September 24 - Ghost

This film has a scene that happens today – September 24. I hope you will enjoy this movie while watching it tonight.

GHOST

Sam Wheat, an up-and-coming investment banker has just moved in with Mollie, an accomplished potter. Sam finds discrepancies in some accounts at work. Sam’s friend Carl Brunner offers to investigate this issue for him, but Sam says he will handle the matter. Later that night, returning from the theater with Millie, they are mugged and Sam is killed. Sam soon discovers he is now a ghost. Later when the mugger enters their apartment, Sam saves Mollie from harm. Sam follows the mugger, Willie Lopez, and learns he is looking for something at the orders of someone else. Sam visits a psychic named Oda Mae Brown and learns she can hear him. He blackmails her into calling Mollie, and then visiting her, in order to warn Mollie about the mugger. Sam follows Carl to Willie Lopez’s apartment and learns Carl was involved in laundering $4 million dollars for the mob and needed Sam’s security codes to move the money. Lopez was just supposed to steal Sam’s wallet to get the codes. The police don’t believe Oda Mae’s story because she has a police record. Carl gets the codes and tries to come onto Mollie. Sam forces a manic subway ghost to show him how to move solid objects. Willie tries to kill Oda Mae. On September 24, 1989 [1:22:11 to 1:38:47], Carl moves all the money into one account in the name of “Rita Miller”. Oda Mae, masquerades as  “Rita Miller”, and with Sam’s help, withdraws the money from the account. At Sam’s insistence she gives the $4 million to some nuns instead of keeping it for herself.  Mollie unwittingly reveals to Carl that Oda Mae was the person who took the money. Carl learns about Sam and threatens Mollie. Carl and Willie try to kill Oda Mae. Sam terrorizes Willie so much that he ends up being killed by a car. Willie’s soul is dragged off to Hell. Oda Mae and Sam finally convince Mollie that Sam is really there and that Carl was responsible for Sam’s death and is now trying to kill her. Carl comes after Oda Mae and Mollie, but they manage to fight him off. Carl is killed by Sam and his soul is dragged off to hell. With his task done, Sam says goodbye to Mollie and his soul goes to heaven.

A melodramatic, but still watchable movie. This is really a ‘chick flick’, but it’s interesting enough that guys won’t fall asleep. Maintains a good mix of drama and comedy throughout. 

Date given in film at 1:29:12 on withdrawal slip

Producer - Steven-Charles Jaffe, Bruce Joel Rubin, Howard W. Koch, Lisa Weinstein and      

                   Lauren Ray

Director - Jerry Zucker

Screenplay - Bruce Joel Rubin

Awards – This movie won the Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress(Goldberg) Oscars. It was also nominated for the Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Original Score at the 63^rd Academy Awards

Runtime -  2 hours 6 minutes

Released - July 13, 1990

Starring –

Patrick Swayze as Sam Wheat

Demi Moore as Molly Jensen

Whoopi Goldberg as Oda Mae Brown

Tony Goldwyn as Carl Bruner

Rick Aviles as Willie Lopez

Stephen Root as Police Sgt.

Vincent Schiavelli as subway ghost

Phil Leeds as emergency room ghost

Bruce Jarchow as Lyle Ferguson

Armelia McQueen as Oda Mae's sister