The genre-defying film has a little bit of everything, from straight romance to laughs provided mostly by Whoopi Goldberg’s sassy psychic. Mostly known as a comedy director with his brother David Zucker on classics like Airplane and Top Secret, Jerry Zucker hops genres in Ghost. Ghost’s infamous pottery wheel scene has become the stuff of movie legend and parody Sam’s old friend and co-worker Carl Bruner (Tony Goldwyn) helps Molly out after Sam’s death. Sam seeks out the help of psychic Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg) to set things right and warn Molly.
Now a powerless spirit that can’t touch or contact Molly, Sam learns that her life is in danger. In a brilliantly economical opening act that lays out Ghost’s premise, Sam is murdered in a seemingly random street robbery.
Moving in together and on the verge of marriage, their untouchable romance is about to come crashing down. Known for its epic use of the Righteous Brothers’ classic hit Unchained Melody, Ghost’s infamous pottery wheel scene has become the stuff of movie legend and parody.īanker Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) and artist Molly Jensen (Demi Moore) are madly in love with each other. Starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore with a funny supporting turn by Whoopi Goldberg, the romantic film dabbled in several genres. Winner of two Academy Awards, Ghost took the country by surprise in 1990 to become a giant box office smash.
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