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Overview

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Director:
Jerry Zucker
Writer (WGA):
Bruce Joel Rubin (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
13 July 1990 (USA) more
Tagline:
A love that will last forever. more
Plot:
After being killed during a botched mugging, a man's love for his partner enables him to remain on earth as a ghost. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 22 nominations more
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(259 articles)
'FlashForward' Episode 1.07: 'The Gift'
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Somers Clarifies Swayze Chemo Comments
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Ghost...........Classic! more (202 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Patrick Swayze ... Sam Wheat

Demi Moore ... Molly Jensen

Tony Goldwyn ... Carl Bruner
Stanley Lawrence ... Elevator Man
Christopher J. Keene ... Elevator Man
Susan Breslau ... Susan
Martina Deignan ... Rose (as Martina Degnan)
Rick Kleber ... Mover (as Richard Kleber)
Macka Foley ... Mover
Rick Aviles ... Willie Lopez
Phil Leeds ... Emergency Room Ghost
John Hugh ... Surgeon
Sam Tsoutsouvas ... Minister
Sharon Breslau ... Cemetery Ghost (as Sharon Breslau Cornell)

Vincent Schiavelli ... Subway Ghost
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Additional Details

Runtime:
128 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #30013) | UK:12 | Canada:A (Nova Scotia)

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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 Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Kevin Bacon, Al Pacino, Bruce Willis, Harrison Ford, Nicolas Cage, Mickey Rourke, David Duchovny, Johnny Depp, Chevy Chase 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. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Why, once Sam has learnt to touch things, including humans, can he not dance with Molly? Despite touching Willy in his flat, Sam can only dance with Molly by getting into Ode Mays' body, surely he should have just been able to dance directly? more
Quotes:
[When handing the check to the nuns]
Sam: Hand her the check.
Oda Mae Brown: I will!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Player (1992) more
Soundtrack:
UNCHAINED MELODY more

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10 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Ghost...........Classic!, 22 March 2006
10/10
Author: cwei-1 from Taiwan

After so many years, every time when I see this movie again, it always makes my eyes water! This is basically a simple story. However, the script writer by Bruce Joel Rubin and the director by Jerry Zucker are intelligent. They made the simple story a touching, interesting one. I think most people cried at the end of the movie. This reminded me another commercial successful movie "Titanic" in the year 1997. The music (composed by Maurice Jarre) was so moving. Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore played well, not to mention Whoopi Goldberg. Her performance was amazing!(she also had excellent acting in Spielberg's early masterpiece "The Color Purple") The visual effects by ILM was extraordinary in that time. By and large, this touching movie is not only a huge commercial success, but also a classic!

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