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* OneSceneWonder: Lovable old Creator/EliWallach as an unnamed old man the ghost writer questions.

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* OneSceneWonder: Lovable old Creator/EliWallach Creator/EliWallach, in one of his last roles in a feature film, as an unnamed old man the ghost writer questions.
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* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: As the Ghost is driven to Lang's house, currently surrounded by a bunch of peaceful protesters banging on the car windows, and having just learned that Maddox has turned the book's deadline from a month to two weeks, calls Rick.
--> '''The Ghost:''' Hey Rick, Maddox upped the deadline to two weeks. [[SarcasmMode Thanks a lot for the job.]] Also, a bunch of peaceful protesters are ''trying to kill me.''
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* OneSceneWonder: Lovable old Eli Wallach as an unnamed old man the ghost writer questions.
* StrawmanHasAPoint: Adam Lang's defence of the war on terror after the ghost confronts him with the evidence he's found.

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* OneSceneWonder: Lovable old Eli Wallach Creator/EliWallach as an unnamed old man the ghost writer questions.
* StrawmanHasAPoint: Adam Lang's defence of the war on terror after the ghost confronts him with the evidence he's found.found.
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* OneSceneWonder: Lovable old Eli Wallach as an unnamed old man the ghost writer questions.
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* {{Hatedom}}: The unnamed Sec State character (a Cory Rice expy) was loudly booed by viewers in at least one showing. (This, in a movie directed by Creator/RomanPolanski.)
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Don\'t think a 2010 movie counts as hindsight


* HarsherInHindsight: A prime minister in a political scandal, rumors of government-sanctioned torture on suspected terrorists, secret flights and CIA involvement.
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* FridgeBrilliance: He is a ghost, which is why we never got to know his name.
** Also the reasons why [[spoiler: Ruth didn't want to be included in the book.]]
* FridgeLogic: They could have avoided the danger of the writer stumbling onto things, simply by hiring a CIA-friendly author instead.
* HarsherInHindsight: A prime minister in a political scandal, rumors of government-sanctioned torture on suspected terrorists, secret flights and CIA involvement.
* StrawmanHasAPoint: Adam Lang's defence of the war on terror after the ghost confronts him with the evidence he's found.

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