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7.2/10 • 5.5K

1990-07-132h 7m

FantasyDramaThrillerMysteryRomance

Before Sam was murdered, he told Molly he'd love and protect her forever.

Even though Sam Wheat, the successful investment counsellor, still finds it difficult to express his deeper feelings for her after all these years, his young potter girlfriend, Molly Jensen, is the love of his life. However, a curious case of a systematic discrepancy will prepare the ground for a hideous urban homicide in one of Manhattan's dark alleys, trapping, seemingly forever, the unfortunate deceased's immortal soul in the realm of the mortals. With the condemned spirit unable to interact with the physical world--and as Molly's life, too, is in grave danger--Sam will have to turn to the spiritual medium, Oda Mae Brown, to warn and protect her. Can Oda and the ghost settle the unfinished business in time?

Directors
Jerry Zucker
Writters
Bruce Joel Rubin
Editors
Walter Murch

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Patrick Swayze

    Patrick Swayze

    Sam Wheat

  2. Demi Moore

    Demi Moore

    Molly Jensen

  3. Whoopi Goldberg

    Whoopi Goldberg

    Oda Mae Brown

  4. Tony Goldwyn

    Tony Goldwyn

    Carl Bruner

  5. Vincent Schiavelli

    Vincent Schiavelli

    Subway Ghost

  6. Rick Aviles

    Rick Aviles

    Willie Lopez

  7. Martina Deignan

    Martina Deignan

    Rose

  8. Rick Kleber

    Rick Kleber

    Mover

  9. Phil Leeds

    Phil Leeds

    Emergency Room Ghost

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Wuchak

Dec 4, 2020

9/10

Top-of-the-line drama/thriller tackles the afterlife A man suddenly discovers that he's a ghost (Patrick Swayze) and means to find his killer while protecting his former fiancé (Demi Moore). Tony Goldwyn plays his business partner while Whoopi Goldberg is on hand as a psychic spiritual advisor. Like all great movies, “Ghost” (1990) takes about 15-20 minutes to establish the characters and then takes off, gripping the viewer until the end. It combines drama, thrills and comedy in its fascinating exploration of the hereafter and is cut from the same cloth as future movies “City of Angels” (1998), “Meet Joe Black” (1998) and “The Sixth Sense” (1999). While the film’s theology is no deeper than a Jack T. Chick tract and I don’t agree with every jot & tittle, it effectively conveys its profound ideas in a way that is palatable to the masses. The movie runs 2 hours, 6 minutes and was shot in New York City (Manhattan and Brooklyn), Paramount Studios and downtown Los Angeles. GRADE: A/A-

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$22,000,000.00
Revenue
$505,000,000.00
Keywords
fortune tellercorruptionafterlifemoney transfermoney launderingpotteryhellheavenmurderdeathghostspiritism