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5 things I learned from the Ghost Writer

posted 13 years ago by bostonlatin
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And I liked the movie.

1) Don't trust any professor who lives in a fortress controlled; 20 million dollar mansion.

2) Ghost writers for famous people can die monthly and nobody will care.

3) Halliburton and the CIA just like to kill people, for no particular reason.

4) The CIA and Harvard Professors - who would have guessed the most liberal college in the USA is a front for the CIA.

5) Roman Polanski is still a pretty darned good director even if you don't agree with his political skills.

[–] Goodbye_from_Fox_In_A_Box 13 years ago

6) Apparently, Ghost Writers ARE like kittens, and can be drowned within weeks of each other (or attempted).

7) If your Ghost Writer stays at your house, he's most likely schtupping your wife.

8) London is a lot like New York.... a guy can get run over and no one would give it a 2nd glance.

9) Even when there's no wind, if you're carrying hundreds of papers and get hit by a car, the papers will fly about like a giant fan is blowing them around.

10) It's good casting when a Scot plays a Brit, a Brit plays an American, and an American plays a Brit.

"I hardly know, which way is up, or which way down" - "I Feel Possessed", Neil Finn

[–] Lizard51867 13 years ago

Spoilers.

11) Everything on the Internet is true. Google is God.
12) It's perfectly normal to never be addressed by your name by anyone; referring to yourself as a ghost is equally acceptable.
13) Apparently, it's pretty darn easy to manipulate a handsome actor who prefers frivolous bimbos into marrying a savvy, less obviously attractive woman and devoting his life to politics.
14) The CIA doesn't have the necessary cover-up skills to clean out a whistleblower's room or erase his GPS history to prevent someone else from discovering the same exact thing he did.
15) Fish tanks are like achievements for dentists.

[–] phindar 13 years ago

16) The CIA has people driving around random cities so that if anyone figures out anything they can be run over no more than 30 seconds later.

[–] chet19 13 years ago

17) You predecessor is murdered. You accept his old job and 3 minutes later you are attacked. Think nothing of it. Total coincidence.

18) The CIA will kill people who are merely asking questions...But when there is a direct eyewitness to a murder, the CIA will just comatize her.

19) There's only one gated fortress-mansion on the entire island, but assassins still have to stop and ask strangers in bars "Do you know where Lang is?"

[–] chet19 13 years ago

20) When you think your boss is a war criminal and you want the entire world to know...do not tell the police. Do not tell the media. Do not tell your boss. Instead, write it in a cryptic code in a manuscript that no one is allowed to read and no one will ever figure out the secret code.
Yes! That is the easiest way to get your message across.

[–] kniesers 13 years ago

HAHAAHA These are all hilarious.

[–] macCro 13 years ago

21) Kim Cattrall is still HOT.

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They killed his second cousin. Big mistake.
To be or not to be? Not to be.

[–] Londinieres 13 years ago

22) When being tailed by a dodgy car, proceed to the ferry port where you can seek sanctuary on an island with no other accessible means of escape.
23) When confronting members of the CIA, be sure to bring very poorly doctored photographs as solid evidence.
24) Before drowning, always remember to rewrite your main contact's phone number (that you already must know well enough so as to do this) on the back of a doctored photograph (see 23).

[–] honey-widashy 12 years ago

25) Your boss' wife which you boned yesterday night could be working for CIA.
26) Never go into your Dead Predecessor's used Car.
27) Never take bundles of Paper in Yellow Plastic bag, you are likely to get mugged.
28) British Prime Minister don't know what a Flash-drive is !
29) You should toast at a party before you get run over by a Car.

[–] davinci-tool 12 years ago

30} After being chased by two men who want to kill you, just call to a totally strange, explain him everything and then open the door to a guy who looks like a cold assassin in an isolated motel where nobody could hear you scream...

[–] fubared1 12 years ago

31) This film should be a guide for modern filmakers, to show them you don't need high-speed chases, fast cutting, bad lighting so the audience doesn't know you can't direct, shaky-cam, bombs exploding, 200,000 bullets flying and blood and gore to make a decent thriller. Yes, there are plot holes galore, and you can see the payoff coming a mile away, but the same can be said of many Hitchcock films. Too bad, it took an 80+ director to show them.

Life sucks, then you're reincarnated

[–] stingjunior 12 years ago

32. Asian housekeepers/sweepers who works for you probably has a set of a stinky hat and a pair of gloves, but they are still nice to offer you a club sandwich lunch and their hats, gloves.

33. if there's a choice between a club sandwich and clam chowder, fo'shizzle, go for the chowder.

34. no matter where you run, you always better be carrying your luggage around with you.

35. always remember to offer your ghost - spirits, they don't give a damn about white wine.

IF IT'S REALLY FUNNY, IT'S PROBABLY HARASSMENT.

[–] zurichpoet 12 years ago

36. Polanski must have done his homework.
-People from Yale like to give vague threats via obtuse tales about drowning.

[–] aucarter 12 years ago

37. If you're hired to be a Ghost Writer for $250,000 and only work a Month; then by all means, ignore your job and naively/arrogantly "investigate" an explosive political situation dealing with dangerous people!

[–] philbevs 12 years ago

38. The only accent Ewan Mcgregor can pull off is Scottish.

[–] IzzyTree 12 years ago

39. If you have to film in Germany because there's a long-standing warrant out for your arrest in the U.S., be sure to cast German actors for all those minor speaking roles, even if the character is supposed to speak with a New England accent and mangles it horribly.

40. You can make Olivia Williams look older, but not any less hot.

41. The old man who lives by the sea and knows all about the murder will be completely ignored by the CIA, while they murder or comatize all the other witnesses.

42. Eli Wallach is STILL the best G**-damn actor on the planet, not to mention handsome, charming, and the love of my (parallel universe) life. :)

43. When in doubt, base it on Macbeth.

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[–] ws_tm 12 years ago

44. Best insult on a book - cure for insomnia.

[–] nickek-1 12 years ago

45. Scotland is Britain

[–] Frosted-Flame 12 years ago

46. Always trust the old man you've never met before to be able to tell you about the currents that lead you to the conclusion the other Ghost Writer was murdered without doing any further research to find out if perhaps he's mistaken about the currents or just plain senile.

This Show Was A Lot Funnier Before Kirstie Alley Ate Shelly Long

[–] jrshel 12 years ago

30) If you've worked for the CIA, all it takes is a Google search of your name + CIA to expose you.

[–] mehmeme 12 years ago

31. you need to use + if you are googling for something with more than one / 2 keywords

[–] hugzy_just_chubby_not_fa 12 years ago

that scene was the one in which I knew it was a bad movie!

[–] lamont-hard 11 years ago

Was she actually his mistress in the book because it only appeared she was his close adviser.

[–] rambrose77227 7 years ago

These are a hoot. Especially # 19) "There's only one gated fortress-mansion on the entire island, but assassins still have to stop and ask strangers in bars 'Do you know where Lang is?"

[–] lawandpsyc 11 years ago

LMAO

[–] kinghahaha 8 years ago

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[–] kinghahaha 8 years ago

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[–] Nayr39 8 years ago

Props to you. this *beep* had me dying.

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[–] euronick61 12 years ago

A Scot is a Brit.....I think you mean A Scot playing an Englishman

[–] melkiades 12 years ago

31) enabling subtitles will show you information you would never, ever, EVER have figured out on your own.

32) even Polanski wouldn't have the main protagonist shag the wife AND the mistress.

33) CIA assassins can board a ferry even though super late by showing their badge but can't force it to turn around when it's 10 feet away from the dock, or simply jump in the water and swim. Ten feet.

[–] rameez-itguy 12 years ago

34) When you find out the truth about CIA write it in a piece of paper and pass it over to few random ppl to make it smart and intelligent

[–] matthank-1 8 years ago

A Scot **IS** a Brit.

I assume you meant Englishman.

[–] DaveBowman2001 (472) 3 years ago

#10 is priceless.

[–] Bob_Brooker 12 years ago

35. All the words were there. Just in the wrong order.

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Last movie watched: A Separation (8/10)

[–] chilone 11 years ago

36. When being paid $250,000.00 PLUS expenses to be a ghost writer, apparently you're on your own when it comes to your mini-bar tab.

I don't love her.. She kicked me in the face!!

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