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Overview

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5.8/10   100 votes
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Director:
Crispin Reece
Writers:
Oscar Wilde (story) and
Olivia Hetreed (writer)
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Genre:
Comedy | Fantasy | Romance more
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User Comments:
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Cast

  (Credited cast)
Ian Richardson ... Simon de Canterville
Celia Imrie ... Lucy Otis

Sarah-Jane Potts ... Virginia Otis
Rolf Saxon ... Hiram Otis

James D'Arcy ... Lord Cheshire
Edna Doré ... Mrs. Umney
Tom Bowles ... Tom Carter
Donald Sinden ... Lord Dumbleton (as Sir Donald Sinden)
Pauline Quirke ... Madame Murielle

Ian McNeice ... Professor Davenport
Rik Mayall ... Reverend Dampier
Nicholas Barker ... Stars Otis
Jack Barker ... Stripes Otis
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Spain:87 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
USA:Unrated | UK:U
Company:
Tetra Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When Sir Simon crashes the party, one of the guests cries out "Oh, my prophetic soul!" This is what Hamlet says when he realizes he speaking to his father's ghost in "Hamlet". more
Quotes:
Virginia Otis: Tread lightly she is near/under the snow/speak gently she can hear/the daisies grow/All her bright golden hair/tarnished with rust/she that was young and fair/fall into dust/lily light as snow/she hardly knew/she was a woman/so sweetly she grew more
Movie Connections:
Version of "Mystery and Imagination: The Canterville Ghost (#1.7)" (1966) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
I love this story, 28 September 2007
8/10
Author: JTheGoblinKing from United States

This is a classic story in true Oscar Wilde wit and flair. It's both haunting and funny. It's a fairy tale for all ages. In this story a young American girl helps to free the tormented spirit that haunts an old English castle. It's very well written and a beautiful tale for all ages. It's too bad this wasn't the best adaptation.

The best adaptation of The Canterville ghost, in my opinion, has to be the version with Patrick Stewart as the ghost, it was made for television in 1996. Though set in the 1990s it's very true to the book. The worst adaptation of the Canterville ghost, in my opinion, is the version set in 1944. It had been turned into blatant war propaganda and was almost unrecognizable, it's plot having nearly nothing at all to do with the original story by Oscar Wilde, which is a true classic.

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