Roman Polanski knows how to make a great movie. The seventy-six year old whiz kid can take a story like The Ghost Writer, which has been made many times in many different ways, some good — some not so good, and create a master piece.

The movie opens in New York and Los Angeles February 19, 2010, and then goes wide some time in March.

The Ghost Writer teaser trailer is short but strong, illustrating Polanski’s talent as a filmmaker.