Casper (1995)

Director:

Brad Silberling

Writers (WGA):

Joseph Oriolo (characters)
Sherri Stoner (written by) ...
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Release Date:

26 May 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Get An Afterlife

Plot:

A paranormal expert and his daughter bunk in an abandoned house populated by 3 mischievous ghosts and one friendly one.

Plot Keywords:

Ghost | Mansion | Casper | Breakfast Machine | Friendship

Awards:

4 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Chauncey Leopardi	...	Nicky
Spencer Vrooman	...	Andreas
Malachi Pearson	...	Casper (McFadden) (voice)
Cathy Moriarty	...	Carrigan Crittenden
Eric Idle	...	Paul 'Dibbs' Plutzker
Ben Stein	...	Mr. Rugg
Don Novello	...	Father Guido Sarducci
Fred Rogers	...	Mr. Rogers (as Mr. Rogers)
Terry Murphy	...	Herself ('Hard Copy')
Bill Pullman	...	Dr. James Harvey
Christina Ricci	...	Kathleen 'Kat' Harvey
Ernestine Mercer	...	Harvey Patient Being Interviewed
Doug Bruckner	...	Reporter (voice) (as Douglas J.O. Bruckner)
Joe Nipote	...	Stretch (voice)
Joe Alaskey	...	Stinkie (voice)
Brad Garrett	...	Fatso (voice)
John Kassir	...	The Crypt Keeper (voice)
Garette Ratliff Henson	...	Vic DePhillippi
Jessica Wesson	...	Amber Whitmire
Wesley Thompson	...	Mr. Curtis
Michael Dubrow	...	Student #1
J.J. Anderson	...	Student #2
Jess Harnell	...	Arnold (voice)
Michael McCarty	...	Drunk in Bar
Micah Winkelspecht	...	Student
Mike Simmrin	...	Phantom
Amy Brenneman	...	Amelia Harvey
Devon Sawa	...	Casper on Screen
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dan Aykroyd	...	Dr. Raymond Stantz (uncredited)
Rodney Dangerfield	...	Himself (uncredited)
Clint Eastwood	...	Himself (uncredited)
Mel Gibson	...	Himself (uncredited)
Elise Main	...	Little Red Riding Hood (uncredited)
Tony Stef'Ano	...	Kid at Party (uncredited)

Directed by
Brad Silberling

Writing credits (WGA)
Joseph Oriolo		(characters)
Sherri Stoner		(written by) &
Deanna Oliver		(written by)

Produced by
Paul Deason	....	associate producer
Jeff Franklin	....	co-producer
Gerald R. Molen	....	executive producer
Jeffrey A. Montgomery	....	executive producer
Steven Spielberg	....	executive producer
Steve Waterman	....	co-producer
Colin Wilson	....	producer

Original Music by
James Horner

Cinematography by
Dean Cundey		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Michael Kahn

Casting by
Nancy Nayor

Production Design by
Leslie Dilley

Art Direction by
Daniel Maltese
Ed Verreaux

Set Decoration by
Rosemary Brandenburg

Costume Design by
Rosanna Norton

Makeup Department
Judith A. Cory	....	key hair stylist
Christina Smith	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Paul Deason	....	unit production manager
Steven R. Molen	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Steve E. Andrews	....	first assistant director
Pamela Cederquist	....	second second assistant director
Maura McKeown	....	dga trainee
Michele Panelli-Venetis	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Yarek Alfer	....	head sculptor
Lori Ashcraft	....	art department coordinator
Carlo Basail	....	greens crafts service
Russell Bobbitt	....	property master
William Boyd	....	mill foreman
Jeff Brown	....	stand-by greens
Richard Crain	....	propmaker
Mike Disa	....	digital reference technician
Neil Garland	....	propmaker gangboss
Tom Ivanjack	....	painter
Kent Jones	....	paint foreman
Kevin Wade Mcdonald	....	propmaker
Frank McEldowney	....	greens supervisor
James P. Meehan	....	set dresser (as Jim Meehan)
Thomas Meikle	....	sculptor
Robert Misetich	....	set paint foreman
Dana O'Connor	....	digital reference technician
Greg Papalia	....	assistant art director
Nashon Petrushkin	....	property assistant
William H. Phen Jr.	....	propmaker gangboss
Edward J. Protiva	....	set dresser
Eric Ramirez	....	set dresser
Jacques Rey	....	illustrator
Terry Sheffield	....	drapery foreman
Brett C. Smith	....	leadman
Bruce G. Smith	....	paint foreman
David S. Smith	....	digital artist
Randy Syracuse	....	construction foreman
Mark Weber	....	propmaker
Timothy S. Wiles	....	props
Ken Abraham	....	assistant property master (uncredited)
Daren Dochterman	....	property illustrator (uncredited)
Jay Fisher	....	scenic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Sandina Bailo-Lape	....	foley editor
Tom Barwick	....	foley artist
Sara Bolder	....	dialogue editor
Christopher Boyes	....	assistant sound designer (as Chris Boyes)
Lindakay Brown	....	assistant adr editor
Lisa Chino	....	assistant dialogue editor
John S. Coffey	....	sound mixer: second unit
Dean Drabin	....	adr mixer
Tony Eckert	....	foley recordist
Teresa Eckton	....	sound effects editor
Sean England	....	machine room operator
Dan Engstrom	....	assistant sound effects editor
Frank E. Eulner	....	sound editor
Andre Fenley	....	apprentice sound editor
J.R. Grubbs	....	assistant sound effects editor
Ruth Hasty	....	assistant supervising sound editor
Richard Hymns	....	supervising sound editor
Shawn Murphy	....	re-recording mixer
Susan Popovic	....	assistant foley editor
Gary Rydstrom	....	sound designer
Gary Rydstrom	....	sound re-recording mixer
Christopher Scarabosio	....	assistant dialogue editor
Michael Silvers	....	dialogue editor
Gary Summers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
Hugh Waddell	....	adr supervisor
Charles M. Wilborn	....	sound mixer
Ronald G. Roumas	....	sound re-recordist (uncredited)
John Soukup	....	sound transfer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Craig Barnett	....	special effects technician
Randy Cabral	....	special effects
Kim Derry	....	special effects technician
Raul Essig	....	technical assistant
Michael Lantieri	....	special effects supervisor
Rick Lazzarini	....	ghost replicas
Matt McDonnell	....	special effects technician
Tom Pahk	....	special effects foreman
Brian Tipton	....	special effects: first unit (owner and operator of Casper's childhood train)
Patricia Villalobos	....	special effects crew
Jason Bakutis	....	mold/lab technician (uncredited)
Harish Mandyam	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Philip Edward Alexy	....	CG animator
Alexandra Altrocchi	....	visual effects production assistant
Mike Amron	....	digital effects artist
Barry Armour	....	technical director
Michael Bauer	....	digital effects artist: ILM
John Andrew Berton Jr.	....	supervising digital effects artist
Bruce D. Buckley	....	CGI modeler
Richard Brooks Burton	....	gyrosphere technician: blue screen unit
Megan I. Carlson	....	visual effects production assistant
Marc Cooper	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Bruce Dahl	....	animator
Lou Dellarosa	....	digital character animator
Mike Disa	....	digital character animator
Jeff Doran	....	matchmove supervisor
Loring Doyle	....	roto/paint artist
Edwin Dunkley	....	computer graphics technical assistant (as Edwin G. Dunkley)
Russell Earl	....	technical director
Selwyn Eddy	....	3d camera matchmove artist (as Selwyn Eddy III)
TyRuben Ellingson	....	effects art director
Vicki L. Engel	....	visual effects coordinator
Stefen Fangmeier	....	digital character co-supervisor
Scott Farrar	....	visual effects plate supervisor
Michael Gleason	....	visual effects editor
Gerald Gutschmidt	....	digital effects artist
Mark Gutterud	....	plate photography
Roger Guyett	....	senior technical director
Michael J. Halsted	....	visual effects coordinator
Janet Healy	....	digital effects producer
Janet Healy	....	visual effects producer
Matthew Hendershot	....	character modeler
Sandy Houston	....	digital roto and paint supervisor
Wade Howie	....	model supervisor
George Hull	....	storyboard artist
Tom L. Hutchinson	....	computer graphics supervisor
Daniel Jeannette	....	character animator
Greg Killmaster	....	technical director
Ken Satchel King	....	character animator
Drew Klausner	....	roto and paint artist
Russell Koonce	....	digital effects artist
Marshall Richard Krasser	....	digital rotoscoper: ILM
Henry LaBounta	....	senior CG supervisor
Angela Leaper	....	video effects
Peter Lepeniotis	....	animator
Joe Letteri	....	CG supervisor
John Lewis	....	software
Fabio Lignini	....	animator
Robert Marinic	....	digital effects artist
Stuart T. Maschwitz	....	digital artist
Michael McNeill	....	digital effects artist
Carl Miller	....	motion control operator
Christopher James Miller	....	motion actor
Richard Miller	....	sculptor
Curt I. Miyashiro	....	digital effects artist
David Manos Morris	....	technical assistant
Dennis Muren	....	digital character supervision
Ken Nielsen	....	visual effects
Michael Olague	....	visual effects gaffer
Kevin Rafferty	....	supervising digital effects artist
Phil Robinson	....	animator
Susan Ross	....	lead viewpaint artist
Erik Chr. Schmidt	....	digital character animator
Trish Schutz-Krause	....	animator: ILM
David S. Smith	....	digital artist: animatics
Ben Snow	....	technical director
Lisa Suzuki	....	digital effects artist
Paul Theren	....	digital artist
Curt Toumanian	....	digital effects technician
Jeffrey James Varab	....	digital character animator
Kevin Willmering	....	digital rotoscope and paint: ILM
Heidi Zabit	....	digital artist
Scott Bonnenfant	....	digital plate restoration: ILM (uncredited)
Ronn Brown	....	CG technical assistant (uncredited)
David Dozoretz	....	concept artist: ILM (uncredited)
Christopher James Miller	....	motion capture actor (uncredited)

Stunts
Laura Albert	....	stunts
Seth Arnett	....	stunts (as Seth James Arnett)
Mickey Cassidy	....	stunts
Georgia Durante	....	stunt double: Cathy Moriarty
Georgia Durante	....	stunts
Donna Evans	....	stunts
Rusty Hanson	....	stunts
Anita Hart	....	stunts
Gary Hymes	....	stunt coordinator
Gary Hymes	....	stunts (as Gary M. Hymes)
Keii Johnston	....	stunts
Jon W. Kishi	....	stunts
Les Larson	....	stunts
Cole McLarty	....	stunts
Carol Neilson	....	stunts
Larry Nicholas	....	stunts
Victor Paul	....	stunts
Patricia M. Peters	....	stunts
John Phillip	....	stunts (as John-Phillip)
Jesse Puente	....	stunts
Chere Rae	....	stunts
Pat Romano	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Pat Romano	....	stunt rigger
Pat Romano	....	stunts (as Patrick Romano)
Birgit K. Schier	....	stunts
Myke Schwartz	....	stunts
Gunter Simon	....	stunts (as Simon Gunther)
Brian Smrz	....	stunts
Erik Stabenau	....	stunts (as Erik Stabenan)
Fred M. Waugh	....	stunts (as Fred Waugh)
Ted Barba	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Clyde E. Bryan	....	camera technician: VistaVision
Clyde E. Bryan	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Vincent Contarino	....	dimmer board operator
Michael K. Davis	....	lighting fixture technician
Casey Hotchkiss	....	camera operator
David James	....	still photographer
Chris Johnson	....	film loader
Ian Kelly	....	video engineer
Sid Lucero	....	best boy grip
Michael Orefice	....	gaffer
Stephen Sfetku	....	second assistant camera
Mark Soucie	....	lighting technician
Raymond Stella	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Raymond Stella	....	director of photography: second unit
Joseph T. Terranova	....	gaffer: additional photography
Kenneth Zunder	....	additional photographer

Animation Department
Eric Armstrong	....	animation director
Mark Anthony Austin	....	supervising animator
Michael Chambers	....	animation ghost references
Anne Fletcher	....	animation ghost references
Miguel A. Fuertes	....	animation supervisor
Paul Griffin	....	animator
Lance MacDonald	....	animation ghost references (as Lance Macdonald)
Mary Ann Malcomb	....	animator
Phil Nibbelink	....	animation director
Seymour Reit	....	character creator: based on book "Casper the Friendly Ghost"
Adam Shankman	....	animation ghost references
Oskar Urretabizkaia	....	animator

Casting Department
Debbie DeRango	....	casting associate
Terry L. Lamfers	....	casting administrator
Chris Lowden	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kristen Anacker	....	costumer
Karen Hare	....	additional costumer
Jerry Ross	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Michael Fallavollita	....	assistant editor
Peter Fandetti	....	assistant editor
Jim Passon	....	color timer

Music Department
Don Davis	....	orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
Greig McRitchie	....	orchestrator
Shawn Murphy	....	score mixer
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
James Thatcher	....	musician: french horn
James Horner	....	conductor (uncredited)
James Horner	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Denny Caira	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Jeffrey Benedict	....	technical assistant
Toby Blue	....	assistant to director
Rory Enke	....	location scout
Anne Fletcher	....	dancer
Dori Greenberg	....	set production assistant
Annette Haywood-Carter	....	script supervisor
J.M. Kenny	....	assistant production coordinator (as Joseph J.M. Kenny)
Frank Charles Lutkus III	....	crypt keeper puppeteer (as Charles Lutkus)
Patty Maloney	....	crypt keeper puppeteer
Todd Morris	....	production assistant
Joseph Oriolo	....	characters: based on book "Casper the Friendly Ghost" (as Joe Oriolo)
Ana Maria Quintana	....	script supervisor
Christopher Raimo	....	production assistant
Matt Rebenkoff	....	set production assistant
Mikael Romano	....	production assistant
Erik Schaper	....	crypt keeper puppeteer
Adam Shankman	....	choreographer
Van Snowden	....	crypt keeper puppeteer
Anne Marie Stein	....	unit publicist
Christine Stewart	....	payroll accountant
David Stinnett	....	crypt keeper puppeteer
Tony Swatton	....	armorer
Bill Tyler	....	set production assistant
Robert West	....	assistant to producer
N. Brock Winkless IV	....	crypt keeper puppeteer

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures (presents)
• Amblin Entertainment
• Harvey Entertainment Company, The (in association with)

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1995) (USA) (theatrical) (as Universal An MCA Company)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1995) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1995) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1995) (Spain) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1995) (Finland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1995) (France) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1995) (UK) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1995) (Greece) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1998) (USA) (TV)
• Argentina Video Home (199?) (Argentina) (VHS)
• CIC Video (1996) (Germany) (VHS)
• CIC Vídeo (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• CIC-Taft Home Video (199?) (Australia) (VHS)
• Home Video Hellas (HVH) (1996) (Greece) (VHS)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (1995) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Oy Europa Vision AB (1995) (Finland) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (1998) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures (2004) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Character Shop
• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)

Other Companies

• Cherokee Studios  music recorded at
• Creative Casting  casting
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• IVC  post-production facilities (digital mastering)
• MCA Records  soundtrack released by
• Nettman/Matthews  remote control camera systems
• Pacific Studios Inc.  chromatrans background
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild language and thematic elements

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | South Korea:All | Philippines:G | Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G (TV rating) | Australia:PG (original rating) | Chile:TE | Finland:K-10 | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Netherlands:AL | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #33785)

Filming Locations:

Colonial Mansion, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Casper's last name is McFadden. This is made clear in the newspaper headline on the floor when Christina Ricci's character reads about Casper's father in the old clippings.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Ghosts don't have a reflection. When Casper looks into a mirror, he can't see himself. But when Amber and Vic are dressed in costume for the party, Stretch, Fatso and Stinkie spook them, and appear in the mirror. However, these are not their reflections. When the two kids fall, the ghosts are nowhere around, suggesting that the Ghostly Trio are actually inside the mirror.

Quotes:

Fatso:[Dr. Harvey is sucking up all three ghosts in the vacuum] This s... sucks!

Movie Connections:

References Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Soundtrack:

Remember Me This Way

Nice change...refreshing

After you get through the stresses of your day... your job, the hassles of daily life, all the stressers that are out there daily, it seems great to sit back and enjoy something that will take you out of that for a little while. If you watch the news and read the papers every day like I do, it gets to you after a while...the young soldiers being killed in Iraq, all the election BS that we are being bombarded with right now...all or most of the news is downright depressing. That creates an important place for a movie like this...one that can make your life a little less serious for a while. I've always been a Christina Ricci fan, going back to the Addams Family when she was only 11 years old. She was a great actress even at that young age. You could tell that she would go far as an actress. The personality was there...it set her apart from her peers. At the age of 15, she continues to do a great job in Casper...she is very believable.

Sometimes, in this troubled world where violence and negative things seem to be the norm, a nice little movie like this can go a long way toward making your day a little brighter. Some of my other "feel good" movies are Patch Adams, all the Superman movies, the Robocop series, and good old Babe. Thanks for reading this. Feel free to reply with an email.