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Ghost (1990)

PG_13  127 min  -  Drama | Fantasy | Mystery   -  13 July 1990 (USA)
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After being killed during a botched mugging, a man's love for his partner enables him to remain on earth as a ghost.

Director:

Jerry Zucker
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Patrick Swayze ...
Demi Moore ...
Tony Goldwyn ...
Stanley Lawrence Stanley Lawrence ...
Elevator Man
Christopher J. Keene Christopher J. Keene ...
Elevator Man
Susan Breslau Susan Breslau ...
Susan
Martina Deignan Martina Deignan ...
Rose (as Martina Degnan)
Rick Kleber Rick Kleber ...
Mover (as Richard Kleber)
Macka Foley Macka Foley ...
Mover
Rick Aviles Rick Aviles ...
Phil Leeds Phil Leeds ...
Emergency Room Ghost
John Hugh John Hugh ...
Surgeon
Sam Tsoutsouvas Sam Tsoutsouvas ...
Minister
Sharon Breslau Sharon Breslau ...
Cemetery Ghost (as Sharon Breslau Cornell)
Vincent Schiavelli ...
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Storyline

Sam and Molly are a very happy couple and deeply in love. Walking back to their new apartment after a night out at the theatre, they encounter a thief in a dark alley, and Sam is murdered. He finds himself trapped as a ghost and realises that his death was no accident. He must warn Molly about the danger that she is in. But as a ghost he can not be seen or heard by the living, and so he tries to communicate with Molly through Oda Mae Brown, a psychic who didn't even realise that her powers were real. Written by Sami Al-Taher <staher2000@yahoo.com>  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Ghost | Bank | Love | Death | Police  | See more »

Taglines:

You will believe. See more »

Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Ghost: La sombra del amor See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$22,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$12,191,540 (USA) (15 July 1990) (1101 Screens)

Gross:

$507,600,000 (Worldwide)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

When it came time to cast the film, writer Bruce Joel Rubin suggested Patrick Swayze for the role of Sam Wheat. Director Jerry Zucker felt that Swayze was completely wrong for the part. Many actors that included Paul Hogan (who instead made Almost an Angel), Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Mel Gibson, Dennis Quaid, Bruce Willis (Demi Moore's husband at the time, who didn't think the film would work), John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Mickey Rourke, David Duchovny, Johnny Depp, Kevin Costner and Alec Baldwin were all offered the part but all turned it down feeling that playing a ghost would be cheesy. Zucker then decided to audition Swayze though he thought he would blow the audition. To Zucker's surprise, Swayze did a great audition and he was cast immediately in the part. See more »

Goofs

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In the exchange between Molly and Lyle the bank officer, she asks him if that was Oda Mae, and wanted to know what business they had just done. Lyle tells Molly her name (Rita Miller) and said that she was closing an account. By federal law, bank personnel can never discuss the details of one customer's transaction or identity with another. However, Lyle is a "social moron," very likely to have forgotten or not cared enough about the law to keep himself from discussing it with Molly, or intently believing that, because Sam was a bank employee, he could freely discuss it with Molly without fear. See more »

Quotes

Oda Mae Brown: Now are you going to go away, Sam? 'Cause you know what, I got work to do.
Sam Wheat: No.
Oda Mae Brown: Fine, then, stay there.
[Turning to her customers who are not paying attention]
Oda Mae Brown: Eh, excuse me, EXCUSE me! You ready yet?
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Crazy Credits

The opening credits are half transparent like a ghost. See more »


Soundtracks

"UNCHAINED MELODY"
Written by Alex North and Hy Zaret
Performed by The Righteous Brothers
Courtesy of PolyGram Special Products, A division of PolGram Records, Inc. See more »