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Ghost

  • 1990
  • PG-13
  • 2h 6m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
248K
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Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze in Ghost (1990)
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Feel-Good RomanceDramaFantasyRomanceThriller

After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.

  • Director
    • Jerry Zucker
  • Writer
    • Bruce Joel Rubin
  • Stars
    • Patrick Swayze
    • Demi Moore
    • Whoopi Goldberg
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    248K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,187
    2
    • Director
      • Jerry Zucker
    • Writer
      • Bruce Joel Rubin
    • Stars
      • Patrick Swayze
      • Demi Moore
      • Whoopi Goldberg
    • 433User reviews
    • 97Critic reviews
    • 52Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 2 Oscars
      • 18 wins & 24 nominations total

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    Patrick Swayze
    Patrick Swayze
    • Sam Wheat
    Demi Moore
    Demi Moore
    • Molly Jensen
    Whoopi Goldberg
    Whoopi Goldberg
    • Oda Mae Brown
    Tony Goldwyn
    Tony Goldwyn
    • Carl Bruner
    Stanley Lawrence
    • Elevator Man
    Christopher J. Keene
    • Elevator Man
    Susan Breslau
    • Susan
    Martina Deignan
    • Rose
    • (as Martina Degnan)
    Rick Kleber
    Rick Kleber
    • Mover
    • (as Richard Kleber)
    Macka Foley
    • Mover
    Rick Aviles
    Rick Aviles
    • Willie Lopez
    Phil Leeds
    Phil Leeds
    • Emergency Room Ghost
    John Hugh
    • Surgeon
    Sam Tsoutsouvas
    • Minister
    Sharon Breslau
    • Cemetery Ghost
    • (as Sharon Breslau Cornell)
    Vincent Schiavelli
    Vincent Schiavelli
    • Subway Ghost
    Angelina Estrada
    • Rosa Santiago
    Armelia McQueen
    Armelia McQueen
    • Oda Mae's Sister
    • Director
      • Jerry Zucker
    • Writer
      • Bruce Joel Rubin
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    User reviews433

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    7ma-cortes

    Agreeable and fascinating love story

    The motion picture concerns upon the starring's killing (Patrick Swayze) who returns from beyond to save his lover (Demi Moore) harassed by a devious killer . He's helped by a likable psychic (Woopy Goldberg) .

    In the film there are a wonderful love story , humor , tearjerker , suspense , action and a little bit of horror.

    Runtime film is appropriate , isn't slow-moving but adjusted and the movie is very entertaining.

    Woopy Goldberg's interpretation is fantastic and humorous , she was Oscar winner to the category for supporting cast , a very well deserved prize .

    The lover couple , Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze , are riveting but overblown sweets.

    Maurice Jarre musical score is fascinating but principal song is copied from Alex North's theme.

    Direction by Jerry Zucker is first class , better than his previous films like ¨Airplane¨ , ¨Top secret¨ or ¨Ruthless people¨.

    The movie will appeal to fantasy buffs and love stories fans.

    Rating: 6,5/10 . Good and well worth watching.
    9Arcturus1980

    I have grown to love Ghost

    Ghost is the latest of a dozen or so films that I have come to appreciate much more over time. I had seen it a few times in the '90s and liked it, but not on the level of yesterday's viewing. Every film is a world unto itself, and generally speaking, the more interesting the world, the better the film. I like the world of Ghost. I like the treatment of the supernatural. The denial thereof and other character annoyances can be rationalized away quite satisfactorily. I would, however, prefer a more restrained Whoopi Goldberg, who is a little out of control for the sake of humor. It is something of a comedy after all.

    The special effects hold up very well. Maurice Jarre's score hits the mark (no surprise there). Jerry Zucker directs very competently. Bruce Joel Rubin won the Oscar for his marvelous original screenplay. Demi Moore is a must for Molly. Likewise for Patrick Swayze as Sam. His regrettable and untimely death adds to the mystique.

    Only a 6.9 on this site, but nothing talks like money with over a half-billion dollars worldwide. If you last saw Ghost many years ago and thought it good, not great, I suggest you rewatch it. It quite touched me, and may do you as well.
    7moonspinner55

    It shows surprising grace in its mix of romantic drama, fantasy and revenge thriller...

    Murdered businessman in New York City sets out in ghostly form to bring his killers to justice--and to watch out over his live-in girlfriend, who may now be in similar danger. Whoopi Goldberg won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar as a not-so-fake medium who becomes Patrick Swayze's conduit to reaching lady-love Demi Moore. Whoopi is, indeed, a treasure, though Swayze is just serviceable here and Moore has to contend with a non-believing character who takes too long to come around. It might be easy for some to write this fantasy-love story off as a bloated, faded hit with a heart of F/X, but there's surprising grace and finesse in Jerry Zucker's direction. Bruce Joel Rubin also won an Oscar for his original screenplay, which has some nice twists and turns. In these hands, "Ghost" is nearly an unqualified success, neatly avoiding treacle and sap simply by combining a sly sense of humor with its romantic spirit--underscored by Maurice Jarre's music and the oldie "Unchained Melody" by The Righteous Brothers.
    7blanbrn

    Your spirit will believe! One of the best of the 90's.

    When seeing "Ghost" 16 years ago with friends, and family I knew that this film would go down as a classic and it did it's one of the 90's best films. The movie in my opinion is so successful because of the many themes it's associated with it's not only a love story, but also this film has plenty of comedic moments while at the same time the main characters face a web of betrayal. The plot is well written with many turns as Patrick Swayze gives a strong performance as a New York City banker, who is gunned down and killed right in front of his sweetheart(Demi Moore)and all of this is over a dirty investment scandal. "Ghost" then gets very interesting when the Swayze character finds out that the after life does indeed occur! He can see people, but they can't see him! Never fear the only hope is to team with a psychic(Whoopi Goldberg who rightfully wins an Academy-Award for best supporting actress) to uncover the truth behind his murder and to rescue his love(Demi Moore). Overall this movie is a great romance that touches your heart, and makes you appreciate your loved ones especially after their gone. The laughs are also good with Whoopi and it's nice to see the now late Vincent Schiavelli have a small part as a subway ghost, who helps Patrick believe in his supernatural powers. Overall again one of the best movies of the 90's that taught us love, hope, and made us a believer that our past loved ones could be ghost. Also this picture helped make Demi Moore a superstar in the 90's, as she would earn 12 to 15 million a picture during this decade.
    8CihanVercan

    When You're DEAD, It's ALL OVER; but When You're LOVED, It's FOREVER !

    The imaginative but well-conceived idea of dishing up a romance upon lovers communicating spiritually owing to one of them is dead, was first filmed by Steven Spielberg 8 months before the Ghost's silver screen release. Spielberg's movie Always(1989) had classy use of visuals fulfilling the needs of viewers with mystery-based expectations. Yet, Always lacked the sense of essential romance concept, despite having the same plot and even the same storyline in Ghost. Originally the idea has been created by Chandler Sprague and David Boehm.

    However, Ghost accomplished of what "Always" tried and failed to accomplish. Thanks to the great acting trio of Patrick Swayze + Demi Moore + Whoopi Goldberg, for together they registered indelible moments into Ghost. It is scraped in our memory how in time Molly and Sam happen to keep their thoughts off each others' feelings, and that taught us: "Love begins with emotions, ends with thoughts". On this account they never called off their faith on believing that they will keep an enduring love affair. These indelible scenes in Ghost are conceptually cut where the editing was so impressive that instead of trying to make the story more plausible, it empowered the devotion of lovers onto their relation. The scene which Sam's ghost drew upon Oda Mae's body to break the longing with Molly by kissing her is an imperishable cinematic instant.

    I was in love with someone, and it was February,2005; we were both watching the Ghost on TV, both talking on the phone. Then that scene came upon(Sam's ghost kissing Molly in Oda Mae's body), I felt lost deep in my heart seeking the girl I'm talking on the phone. I heard she was crying and sobbing, and keep saying to me: "I will never forget the first time you kissed me and I don't need to be alive to recall this" Ghost is one timeless romantic masterpiece that had its moments. For me the kissing scene was the best kiss in movies of all time. MTV had honoured this kiss as well, several years after the release of the movie, as the best kiss in '90s. Superimposing that, the scenes where Oda Mae Brown convinces Molly that Sam's ghost is around her and then Molly reasons with police that Oda Mae knows what nobody is able to know but Sam and herself only, are the scenes that deliver the magic beyond eyes and beyond ears.

    To watch Ghost is in the to do list of what to do when you're on a date.

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    • Trivia
      The role of Oda Mae Brown was not written with Whoopi Goldberg in mind, but Patrick Swayze was convinced she would be right for the part after seeing her one-woman Broadway shows.
    • Goofs
      There are a number of inconsistencies concerning Sam touching things when his hands should have gone through. For example, when Sam is in the hospital after his murder he gets out of the chair by grabbing hold of the arm-rests to push himself up out of the chair. However, these could be explained that those things he is trying to intentionally manipulate require concentration, but things that he's used to doing or doing without thought don't require concentration at all as they are instinctively easy.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Sam Wheat: It's amazing, Molly. The love inside, you take it with you. See ya.

      Molly: See ya. Bye.

    • Crazy credits
      The opening credits are half transparent like a ghost.
    • Alternate versions
      There are two different versions for the same scene. In one Oda Mae talks to Molly about Sam' s ghost behind Molly' s apartment door. However, in the other version, Molly comes down to the street and meets Oda Mae, and at the next scene they are discussing about Sam at a coffee place.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Quick Change/Arachnophobia/Ghost/The Adventures of Ford Fairlaine/Jetsons: The Movie (1990)
    • Soundtracks
      Unchained Melody
      By Alex North & Hy Zaret

      Conducted by Maurice Jarre (uncredited)

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    • How did the hospital ghost, cemetery ghost and subway ghost know that Sam was also a ghost?

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    • Release date
      • July 13, 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ghost, la sombra del amor
    • Filming locations
      • 104 Prince Street, Soho, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(Molly and Sam's apartment)
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Howard W. Koch Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $22,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $217,631,306
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $12,191,540
      • Jul 15, 1990
    • Gross worldwide
      • $505,703,557
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 6 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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