A writer at the peak of his literary success discovers the steep price he must pay for stealing another man's work.A writer at the peak of his literary success discovers the steep price he must pay for stealing another man's work.A writer at the peak of his literary success discovers the steep price he must pay for stealing another man's work.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
Zoe Saldana
- Dora Jansen
- (as Zoë Saldana)
Vito DeFilippo
- New York Apartment Doorman
- (as Vito De Filippo)
Kevin Desfosses
- Rory's Assistant
- (as Kevin Desfossés)
Liz Stauber
- Camy Rosen
- (as Elizabeth Stauber)
- Directors
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaLee Sternthal and Brian Klugman wrote the script back in 1999. As friends of Bradley Cooper before his The Hangover (2009) fame, they ask him to play the lead, he accepted then, and kept his word more than ten years later.
- GoofsIn two different New York scenes we can see trucks from Canada Post.
- Quotes
The Old Man: We all make our choices in life, the hard thing to do is live with them.
- Alternate versionsThe US theatrical version was slightly censored for a PG-13 rating, removing several instances of strong language, and re-edited for shorter running time of 97 minutes. The US Blu-ray and DVD contain a 102 minute extended cut that restores these alterations, and several international theatrical releases (such as the UK), are based on this version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Chelsea Lately: Episode #6.132 (2012)
Featured review
This years gem
This film is a rare and brilliant combination of book and movie. You will see this movie like reading a book, just Your imagination will be rest, replaced with this lovely pictures and actors. Words and frames will flow smoothly together before Your eyes, like a big, calm river but with volume, deepness and strenght. The narrator (good choice for Dennis Quaid, especially for His voice) will read for You, Jeremy Irons ("the old man"-a wonderful play of course), Bradley Cooper (just slightly under the other two great actors), Dennis Quaid, Zoe Saldana (good enough), Olivia Wilde (bad choice), Ben Barnes (nice play) and the others, will told the story in a great acting. Highly recommended for film and book lovers too. Beside the good story and acting, what I like most in "The words" is the words.
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $6,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $11,494,838
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,750,894
- Sep 9, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $15,950,164
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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