Speaking of hair styles (see previous post), this movie launched a million Demi-look-alikes, or should I say, wanna-bes. Never mind that it was about spirits roaming in the hospitals and streets and subways. All we wanted to see was Demi, Demi, Demi.
Sam and Molly are a very happy couple and deeply in love. Walking back to their new apartment after a night out at the theatre, they encounter a thief in a dark alley, and Sam is murdered. He finds himself trapped as a ghost and realises that his death was no accident. He must warn Molly about the danger that she is in. But as a ghost he cannot be seen or heard by the living, and so he tries to communicate with Molly through Oda Mae Brown, a psychic who didn't even realize that her powers were real.
My Review:
The movie that launched my trip to the salon for a 'Demi-cut' please!. We all wanted to have her haircut, and her androgynous dressing, and of course, her boyfriend ghost. I watched this with my Cuz Premz Claring (MMK, Claring?) and we had to sit on the floor of the theatre (eeewww!), in front of the first row! We didn’t mind the filth that we must have sat on, what we knew is we had to concentrate on the jar-making scene! (Cue music: Ohh, my love….)
Trivia:
Molly Ringwald (a fellow Brat Pack member) auditioned for the role of Molly, which went to Demi Moore. Demi Moore got the part of Molly Jensen, largely because she can cry out of either eye on cue.
The role of Oda Mae Brown was not written with Whoopi Goldberg in mind, but Patrick Swayze, an admirer of hers, convinced the producers that she would be right for the part.
When it came time to cast the film, writer Bruce Joel Rubin suggested Patrick Swayze for the role of Sam Wheat. Director Jerry Zucker felt that Swayze was completely wrong for the part. Zucker then decided to audition Swayze though he thought he would blow the audition. To Zucker's surprise, Swayze did a great audition and he was cast immediately in the part. Bruce Joel Rubin wanted Patrick Swayze to play Sam Wheat after he saw an interview Swayze gave. When he brought up his father, he burst into tears. Rubin thought if a macho guy like Patrick Swayze could cry over a loved one, he'd be perfect for Ghost.
Patrick Swayze got women coming up to him for years asking him to say "Ditto" from the movie.
The song Sam sings relentlessly to Oda Mae to get her to agree to help him is "Henry the 8th, I Am." The lyrics, in part, are "She wouldn't have a Willie or a Sam..." Patrick Swayze's character is named Sam, and the man who murdered him is named Willie.
Raise your hands if you wished Sam shouldn't have gone to the light...
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