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6.7The 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.
Cast
- Bradley Cooper as Rory Jansen
- Zoe Saldaña as Dora Jansen
- Jeremy Irons as The Old Man
- Dennis Quaid as Clay Hammond
- Olivia Wilde as Danielle
- J.K. Simmons as Mr. Jansen
Themes
- plagiarized book
- aspiring writer
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
84,092 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
24%
Metacritic
37/100
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Brian Klugman Lee Sternthal
- Written by
- Brian Klugman Lee Sternthal
- Produced by
- Michael Benaroya Cassian Elwes Tatiana Kelly Laura Rister Jim Young
- Starring
- Bradley Cooper Jeremy Irons Dennis Quaid Olivia Wilde Zoe Saldaña Ben Barnes Nora Arnezeder
- Cinematography
- Antonio Calvache
- Edited by
- Leslie Jones
- Music by
- Marcelo Zarvos
- Production companies
- CBS Films Animus Films Benaroya Pictures Serena Films Waterfall Media
- Distributed by
- CBS Films
- Release dates
- January 27, 2012 ( 2012-01-27 ) (Sundance Film Festival) September 7, 2012 ( 2012-09-07 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 97 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $6 million
- Box office
- $16.4 million
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Encyclopedic overview
The Words is a 2012 American mystery romantic drama film, written and directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal in their directorial debut. It stars Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldaña, Olivia Wilde, Jeremy Irons, Ben Barnes, Dennis Quaid, and Nora Arnezeder. Cooper, a childhood friend of Klugman and Sternthal from Philadelphia, was also the executive producer.
Plot
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Words” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.