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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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
Director
Brian Klugman
Screenplay
Brian Klugman
Tagline
"There's more than one way to take a life."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$6,000,000
Revenue
$13,231,461
Production
Also Known As Pictures, Animus Films, Benaroya Pictures, Serena Films, Waterfall Media, Rose Pictures
tmdb28039023
August 30, 2022
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 o...
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