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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Bill Cosby | ... | Elliot Hopper | |
| Kimberly Russell | ... | Diane Hopper | |
| Denise Nicholas | ... | Joan | |
| Ian Bannen | ... | Sir Edith Moser | |
| Christine Ebersole | ... | Carol | |
| Barry Corbin | ... | Mr. Emery Collins | |
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Salim Grant | ... | Danny Hopper |
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Brooke Fontaine | ... | Amanda Hopper |
| Dakin Matthews | ... | Mr. Seymour | |
| Dana Ashbrook | ... | Tony Ricker | |
| Omar Gooding | ... | Stuart | |
| Raynor Scheine | ... | Curtis Burch, the Cabbie | |
| Arnold Stang | ... | Mr. Cohen, Elderly Patient | |
| Brian Stokes Mitchell | ... | Teacher (as Brian Mitchell) | |
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Lisa Mene Nemacheck | ... | Jonelle |
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Elliot Hopper, a widower with three children, is currently working on a deal. His late wife's illness was very expensive and this deal could bring them out of the red. But he gets into a cab that the maniac driver crashes, and the next thing he realizes is that he's floating around and landing in the lab of a scientist who studies the paranormal. He asks the scientist to send him back so he can finish the deal and make sure his children will be taken care of when he's gone for good. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com
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ghost | bedtime story | scientist | teen angst | waking up from a coma |Taglines:
America's favorite dad in a spirited comedy! See more »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
29 June 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$4,803,480, 1 July 1990Gross USA:
$24,707,633Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$25,421,633Company Credits
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Elliot Hopper: Okay, honey. Thank you.
[Somebody knocks on the front door]
Elliot Hopper: That must be Joan coming over to fill in the bleeps.
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(Theme from Sorcerer (1977))
Music by Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke (as Christoph Franke) and Peter Baumann
Performed by Tangerine Dream
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Trivia
The novelization of the movie, written by Mel Cebulash, was published about two weeks after the U.S. release. See more »Goofs
As a ghost, Elliot is only supposed to be visible in the dark. When he returns to his workplace as a ghost, other people can see him in the brightly-lit rooms. See more »Quotes
Amanda Hopper: Daddy, Joan said you can go bleep bleep yourself. She said you guys need to talk and she'll fill in the bleeps later.Elliot Hopper: Okay, honey. Thank you.
[Somebody knocks on the front door]
Elliot Hopper: That must be Joan coming over to fill in the bleeps.
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Connections
Referenced in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Wolverine/Ghosts of Girlfriends Past/Battle for Terra (2009) See more »Soundtracks
Betrayal(Theme from Sorcerer (1977))
Music by Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke (as Christoph Franke) and Peter Baumann
Performed by Tangerine Dream
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Ghost Dad is designed to be a comedy. Myself, I thought it was sad. He almost dies in an elevator accident, then he finds himself suspended in mid air over a bridge of water, hanging on by his car door. The man has kids! He's the only provider for them. Who is going to look after them when he becomes...ghost dad? Ghost Dad has a few funny moments, but there's something here in the mix that doesn't work. At first, the kids think its funny when they can see him in the dark, but not in the light, so they keep turning the lights on and off, and he keeps disappearing and reappearing. When the kids finally accept him as ghost dad, the movie completely falls apart. I mean, literally. The film does not know where to go from there, and instead, its just a parade of filler. Watch as he comically chokes the boyfriend through the phone when he calls her a name that rhymes with "Witch". It tries to play off as a family comedy, but it just doesn't have any story or material to go by once he dies. There lies the problem. As a comedy, as I said, it has a few laughs. Bill Cosby is great as ghost dad, the kids are likable...its just too bad the movie isn't likable. But watchable. I'm giving Ghost Dad 5 out of 10 stars. Anything but haunting here.