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The Words

There's more than one way to take a life.

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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 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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Status
Released
Budget
$6M
Box office
$13.2M
Language
French
  • plagiarized book
  • aspiring writer

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Premiere27 Jan 2012
    • TheatricalPG-137 Sept 2012
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical19 Apr 2013
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical7 Sept 2012
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical27 Sept 2012
  • AustriaAT

    • Digital / OTT619 Jul 2013
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical31 Oct 2012
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical12 anos23 Nov 2012
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Digital / OTT15+20 Sept 2012
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP15 May 2015
    • Digital / OTTVOD5 Jun 2015
    • Digital / OTTPrime Video30 Apr 2021
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical63 Oct 2012
  • GreeceGR

    • Physical13DVD,Blu-Ray28 Mar 2014
  • Hong KongHK

    • Theatrical8 Nov 2012

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The Words was released on 7 September 2012.

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    tmdb28039023

    8/30/2022

    1/10

    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 of WWI — and its publ…

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