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British Academy of Film & Television Arts Actress in a Supporting Role 1991 · Winner
Academy Award Writing (Screenplay Written Directly 1991 · Winner
Academy Award Actress in a Supporting Role 1991 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture 1991 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy 1991 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy 1991 · Nominated
Academy Award Best Picture 1991 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Original Screenplay 1991 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Achievement in Special Visual Effects 1991 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Make-Up Artist 1991 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical 1991 · Nominated
Academy Award Music (Original Score) 1991 · Nominated
Academy Award Film Editing 1991 · Nominated
- The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with particular praise going towards the score and performances of the cast. Ghost earned five nominations at the 63rd Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing, and winning Best Supporting Actress for Goldberg and Best Original Screenplay for Rubin.
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Ghost. Jump to. 18 wins & 23 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1991 Nominee Oscar. Best Picture. Lisa Weinstein. 1991 Winner Oscar. Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Whoopi Goldberg. 1991 Winner Oscar. Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. Bruce Joel Rubin. 1991 Nominee Oscar. Best Film Editing. Walter Murch.
Ghost earned five nominations at the 63rd Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing, and winning Best Supporting Actress for Goldberg and Best Original Screenplay for Rubin.
Jul 13, 1990 · Ghost: Directed by Jerry Zucker. With Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn, Stanley Lawrence. After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
- (236K)
- Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Jerry Zucker
- 1990-07-13
Jul 10, 2015 · Published on July 10, 2015 12:00PM EDT. Photo: Everett Collection. On July 13, 1990 — 25 years ago today — Ghost arrived in theaters, becoming that year’s highest-grossing film, earning...
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- Ghost was inspired by Hamlet (and some LSD) Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin first got the idea for "Ghost" while watching a production of Shakespeare's "Hamlet."
- Ghost was Jerry Zucker's departure from comedy. When Jerry Zucker first got the script for "Ghost," he forgot it on his nightstand for a while. Zucker had been part of the Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker directing team with his brother David and childhood friend Jim.
- Patrick Swayze wasn't the first choice for Sam. Although Patrick Swayze had won over the hearts of millions by refusing to put Baby in a corner in 1987's "Dirty Dancing," he wasn't at the top of Zucker's list for Sam because he was mostly known as an action star due to his role in "Roadhouse."
- Patrick Swayze fought for Whoopi. Part of what sets "Ghost" apart is its comedic side and it would be hard to imagine the film without Whoopi Goldberg. Certainly, we wouldn't have been blessed with this priceless (and always useful) gif from the film.
Apr 21, 2021 · Watching a clip from the 1991 Academy Awards telecast from her home in New Jersey, Goldberg breaks into a big smile as Denzel Washington opens the envelope and declares her the best supporting...
Jul 13, 1990 · We are treading here on the edge of the Idiot Plot. Advertisement. "Ghost" does, however, make a nice mixture of horror and humor, especially in the scenes involving Goldberg and her sisters (Gail Boggs and Armelia McQueen). The film's biggest puzzlement involves the exact status of Swayze's spiritual sojourn in this world.
