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Ghost
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jerry Zucker
Produced by	Steven-Charles Jaffe Bruce Joel Rubin Howard W. Koch Lisa Weinstein Lauren Ray
Written by	Bruce Joel Rubin
Starring	Patrick Swayze Demi Moore Whoopi Goldberg Tony Goldwyn Rick Aviles Vincent Schiavelli
Music by	Maurice Jarre (score) Alex North (Unchained Melody)
Cinematography	Adam Greenberg, ASC
Editing by	Walter Murch
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	July 13, 1990 (1990-07-13)
Running time	128 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$21 million
Gross revenue	$505,702,588

Ghost is a 1990 drama film and fantasy film starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn and Whoopi Goldberg, written by Bruce Joel Rubin and directed by Jerry Zucker. It was nominated for multiple Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning for Best Original Screenplay, as well as Best Supporting Actress for Whoopi Goldberg. It inspired a musical stage version which will open in the West End in 2010.^[1]

Plot

Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze, in one of the most famous scenes from the movie^[2]

Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze), a banker, and Molly Jensen (Demi Moore) are a loving couple living in New York City.

Sam discovers discrepancies in some accounts at his firm. He advises friend and colleague Carl Bruner (Tony Goldwyn), who offers to investigate, but Sam decides to investigate himself. Soon afterwards Sam and Molly are mugged by Willy Lopez (Rick Aviles). Sam is killed, but remains on Earth as a ghost.

Sam meets Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg), a con artist posing as a medium. Sam realizes that she can hear him. Sam learns the attack on him was planned. Oda Mae tries convincing Molly that Sam's ghost is warning her of the dangerous scheme Willy is involved in, but Molly is skeptical. Carl learns of this and convinces Molly that Oda Mae is a fraud. Sam learns that Carl planned his murder. Carl was behind a money laundering scheme at the bank that Sam's investigation jeopardized.

When Carl tries seducing Molly an angered Sam lashes out, inadvertently knocking over a portrait in the apartment. Sam enlists the help of a subway ghost (Vincent Schiavelli) to master the skill of moving solid objects. Sam convinces Oda Mae to thwart Carl's plan by impersonating the owner of Carl's fake account and withdraw the total funds from, and then close, the account.

Molly has visited the police about Sam's murder, but they convince her that it is a confidence trick concocted by Oda Mae, a known fraud. Carl tries accessing the bank account but finds it closed. Sam makes his presence known to Carl, who soon realizes what is happening. He announces to Sam that if the money is not returned he will kill Molly.

Sam makes his way to Oda Mae's apartment to warn her of danger from Carl and Willy. Sam catches Willy there, terrorizing him. Willy runs into the street and is hit by a truck and killed. Much like what happened earlier when he shot and killed Sam, Willy doesn't realize he's dead until he sees his own corpse lying in the street. Shortly after his realization, the shadows surrounding his body take the form of screeching demons who come to life and drag Willy to hell. Oda Mae and Sam return to Molly's apartment, convincing her that Oda Mae is telling the truth. Oda Mae allows Sam and Molly to be together one final time. Carl arrives in a murderous rage and Molly and Oda Mae flee. Sam, weakened after inhabiting Oda Mae, is too drained to retaliate.

Molly and Oda Mae escape to a loft above the apartment, with Carl pursuing. He gets to Oda Mae, pulling out a gun. Molly comes to Oda Mae's defense, but Carl overpowers her and takes her hostage, challenging Sam. Sam forces Carl to throw the gun away, enabling Molly to escape. Trying to stop Sam's attacks, Carl swings a hanging hook at him and moves toward an open window to escape. The hook misses Sam and shatters the window, the shards impaling Carl, killing him. The Demons that took Willy then come and drag Carl away. Sam and Molly share one last kiss, and Sam declares his love for her. She replies, "Ditto", and Sam goes to Heaven

Cast

• Patrick Swayze as Sam Wheat
• Demi Moore as Molly Jensen
• Whoopi Goldberg as Oda Mae Brown
• Tony Goldwyn as Carl Bruner
• Vincent Schiavelli as the Subway Ghost
• Rick Aviles as Willy Lopez
• Angelina Estrada as Rosa Santiago

Stephen Root and the director's mother Charlotte Zucker have cameo roles, as does Phil Leeds as the hospital ghost.

Production

Notes

• The pottery wheel scene is very well-known ^[2] and often parodied (e.g. in Saturday Night Live, Family Guy, Eastenders, Naked Gun 2 1/2, The Penguins of Madagascar).

See also

• GHOST The Musical

References

External links

• Ghost at the Internet Movie Database
• Ghost at the TCM Movie Database
• Ghost at Allmovie
• Ghost at Box Office Mojo

From Wikiquote

Ghost (1990) is a supernatural romance film starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn and Whoopi Goldberg, written by Bruce Joel Rubin and directed by Jerry Zucker.

Sam Wheat

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

Oda Mae Brown

• May I keep this pen?

• He's stuck, that's what it is. He's in between worlds. You know it happens sometimes that the spirit gets yanked out so fast that the essence still feels it has work to do here.

Dialogue

Oda Mae Brown: I don't know you! I don't know Sam, but let me tell you what he did to me. He kept me up all night singing "I'm Henry the Eighth I Am."

Molly Jensen: That's how he got me to go out with him.

External links

• Ghost quotes at the Internet Movie Database

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