2010值得期待电影：《影子写手》(有声)
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STEVE INSKEEP, host:
Let's get a movie review, next. Director Roman Polanski's has been in the news for his legal problems rather than his filmmaking. But Kenneth Turan says his new film will change that.
KENNETH TURAN: Roman Polanski is back. His new film, "The Ghost Writer," is a dark pearl of a movie, made with the flair and precision of a director, suddenly returned to the height of his powers.
The film starts quietly, with an unnamed ghost writer who's being convinced by his agent to pump up the memoirs of a former British prime minister, a character modeled after Tony Blair.
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Mr. PIERCE BROSNAN (Actor): (as Adam Lang) Hello, who are you?
Mr. EWAN MCGREGOR (Actor): (as The Ghost) I'm your ghost.
Mr. BROSNAN: (as Adam Lang) Right.
Ms. OLIVIA WILLIAMS (Actress): (as Ruth Lang) Dont worry, he isn't always such a jerk.
TURAN: No sooner does the ghost sign on, then the other shoe drops. The prime minister, smoothly played by Pierce Brosnan, is accused of ordering the kidnapping of suspected terrorists and handing them over to the CIA for torture, a charge which could bring prosecution for war crimes.
Ms. WILLIAMS: (as Ruth Lang) If it suits them they will hang you out to dry. You need a lawyer. Call Sid.
Ms. KIM CATTRALL (Actress): (as Amelia Bly) And what about the media?
Ms. WILLIAMS: (as Ruth Lang) Issue a holding statement - something short.
Ms. CATTRALL: (as Amelia Bly) I'll write something.
Ms. WILLIAMS: (as Ruth Lang) Let him do it. He's supposed to be the writer.
Mr. MCGREGOR: (as The Ghost) Hang on minute.
Mr. BROSNAN: (as Adam Lang) I should sound confident; not defensive, that would be fatal. I shouldnt be cocky. No business, no anger, and dont say I'm pleased with this opportunity to clear my name or any balls like that.
Mr. MCGREGOR: (as The Ghost) So youre not defensive, but youre not cocky. Youre not angry, but youre not pleased.
Mr. BROSNAN: (as Adam Lang) That's it.
Mr. MCGREGOR: (as The Ghost) Then what exactly are you?
TURAN: What, the ghost wonders, has his agent gotten him into? As for Polanski, no director is better at creating an across-the-board mood of nagging unease a sense of nefarious doings, just outside our line of sight. This film is a thriller, wrapped around a roman a clef about contemporary politics, wrapped around Polanksi's perennial cynicism about the fate of individuals faced with the entrenched strength of the powerful.
Ewan McGregor is excellent as the Ghost With No Name. And 94-year-old Eli Wallach brings great brio to a small part here, the same way he did with "Mystic River" back in 2003. That film reignited the directing career of Clint Eastwood, and with any kind of luck, "The Ghost Writer" will help Roman Polanski catch fire one more time.
INSKEEP: Kenneth Turan reviews movies for the Los Angeles Times and for MORNING EDITION, and you can see clips from "The Ghost Writer" at npr.org.
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INSKEEP: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News.
当一个成功的英国影子写手“影子”同意为英国前首相亚当•郎写完回忆录的时候，他的经纪人向他保证这是他一生的一个机遇。但是从一开始这个计划就仿佛被厄运笼罩——因为他的前任写手，亚当•郎的长期助手麦克•艾尔从伍兹霍尔渡轮上掉下去淹死了，虽说这只是一起意外事故但是其中的颇多疑点难免让人心生怀疑和不详的预感。
影子在接受这份工作之后，他的女朋友就离开了他：“她觉得他背叛了她，她曾经是一名党员。”影子在隆冬季节飞到了位于美国东海岸一座岛屿上的房子开始着手这项计划。但是就在他抵达之后的第二天，英国前外交大臣就协助中情局逮捕了亚当•郎。
因为一份他在职期间的备忘录透露，郎犯有非法扣押恐怖分子嫌疑人并让他们接受酷刑的战争罪。现在，亚当•郎面临着被送上国际军事法庭的迫在眉睫的威胁。而这件事，在英国国内也引起了广泛的关注。
争议使得记者和示威者涌郎在岛上的豪宅，郎跟他的妻子露丝，以及他的个人助理（兼情妇）阿梅利亚呆在那里。随着影子的枪手工作的展开，他开始发现郎的被捕不是一件简单的政治事件，也不是郎一个人的过失。看起来，这好像是他的前任，麦克•艾尔故意捏造而杜撰的“真相”，而且麦克•艾尔也不是一个简单的人物，他一直在暗地里给中情局发送资料，“揭露”或者是“栽赃”前首相亚当•郎。而现在，这些蛛丝马迹的证据，就藏在麦克•艾尔留下的手稿里……
《影子写手》根据罗伯特·哈里斯的同名小说改编，这部小说获得了2008年度国际惊悚作家协会最佳小说奖。作者哈里斯与波兰斯基一起进行了小说的改编工作。《影子写手》已经入选柏林电影节的竞赛单元，但导演波兰斯基是否能出席电影首映还未可知。另外，峰会娱乐已经买下本片北美发行权，计划将于今年上映
曾凭借1981年《普通人》获得过奥斯卡最佳男配角奖的男演员蒂莫西·赫顿（Timothy Hutton）近日加盟罗曼·波兰斯基（Roman Polanski）的新片《捉刀手》（The Ghost），该片由前任007皮尔斯·布鲁斯南（Pierce Brosnan）和伊万·麦克格雷格（Ewan McGregor）主演。
影片片名“捉刀手（影子写手）”即指那些受雇替人写作却不署名的“影子作家”。影片大部分故事都发生在冬季一幢面朝大海的房子里，罗伯特·哈里斯称其“非常的波兰斯基”。
皮尔斯·布鲁斯南将扮演片中的前任英国首相一角，伊万·麦克格雷格将扮演替他写回忆录的“影子写手”（此角色原来的人选是尼古拉斯·凯奇），蒂莫西· 赫顿则将扮演这个英国前首相的美国律师。此外汤姆·威尔金森（Tom Wilkinson）、詹姆斯·布鲁斯（James Belushi）和金·卡特拉尔（Kim Cattrall）也会加盟。
《影子写手》将于本周在柏林开拍，目前蒂莫西·赫顿正在柏林电影节宣传他的3部新片：《莱姆生活》（Lymelife）、《对丑陋之人的简访》（Brief Interviews with Hideous Men）和《杀人房间》（The Killing Room）。
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