The Words

Theatrical - Wide 2012-09-07

Cast Bradley Cooper Zoe Saldana Jeremy Irons Dennis Quaid Olivia Wilde
Directed by Lee Sternthal Brian Klugman
Written by Lee Sternthal Brian Klugman

Box Office Gross: $13,231,461

Running Time: 102 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Also Known As Pictures, Animus Films, Benaroya Pictures, Serena Films, Waterfall Media, Rose Pictures

Genres: Drama Thriller

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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... See more 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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Review: The Words

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: A struggling writer finds a powerful, unclaimed story in an attache case and takes it for his own, gaining instant notoriety and fortune. But the good times stop rolling once the story’s real author comes forward and threatens to...

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Posted 14 years ago

THE WORDS looks like one of those smaller films that will fly under most people’s radar but once you see it you will recommend it to everyone. I love the plot device of writer’s using the work of another and...

Bradley Cooper is a plagiarist in this trailer for The Words

Posted 14 years ago

Aside from writing here on JoBlo.com, I fancy myself an author of fiction as well. I can relate to Bradley Cooper’s plight in the first half of the trailer for THE WORDS. But, when the twist arrives about halfway through,...

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Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: A struggling writer (Bradley Cooper) finds a manuscript for a sprawling novel, and passes it off as his own. The novel is universally acclaimed as a masterpiece, but soon, an old man (Jeremy Irons) shows up to claim the...