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Almost Famous
2000
“There's more than one way to take a life.”
The Words (2012)
September 7, 20121h 42mEN
6.7
1.3K votes
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.
Director
Brian KlugmanWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
$6.0M
Revenue
$13.2M
Production Companies
Also Known As PicturesAnimus FilmsBenaroya PicturesSerena FilmsWaterfall MediaRose Pictures
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User Reviews
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1.0The 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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