA for
his role in The Ghost Writer
– to view a trailer – click the image above –
The Ghost Writer Scoops 6 Awards
at the EFA
Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer, scoops up 6 awards* at this
weeks European Film Awards, including Best Film, Best Director
and Best Actor.
Although he was not at the EFA ceremony in the Estonian capital,
Tallinn in person to collect his awards, Roman Polanski was still
able to deliver his acceptance speeches. In a neat twist, technology
came to the rescue of this fugitive director via a Skype video
link… Skype was first delevoped in Estonia. Polanski fears arrest
as he is still dodging a US warrant, being wanted by a California
court for sentencing, resulting from charges of having sex with
a 13-year-old girl in 1977.
Post Production Problems
Whatever one’s personal opinion regarding Polanski’s troubled
past, one cannot help but admire his film-making skills, hampered,
as he was, with post production problems. Following the completion
of principle photography for The Ghost Writer, he was arrested
by Swiss authorities when he attended the 2010 Zurich Film Festival.
Whilst the Swiss eventually refused the Los Angeles Court’s request
for Polanski’s extradition, he nevertheless spent nine months
in detention (albeit in a luxury Gstaad villa!) whilst working
on his movie.
Polanski on location of The Ghost Writer
– To view the film clip – click the image above –
Strong Cast
Award winner Ewan McGregor (Best Actor), is joined by a strong
supporting cast of Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams and Kim Cattrall
to provide a taut and shocking thriller.
The Ghost Writer Synopsis
When a gifted ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) is hired to write the
memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan),
he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual
intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration’s
harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician’s
past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international
relations forever.
Available on DVD
The Ghost Writer (Released in the UK as “The Ghost) has already
been on VO (Version Original) release in France, but if you would
like to see the film, you can order it below… delivery only
takes a few days.
Paris is the New, New York!
Following his EFA success, news is that Polanski is in the final
stages of pre-production of his new film, God of Carnage. Starring
Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz and Matt Dillon. Whilst
the action is set in Brooklyn, New York, God of Carnage’s principle
photogaphy will take place in Paris. Polanski is, of course, free
to enjoy his life in France without fear of arrest, as the French
refuse to extradite their ctizens.
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