Ghost (film)
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| Ghost | |
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| Image:GhostA.jpg original movie poster | |
| Directed by | Jerry Zucker |
| Produced by | Steven-Charles Jaffe, Bruce Joel Rubin |
| Written by | Bruce Joel Rubin |
| Starring | Patrick Swayze Demi Moore Whoopi Goldberg Tony Goldwyn |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | July 13 1990 |
| Running time | 128 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ~$22,000,000 |
| IMDb profile | |
Ghost is a 1990 romantic comedy-drama-fantasy-thriller film starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn and Rick Aviles, written by Bruce Joel Rubin and directed by Jerry Zucker.
Stephen Root and the director's mother, Charlotte Zucker, have cameo roles, as does Vincent Schiavelli as the "Subway Ghost," one of the film's more memorable characters. The film is often regarded as one of the best romantic movies of the 1990s.
Upon its home video release, most VHS copies of the film came in white casing, as opposed to the standard black color.
The song theme of the movie was based on the song Unchained Melody by The Righteous Brothers. The music played a great part in the movie's success.
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[edit] Plot
Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) and Molly Jensen (Demi Moore) are a very happy and loving couple. Walking back to their new apartment after a night out at the theatre, they encounter a thief named Willy Lopez (Rick Aviles) in a dark alley, and Sam is murdered. He finds himself to be a ghost, and comes to learn that while his death was not planned, the robbery was. Sam's best friend Carl Bruner (Tony Goldwyn) hired Willy to rob Sam in order to get Sam's wallet, containing the password to Sam's computer, which would allow Carl to conclude a money-laundering deal he was involved in. At first, Sam is confused over his prediciment and tries to make contact with many different people, resulting in them not hearing or seeing him. Sam gets advice from other ghosts on what to do with himself. Sam must warn Molly about the danger that she is in and the truth behind his death. Since he is not able to communicate with her directly, he uses Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg, who provides much of the humor in the film), an originally fraud psychic medium who suddenly discovers she really has the power to communicate with ghosts, albeit not seeing them. Sam eventually seeks help from a troubled ghost haunting a subway (Vincent Schiavelli) who knows how to touch and move objects. The ghost admires Sam's spirit and teaches him how to kick soda cans and make noise like a human. However, their friendship ends shortly when Sam asks the ghost how he died. The ghost replies that somebody "pushed me" and when Sam asks for more details, the ghost becomes angry and hops back onto his subway train presumably, to haunt it again.
With the help of Oda Mae, Sam thwarts Carl and Willy's plans to get huge amounts of money and Carl soon discovers the presence of Sam's ghost. Carl sends Willy to kill Oda Mae and her sisters, but with the interference of Sam, Willy fails and is hit by a truck and dies. Shadow-like devils then appear and take Willy to hell. Later on, Molly finally believes in the existence of Sam's ghost, but an outraged Carl storms into her house and threatens to kill Molly and Oda Mae if Sam doesn't give him the money. He fails, of course, and by accident he gets killed by a half-broken window crashing down on him. After Carl is taken to hell like Willy, Sam has fulfilled his mission to save Molly and is transported to heaven after saying goodbye to Molly and Oda Mae.
[edit] Awards
Ghost won Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Whoopi Goldberg) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. It was nominated for Best Film Editing, Best Music, Original Score and Best Picture. Goldberg's character of Oda Mae Brown was ranked 95 in the list of the best movie characters of all time by Premiere Magazine. [1]
[edit] Box office
US Gross Domestic Takings: US$ 217,631,306
- + Other International Takings: $288,071,282
= Gross Worldwide Takings: $505,702,588
[edit] Trivia
- The scene where Bender helps Angelyne bend a girder in the Futurama episode Bendless Love, is a parody of a similar scene between Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore
[edit] External links
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