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Features: DVD, Collector's Edition
Editor's Note
After renovating their expensive loft in the TriBeCa section of Manhattan, Molly (Demi Moore) and Sam (Patrick Swayze), a young successful yuppie couple, are walking home one evening when Sam is tragically gunned down by a street mugger. Molly goes into a deep depression, but, unknown to her, Sam has come back as a ghost in order to protect her from danger--although he isn't yet aware who or what means her harm, and he has a lot of learning to do in order to make himself known to her. He teams up with an unwilling psychic, Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg), and together they try to convince a very skeptical Molly that Sam was actually murdered and has returned spectrally to complete some unfinished business. Moore and Swayze and are excellent as the couple, and Goldberg won an Oscar for her portrayal of the wild and wacky psychic. GHOST is considered by many to be one of the most romantic films of the 1990s.
Plot Summary
Shortly after moving into a new Manhattan apartment, a pair of lovers are separated by a street thug's bullet. Communicating through a frazzled false medium, the man's ghost tries to avenge his death and protect his girlfriend. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Picture, Best Original Score. Academy Awards: 2, including Best (Original) Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress--Whoopi Goldberg.
| Features | Keep Case - Sensormatic | | Full Frame - 1.33 | | Widescreen - 1.85 | | Audio:
| Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround - English, French | | Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French | | Additional Release Material:
| Audio Commentary: Jerry Zucker - Director, Bruce Joel Rubin - Writer | | Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer | | Featurette:
| 1. Ghost Stories: The Making of a Classic | | 2. Inside the Paranormal | | 3. Alchemy of a Love Scene | | 4. Cinema's Great Romances | | Text/Photo Galleries:
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 1/20/2009 |
| Running Time: 126 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1990 | | Catalog ID: 139794 | | UPC: 00097361397948 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Academy Awards (1990) |  | Whoopi Goldberg, Winner, Best Supporting Actress | | Bruce Joel Rubin, Winner, Best Original Screenplay |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...Eccentric enough to remain interesting....[Goldberg] makes the most of it..." 07/13/1990 p.C8Premiere
"[F]unny and touching and memorable." 04/01/2004 p.54 Ultimate DVD
5 stars out of 5 -- "Swayze and Moore were two stars at the absolute top of their game and it's their magnetic chemistry that gives enduring momentum to this story..." 05/01/2007 p.99 |
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