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#42
Seen It:
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USA / English
| Ricky Gervais |
Bertram Pincus D.D.S. |
| Greg Kinnear |
Frank Herlihy |
| Téa Leoni |
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| Jordan Carlos |
Young Husband |
| Dequina Moore |
Young Wife |
| Tea Leoni |
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| Dana Ivey |
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| Kristen Wiig |
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| Billy Campbell |
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| Tyree Michael Simpson |
Sneezy Cop |
| Julia K. Murney |
Sneezy Lady |
| Claire Lautier |
Upper East Side Lady |
| Aasif Mandvi |
Dr. Prashar |
| Bridget Moloney |
Receptionist |
| Raymond J. Lee |
Greenpeace Guy |
| Joseph Badalucco Jr. |
Accident Bystander #1 |
| Brian Hutchison |
Accident Bystander #2 |
| Director |
David Koepp; Jeff Kennedy |
| Producer |
Gavin Polone; Roger Birnbaum; Gary Barber |
| Writer |
David Koepp; John Kamps |
Ricky Gervais is brilliant in
Ghost Town, playing an unnervingly rude dentist, Bertram, who dies for a few minutes during surgery and acquires the unwanted ability to see ghosts. Chased throughout Manhattan by a gaggle of restless spirits begging him to take care of their unfinished business on Earth, Bertram turns them all away except Frank (Greg Kinnear). The latter, a rogue who cheated on his archaeologist widow, Gwen (Téa Leoni), wants Bertram to intervene in a romance between Gwen and a starchy activist (Bill Campbell). Misanthropic Bertram has to polish his relationship patter, but ends up sounding a lot like Gervais' infamous character in the original
The Office, unable to complete a sentence without making others uncomfortable. In time, of course, Bertram falls for the wonderful Gwen, setting up a bunch of overlapping conflicts. Cowritten and directed by David Koepp (
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull),
Ghost Town walks a fine line between comic freshness and a story idea with elements that have become overly familiar in movies and on television. Kinnear and Leoni have never been better on screen, but
Ghost Town is well worth seeing because no one like Gervais has previously played the hapless hero in a high-concept film such as this one. With Gervais doing his familiar, hilariously discomfiting thing, it really doesn't matter what kind of movie
Ghost Town is. Happily, it's a pretty good film in every respect.
--Tom Keogh Stills from Ghost Town (Click for larger image)
| Distributor |
Dreamworks Video |
| Barcode |
097361401140 |
| Region |
Region |
| Release Date |
12/27/2008 |
| Screen Ratio |
2.35:1 |
| Subtitles |
English; French; Portuguese; Spanish |
| Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1
SPANISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| No. of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Commentary By David Koepp And Ricky Gervais
Making Ghost Town
Some People Can Do It
Ghostly Effects |
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