Ghost
First screened in Fall 1990 / Most recently screened in August 2016

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Director: Jerry Zucker. Cast: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn, Rick Aviles, Vincent Schiavelli, Armelia McQueen, Gail Boggs, Phil Leeds, Angelina Estrada, Augie Blunt, Vivian Bonnell, Charlotte Zucker, Bruce Jarchow. Screenplay: Bruce Joel Rubin.

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Twitter Capsule: Don't you see it's not a fake? Not about this! Emotions and archetypes played with startling sincerity. Hokum made sublime.

VOR: ④  Skeptics make worthy points, but its box-office success was no fluke: romantic dramas rarely exhibit such multigeneric ambition, or convey so many tones and feelings this well.

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Photo © 1990 Paramount Pictures

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: A–

(in September 2007: B+)

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Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
	Best Picture
★	Best Supporting Actress: Whoopi Goldberg
★	Best Original Screenplay: Bruce Joel Rubin
	Best Film Editing: Walter Murch
	Best Original Score: Maurice Jarre
Golden Globe Nominations and Winners:
	Best Picture (Musical/Comedy)
	Best Actress (Musical/Comedy): Demi Moore
	Best Actor (Musical/Comedy): Patrick Swayze
★	Best Supporting Actress: Whoopi Goldberg
Other Awards:
	British Academy Awards (BAFTAs): Best Supporting Actress (Goldberg)

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