Part of Romance Is Dead
Recipient of the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, GHOST is the story of Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) a banker who is madly in love with artist Molly Jensen (Demi Moore). However, when Sam is murdered by friend and corrupt business partner Carl Bruner (Tony Goldwyn) over a shady business deal, he is left to roam the earth as a powerless spirit. When he learns of Carl’s betrayal, Sam must seek the help of psychic Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg) to set things right and protect Molly from Carl and his goons.
“GHOST veers repeatedly from the somber to the broadly comic, with a number of strange but appealingly offbeat digressions along the way…. May be the only film with a steamily romantic sequence in which the hero and the heroine get together and make pottery.” —Janet Maslin, New York Times (Jul 13, 1990) “A comedy, romance and supernatural thriller rolled into one, GHOST is a zippy pastiche that somehow manages to seem fresh even though it's built entirely out of borrowed parts.” —David Ansen, Newsweek (Jul 15, 1990) “One of the finest (and weepiest) love stories ever to hit the big screen, GHOST is a fundamental human tale that touches the hardest heart.” —Phil Thomas, Empire Magazine
