He reveals that the old man died not long after Rory's second meeting with him along with the secret of the manuscript's true author. The old man points out that people always move on from their mistakes, and Rory will too.ĭaniella continues to pressure Hammond for more details. While riding the train to work, years after his divorce, he spotted her with a new husband and a young son at a train station. He refuses the money, then tells about seeing Celia once more. Rory then seeks out the old man to pay him and finds him working in a plant nursery. Cutler angrily advises against this as it would severely damage both their reputations, and recommends giving the old man a share of the book's profits instead. He also tells him he wants to credit the old man as the true author. Hammond explains that Rory tells the truth about the creation of the story, first to his wife and then to Cutler. Daniella then accompanies Hammond back to his apartment where she pressures him into telling her the ending. The public reading ends and Hammond tells his fans they must buy the book to learn how it ends. Because of this, their reconciliation was short-lived, and they divorced soon afterwards. However, she unintentionally left the manuscript in a briefcase on the train after her trip back to Paris, losing it. She found the story so moving she returned to him. He then used his pain as inspiration to write the manuscript, which he took to Celia while visiting her. Unable to cope with the loss, Celia left him and moved to her parents' home in the country. They eventually married and had a daughter, who later died. Army in the final days of World War II, he fell in love with Celia, a French waitress.
When he was a young man and stationed in France with the U.S. The second part details Rory's encounter with an old man in Central Park, who reveals himself as the true author of the manuscript, based on his life in Paris. Hammond agrees to meet her after the ceremony and returns to the stage, where he continues the reading. She notes that he is separated from his wife, although he still wears a wedding ring. The book is a hit and Rory becomes famous.Īt this point, Hammond takes a break from the reading and goes backstage, where he is introduced by his agent to Daniella, a student and amateur writer who wants to interview him. After a few months Cutler finally reads it and offers Rory a contract which he accepts. She mistakenly assumes that Rory wrote it and convinces him to give it to a publisher at work, Joseph Cutler. Later, while using the laptop, Dora happens upon the novel, reading it. Rory types the manuscript into his laptop to know what it feels like to write something truly great, even if it's only pretend. Returning to America and having his book rejected again, Rory finds an old but masterfully written manuscript in the briefcase with a central character named Jack. Rory borrows some money from his father, gets a job as a mail supervisor at a literary agency, and attempts to sell his first novel, which is repeatedly rejected by publishers.Īfter living together for some time, Rory and Dora marry and, during their honeymoon in Paris, Dora buys Rory an old briefcase he was admiring in an antiques store. He begins reading from the book, which is centered on the fictional character Rory Jansen, an aspiring writer who lives in NYC with his girlfriend, Dora. Plot Ĭlayton Hammond is doing a reading of his new book, The Words. Cooper, a childhood friend of Klugman and Sternthal from Philadelphia, was also the executive producer. It stars Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Olivia Wilde, Jeremy Irons, Ben Barnes, Dennis Quaid, and Nora Arnezeder.
The Words is a 2012 American mystery romantic drama film, written and directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal in their directorial debut.
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