By
Leroy Douresseaux
September 18, 2008 - 09:32
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DreamWorks Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment Present
A Pariah Production
Ghost Town (2008)
DIRECTOR: David Koepp
WRITERS: David Koepp
PRODUCER: Gavin Polone
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Fred Murphy, ASC (D.o.P.)
EDITOR: Sam Seig
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Howard Cummings
COSTUME DESIGNER: Sarah Edwards
COMPOSER: Geoff Zanelli
Starring: Ricky Gervais, Téa Leoni, Greg Kinnear, Billy Campbell, Kristen Wiig, and Dana Ivey
Opening date: Friday, September 19, 2008
Running time: 102 minutes
Rating: MPAA – PG-13 for some strong language, sexual humor, and drug references
According to the new film, Ghost Town, Manhattan is crowded with ghostly apparitions and also offers unexpected redemption for the living – even for the recently departed. We just didn’t know it.
The supernatural fun begins with Dr. Bertram Pincus, DDS (Ricky Gervais). Pincus is a big-city curmudgeon, a cynical snob, and a self-consumed loner who just wants to get away from the teeming masses that surround him in Manhattan. He’s a man whose people skills leave much to be desired.
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| Ricky Gervais, Tea Leoni, and Greg Kinnear in a scene from Ghost Town. |
Bertram Pincus dies unexpectedly during a routine medical procedure, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes. He wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear), who pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow, Gwen (Téa Leoni). Now that he can see dead people and literally can’t avoid them no matter where he goes, Pincus has no choice but to interact with these persistent spirits. Suddenly, he reaches the frightening realization that the only way he’s going to get rid of these pesky poltergeists is to help them.
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