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A young author takes a tutoring position at the estate of a legendary writer.A young author takes a tutoring position at the estate of a legendary writer.A young author takes a tutoring position at the estate of a legendary writer.
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- TriviaJ M Sinclair's oft repeated remark that great writers steal derives from a statement generally attributed to T S Eliot that "Good writers borrow, great writers steal".
- GoofsLiam rips up the manuscript of his novel and throws the pages in the lake, where they float on the surface. In the next scene at the lake, there are no traces of the pages on the water's surface. Given the number of pages it's likely that at least some of the manuscript would still be floating in the water.
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Interviewer: So, I thought we could start off by touching on the inspiration behind the novel. What exactly is it that drew you to tell this story?
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Interesting build up with a botched ending
A film of two halves, if you like.
Is it a drama? Yes, kind of. Is it a thriller? It tries to be.
The first half sets everything up nicely and with plenty of dramatic tension, inner familial strife and forebodings about the water, sexual temptation and especially, plagiarism. So far so good.
Then we have the turning point about an hour in, and after that, all reason takes a holiday.
Are we to believe that Liam can remember the contents of a whole book?
Are we to believe that all this was planned from the start? Was the butler in on it?
I am sure that IT consultants everywhere were shouting at the screen about the 'deletion' scene.
Having said all this, it was well acted even though all the characters are quite reprehensible, and relatively well made with a decent first hour.
Is it a drama? Yes, kind of. Is it a thriller? It tries to be.
The first half sets everything up nicely and with plenty of dramatic tension, inner familial strife and forebodings about the water, sexual temptation and especially, plagiarism. So far so good.
Then we have the turning point about an hour in, and after that, all reason takes a holiday.
Are we to believe that Liam can remember the contents of a whole book?
Are we to believe that all this was planned from the start? Was the butler in on it?
I am sure that IT consultants everywhere were shouting at the screen about the 'deletion' scene.
Having said all this, it was well acted even though all the characters are quite reprehensible, and relatively well made with a decent first hour.
- stevelivesey-37183
- Dec 8, 2023
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $310,746
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $166,601
- Jul 9, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $545,619
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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