A ghost stranded in New York City is determined to communicate
with the woman he loves. He teams with a "psychic" who is amazed
to discover her powers are authentic when she becomes his
reluctant ally as he masters the skills of the spiritual world.
The winner o f 2 Academy Awards including Best Supporting
Actress.
From .co.uk
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The biggest hit of 1990, Ghost is part comedy, part romance, part
supernatural thriller. Patrick Swayze, previously best known for
Dirty Dancing, stars as Sam, the banker who is killed following a
mugging. Caught in a limbo between here and the afterlife, he
uses Whoopi Goldberg's fake psychic as an intermediary to warn
wife Molly (Demi Moore) that his death was no accident but a
murder and that she is in danger too.
Ghost's original popularity and notoriety originally arose not
from its dealings with the supernatural but the scene involving
Moore fondly astride her potter's wheel fashioning a somewhat
phallic-shaped vase, with Swayze fondly astride her. So infamous
did this scene become that it's now more likely to raise a
chuckle than a sultry sigh. As for the rest of the movie, it
still somehow manages to engage despite the awkward juxtaposition
of lachrymose melodrama and zaniness. Demi Moore, whose massive
Hollywood success was always a mystery to some, is a little flat
as the tomboy-coiffed Molly, her tears occasionally seeming
onion-induced. Swayze, however, delivers as Sam while Whoopi
Goldberg turns in the best performance of her career, delivering
the requisite zip and sass to what otherwise might have been a
morose movie.
On the DVD: Though well restored, DVD enhancement has only
served to emphasise the slightly quaint feel of the special
effects here--Ghost was made just prior to the digital era.
Otherwise, this is a good package and an essential purchase for
fans. There's a 22-minute featurette, "Remembering the Magic", in
which scriptwriter Bruce Joel Rubin explains that the film was
inspired by the scene in Hamlet in which the Prince meets his
her, and how initially appalled he was that his masterpiece of
the supernatural was to be directed by Jerry Zucker, previously
responsible for Airplane!. They also reveal that Tina Turner was
originally cast for the Goldberg role. Zucker and Rubin team up
for a funny commentary track. --David Stubbs
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From the Back Cover
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Think of the most touching love story you ever saw. Think, too,
of the brightest comedy, the most astonishing supernatural tale
and a sleek mystery-thriller. Did you come up with four separate
films? Or are you among the millions of fans and critics who've
discovered Ghost, the #1 film of 1990? Ghost will surprise you,
delight you, make you believe.
Patrick Swayze plays a ghost who teams with a psychic (Academy
Award(r) winner Whoopi Goldberg) to uncover the truth behind his
murder - and rescue his sweetheart (Demi Moore) from a similar
e. "The word of mouth is that Ghost is a 'must-see' romance,"
says Entertainment Weekly. Ditto to that!
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