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Casper
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Casper is a 1995 American comedy drama and fantasy film directed by Brad Silberling. The screenplay was written by Deanna Oliver, Sherri Stoner, and Joe Oriolo, while the cast includes Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci, Devon Sawa, and Cathy Moriarty. James Horner composed the music, and Dean Cundey served as director of photography. The film was produced by Gerald R. Molen, Steven Spielberg, Jeff Franklin, and Colin Wilson, with Michael Kahn editing the footage.
Produced by Amblin Entertainment, The Harvey Entertainment Company, and Universal Pictures, the movie has a runtime of 100 minutes. It is set in Maine, which also served as the filming location. The narrative centers on a haunted house. The film was released on May 26, 1995, and July 20, 1995, and is distributed by Netflix.
Casper received a PG rating and has a budget of 50,000,000. It earned 287,928,194 at the box office. Audience scores include a 6.2 rating on IMDb and a 6.339 average on TMDb. The film holds a Metascore of 49 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 59%. It has received 5 wins and 5 nominations.
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Film · TMDB
6.3Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat. Casper quickly falls in love with Kat, but their budding relationship is complicated not only by his transparent state, but also by his troublemaking apparition uncles and their mischievous antics.
Cast
- Christina Ricci as Kat
- Bill Pullman as Dr. James Harvey
- Cathy Moriarty as Carrigan
- Eric Idle as Dibs
- Malachi Pearson as Casper (voice)
- Joe Alaskey as Stinkie (voice)
Themes
- friendship
- afterlife
- supernatural
- halloween
- bullying
- treasure hunt
- based on comic
- friends
- teenage girl
- ghost hunting
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
158,144 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
59%
Metacritic
49/100
- Year
- 1995
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 5 wins & 5 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Brad Silberling
- Written by
- Sherri Stoner Deanna Oliver
- Based on
- Casper the Friendly Ghost , by Joseph Oriolo
- Produced by
- Colin Wilson
- Starring
- Christina Ricci Bill Pullman Cathy Moriarty Eric Idle
- Cinematography
- Dean Cundey
- Edited by
- Michael Kahn
- Music by
- James Horner
- Production companies
- Amblin Entertainment The Harvey Entertainment Company
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release date
- May 26, 1995 ( 1995-05-26 )
- Running time
- 100 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $55 million
- Box office
- $290.3 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- children's film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Casper: A Spirited Beginning
- Main subject
- haunted house
- Director
- Brad Silberling
- Screenwriter
- Seymour Reit
- Cast member
- Garette Ratliff Henson
- Composer
- James Horner
- Producer
- Colin Wilson
- Cinematographer
- Dean Cundey
- Narrative location
- Maine
- Filming location
- Maine
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 345638
- Performer
- James Horner
- Distribution format
- direct-to-video
- Official website
- www.universalkids.com/casper
Show 11 more facts
- publication date
- 1995-07-20
- film editor
- Michael Kahn
- title
- Casper
- distributed by
- Netflix
- box office
- 100328194
- set during recurring event
- Halloween
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- derivative work
- Casper
- review score
- 49/100
- characters
- Casper the Friendly Ghost
- capital cost
- 55000000
Sources (15)
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Article · Deutsch
Casper ist eine US-amerikanische Fantasykomödie aus dem Jahr 1995 von den Regisseuren Brad Silberling und nach einem Drehbuch von und . Der Film startete am 20. Juli 1995 in den deutschen Kinos.
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