The Words obliquely poses the question, what would have happened if someone had found the suitcase full of Papa Hem’s manuscripts that Hadley lost at the Gare de Lyon, and published the con-tent as his own work? Unfortunately, the answer is: not much. The problem, or one of them, is that the movie establishes too long a period of time between the loss of the manuscript — shortly after the end of WWI — and its publishing — presumably, the then-present day. As we all know, Hemingway eventually got over the incident and went on to become arguably the greatest author of the 20th century, ess…
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The Words
Overview
The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch - he didn't write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and his literary star continues to rise, Jansen is forced to confront the steep price that must be paid for stealing another man's work, and for placing ambition and success above life's most fundamental three words.
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Release date
07/09/2012
Votes
1,321
Popularity
3.7
Bradley Cooper
Rory Jansen
Zoe Saldaña
Dora Jansen
Jeremy Irons
The Old Man
Dennis Quaid
Clay Hammond
Olivia Wilde
Danielle
J.K. Simmons
Mr. Jansen
John Hannah
Richard Ford
Željko Ivanek
Joseph Cutler
Ben Barnes
Young Man
Michael McKean
Nelson Wylie
Nora Arnezeder
Celia
Ron Rifkin
Timothy Epstein
Gianpaolo Venuta
Dave Farber
Liz Stauber
Camy Rosen
Keeva Lynk
Cynthia
James Babson
Kevin Desfosses
Brian Klugman
Lee Sternthal
Holden Wong
Anders Yates
Lucinda Davis
Vendor
Vito DeFilippo
New York Apartment Doorman
Weston Middleton
Nick Weinstein
Original Soundtrack
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Following
On Being Almost
Throw Momma from the Train
Couture
Almost Famous
Black Tide
Mother
Everything Is Fine Here
Testament of Youth
Al Límite de la Poesía
Northern Lights
Don't Read This on a Plane
A Kind of Murder
Book Girl
Sebastian
This Is Not a Comedy
Susan Slade
You Hurt My Feelings
Mark Twain and Me