Ghost Town
Ghost Town
Genre: Comedy, fantasy, romance Release Date: September 19, 2008 Tag-line: He sees dead people… and they annoy him. Running time: 102 minDo you believe in “Ghosts”?
Have you ever seen a ghost? Imagine, what your life would be like, if, one friendly ghost, pesters you and insists on staying with you all the time, until and unless you help him out. Will you be irritated or will you enjoy the company of a guest from some other world? Well, this is the storyline of this latest released movie ‘Ghost Town’. ‘Ghost Town’ is a comedy film, which will make you laugh with the help of ghosts. If you are interested in watching this movie, then you can download it from this site, that also for free. This site offers you all the latest released movies,with highest quality, genuine safety and good DVD like print. And yes, your satisfaction is our passion.
Synopsis
‘Ghost Town’ is about this man, Bertram Pincus, a grumpy transplanted Briton, who declares that he doesn’t mind crowd. His life takes a sudden change, when an unfortunate incident happens with Bertram during a routine colonoscopy.
He has a bad reaction to the anesthesia and dies. After a seven minute near-death experience, some how the hospital staff is able to revive him. Though he is now in a good condition, but nowadays he is facing a slight problem, he can see and hear ghosts. These ghosts now pester him to take care of their unfinished business; only then can they happily disappear into the hereafter. As the living overhear him talking to the dead, the usual crossed signals and misunderstandings, lands him in trouble. Will Bertram be able to free himself from these ghosts or are they now a part of him.
Cast
| Greg Kinnear | Frank Herlihy |
| Jordan Carlos | Young Husband |
| Dequina Moore | Young Wife |
| Joseph Badalucco Jr. | Accident Bystander #1 (as Joe Badalucco) |
| Brian Hutchison | Accident Bystander #2 |
| Tyree Michael Simpson | Sneezy Cop (as Tyre Simpson) |
| Julia K. Murney | Sneezy Lady |
| Ricky Gervais | Bertram Pincus D.D.S. |
| Claire Lautier | Upper East Side Lady |
| Aasif Mandvi | Dr. Prashar |
| Bridget Moloney | Receptionist |
| Raymond J. Lee | Greenpeace Guy (as Raymond Lee) |
| Joey Mazzarino | Food Delivery Guy |
| Brad Oscar | Day Doorman |
| Kathleen Landis | Resident |
Stills from Ghost Town
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Movie Error
When Pincus is wheeled into the operating room you can see a crew member reflected off the door bar. The night before the surgery Pincus pours a dink and then puts it down. The level in the bottle gets higher between shots.read more…..Goofs
Leonard the dog is visibly a female ,not a male as they refer to him (her). Early in the movie, Gwen announces during her lecture that the museum’s exhibit is opening “Friday, the 12th.” Later on, Bertram tells Frank that Gwen is leaving for Egypt “on Thursday, right after the opening.”Memorable Quotes
Hospital Nurse: [after Bertram's colonoscopy] Come back soon. Bertram Pincus: What a terrible thing to say in a hospital.- ________________________________________________
Bertram Pincus: I was dead and now they brought me back. I can..I can.. Frank Herlihy: The dead have a lot of unfinished business, which is why we’re still here. read more….._________________________________________________
Movie news
Critical Capsules
October 18, 2008: Ghost Town (PG-13) Unfortunately, David Koepp’s Ghost Town seems to be a film few people are interested in seeing — in part, I suspect, due to that God-awful generic title. Is Ghost Town really the best Koepp and co-writer John Kamps could come up with? The film deserves better. The story — involving a nasty-tempered dentist (Ricky Gervais), who briefly dies during a colonoscopy and afterwards can see and talk with ghosts no one else can see — may be nothing more than Topper by way of The Sixth Sense, but what the film and performers do with this material is pretty special. Perhaps the most surprising aspect of Ghost Town is the savviness with which it balances comedy and romance, and the fact that its comedy is almost always rather kind and character-based. The blend of humor and humanity is just right. In some ways, it’s a throwback to an earlier time. It’s just possible, however, that these are its true strengths — the very things that give it something all too often lacking in mainstream movies these days: an identity. —Ken Hanke
Blindness, Burn After Reading, and more
October 18, 2008: GHOST TOWN Given the dearth of quality romantic comedies produced by the major studios – these days, it’s up to the independent outfits to provide them – it’s a pleasant surprise to discover that Ghost Town manages to buck the odds. Certainly, the high-concept storyline makes it sound rather dreary: Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais), a dour dentist who avoids interacting with people at all costs, suddenly finds himself surrounded by dead people. That’s because he himself died for seven minutes while undergoing a routine colonoscopy, and this established an open line of communication with restless ghosts still hovering around Manhattan.read more . . .
Movie reviews
‘Ghost Town’ is a maddening comedy. The movie is brilliantly made and comedy is really funny. Some of the incidents like the opening sequence, in which Frank meets his demise, are really funny and as they are a part of the story they will keep entertaining you till the end. The movie starts with Frank and he is also the most important ghost in the movie. Over all, it is a likable movie, which has romance, comedy and a feel good ending. You will also like the movie because it is throughly entertaining and it does not preach. A movie that will make you laugh, from start till the end.
If you are wanting to laugh, then you should go for this one. You will laugh without any reasons, from the beginning till the end. In this movie Ricky Gervais has shown that he can deliver laugh after laugh by being clever and clean. Gervais, in this movie has proven, that he can make the most ordinary event look like a big howler. This is a simple movie and one that is deliciously done.
No doubt, ‘Ghost Town‘ is a comedy movie. The movie is also about making yourself a better person. Over the course of the story, Bertram has to decide whether his selfish ways are really benefiting him in his life. whether alive or dead. After this strange experience, his whole life changes, making him a better person. So we can say, that it is a comedy movie, that also teaches you lessons for life.
Recommendations
- Swing Vote
- The Longshots (2008)
- Pineapple Express
Ghost Town - Movie News
Critical Capsules
October 18, 2008: Ghost Town (PG-13) Unfortunately, David Koepp’s Ghost Town seems to be a film few people are interested in seeing — in part, I suspect, due to that God-awful generic title. Is Ghost Town really the best Koepp and co-writer John Kamps could come up with? The film deserves better. The story — involving a nasty-tempered dentist (Ricky Gervais), who briefly dies during a colonoscopy and afterwards can see and talk with ghosts no one else can see — may be nothing more than Topper by way of The Sixth Sense, but what the film and performers do with this material is pretty special. Perhaps the most surprising aspect of Ghost Town is the savviness with which it balances comedy and romance, and the fact that its comedy is almost always rather kind and character-based. The blend of humor and humanity is just right. In some ways, it’s a throwback to an earlier time. It’s just possible, however, that these are its true strengths — the very things that give it something all too often lacking in mainstream movies these days: an identity. —Ken Hanke
Blindness, Burn After Reading, and more
October 18, 2008: GHOST TOWN Given the dearth of quality romantic comedies produced by the major studios – these days, it’s up to the independent outfits to provide them – it’s a pleasant surprise to discover that Ghost Town manages to buck the odds. Certainly, the high-concept storyline makes it sound rather dreary: Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais), a dour dentist who avoids interacting with people at all costs, suddenly finds himself surrounded by dead people. That’s because he himself died for seven minutes while undergoing a routine colonoscopy, and this established an open line of communication with restless ghosts still hovering around Manhattan. Chief among them is Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear), who demands that Bertram prevent his widow Gwen (Tea Leoni) from marrying a human rights lawyer (Billy Campbell). Ghost Town is given a significant boost by the presence of Gervais, whose caustic wit and no-nonsense demeanor provide the picture with more of an edge than it would have received with a more conventional leading man at the helm. But the picture surprises in other ways as well, thanks to unexpected tweaks in the script co-written by John Kamps and director David Koepp. Kinnear’s ethereal hubby isn’t exactly the dashing nice guy he initially seems, while the emotionally torn widow played by Leoni (who really needs to appear in more movies) isn’t just a pawn to be moved around by the three men in her life but instead takes control of the situations presented before her. Charming and unassuming, Ghost Town offers enough in the way of laughs to raise anyone’s spirits.
‘Ghost Town’ reverts to formula
October 5, 2008: The comedy “Ghost Town” introduces old and new movie standards for the spirit world. For instance, ghosts need closure in order to cross over into the afterlife — old — and stepping through them is the primary cause of sneezing — new.
Dentist Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) lives his life with the objective of avoiding human contact at all costs. He has little tolerance for the presence of others, and he regularly goes out of his way to spurn even the most basic pleasantries.
Unfortunately, after a routine colonoscopy, he finds people drawn to him in droves — people nobody else seems to be able to see. Pincus learns that while hospitalized, he died briefly, and as a result, he can see ghosts.
Ricky Gervais on his new film Ghost Town
September 18, 2008: Ricky Gervais and fame do not go well together. The creator and star of the television series The Office and Extras was recently thrown into the celebrity whirlpool of lights, cameras and screaming crowds in Toronto, where he was one of the star guests at this year’s film festival.
Ricky Gervais
‘I don’t do accents’: Ricky Gervais has his first leading role in Ghost Town, a supernatural comedy in which he plays a dentist who can see ghosts
While his characters, David Brent or Andy Millman, would have revelled in the limelight, for Gervais the whole experience was unnerving and embarrassing.
“The worst thing about this job for me is the fame,” he says. “I’ve never understood why anyone wants people to know who they are. That’s the thing I wish I could turn off.”
Hollywood’s undead: They’re just like us!
October 8, 2008: Dead-but-still-talking characters are all over popular culture these days. From TV shows like “True Blood,” “Pushing Daisies,” “Desperate Housewives,” “The Ghost Whisperer” and “Reaper” to movies like “Twilight,” “Ghost Town,” “Over Her Dead Body” and the film version of the novel “The Lovely Bones” (due out next year), the dead are getting a stunning amount of face time.
Ghost Town boosts Gervais profile
September 22, 2008: The picture in which Gervais stars - called Ghost Town - was released in the US this weekend. But despite good reviews, the film itself hasn’t generated a lot of heat at the box office.
Gervais appears opposite Greg Kinnear and Tea Leoni as a New York dentist who finds himself unwillingly involved in a supernatural love triangle.