Product description Notes: Originally released as motion picture in 1995. Rated PG. "This film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit this screen." Credits: Co-producers, Jeffrey Franklin, Steve Waterman ; digital character supervision, Dennis Muren ; music, James Horner ; editor, Michael Kahn ; production designer, Leslie Dilley ; director of photography, Dean Cundey ; executive producers, Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, Jeffrey A. Montgomery ; writers, Sherri Stoner, Deanna Oliver ; producer, Colin Wilson ; director, Brad Silberling. Cast: Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle. Description: 1 videocassette (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. Plastic clamshell case and original artwork Details: VHS; Hi-fi, stereo, surround ; digitally recorded. Responsibility: Universal Pictures presents an Amblin Entertainment production in association with the Harvey Entertainment Company ; writers, Sherri Stoner, Deanna Oliver ; producer, Colin Wilson ; director, Brad Silberling. Abstract: "Ghost therapist" Dr. James Harvey and his daughter Kat arrive at drafty, old Whipstaff Manor. Its greedy owner, Carrigan Crittendon, has hired Dr. Harvey to exorcise the house's apparitions: a friendly but lonely young ghost named Casper, who's just looking for a friend, and his outrageous uncles Stretch, Stinkie and Fatso (The Ghostly Trio). If the plan works, she and Dibs, her partner-in-slime, can get their hands on the manor's fabled treasure. Casper finds a kindred spirit in Kat, but the Ghostly Trio will not tolerate "fleshies" in their house. .com This 1995 family film tries to put a fun spin on the story of a paranormalist and widower (Bill Pullman) who moves into a new house with his daughter (Christina Ricci) and meets up with the ghost of a dead little boy. Based on the comic book about Casper the friendly ghost, the film is a dreary series of awkward interactions between live actors and computer effects, and you can almost see Pullman and Ricci reconsidering the project while on camera. A few cameo appearances from uncredited stars help things a bit. But there's no way, based on this film, that one could have guessed that its director, Brad Silberling, would go on to make the exceptional drama City of Angels. --Tom Keogh
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