Casper

Titolo originale: Casper
Regia: Brad Silberling |
Anno: 1995
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Fantasy Commedia Famiglia
Tag: friendship | afterlife | supernatural | halloween | bullying | treasure hunt | based on comic | friends | teenage girl | ghost hunting | super power | psychiatry | ghost | disorder | young heroes | imaginary | mischievous children | ghost child | mischief | unfinished business | hilarious |
Cast: Christina Ricci | Bill Pullman | Cathy Moriarty | Eric Idle | Malachi Pearson | Joe Alaskey | Joe Nipote | Brad Garrett | Devon Sawa | Chauncey Leopardi | Spencer Vrooman | Garette Ratliff Henson | Jessica Wesson | Amy Brenneman | Ben Stein | Don Novello | Terry Murphy | Ernestine Mercer | Doug Bruckner | John Kassir | Wesley Thompson | Michael Dubrow | J.J. Anderson | Jess Harnell | Michael McCarty | Micah Winkelspecht | Mike Simmrin | Dan Aykroyd | Rodney Dangerfield | Clint Eastwood | Mel Gibson | Elise Main | Bill Farmer | Harry Shearer |

In un castello abitato dai fantasmi giunge il dottor Harvey, accompagnato dalla figlia adolescente Kat. Il suo compito è quello di cacciare gli indesiderati ospiti su incarico della perfida donna che ha ereditato il maniero. Il buon fantasmino Casper si innamora di Kat: i due soffrono di solitudine e potrebbero trovare reciproco conforto, ma la loro essenza è troppo diversa. Kat, poi, ha perso la madre di recente e vorrebbe rivederla. Nel momento decisivo in cui Casper avrebbe l'opportunità di reincarnarsi, grazie a una macchina inventata da suo padre, ci rinuncia per ridare la vita al dottor Harvey che è rimasto vittima di un incidente. Sarà la madre di Kat, che è uno spirito sereno, a consentirgli di ballare per una notte con la figlia sotto sembianze umane.

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Thora Birch, Anna Chlumsky, Kirsten Dunst, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Katharine Isabelle, Scarlett Johans [...] D
For the scene where Casper drags Kat out the window and takes her to the lighthouse, Christina Ricci [...] D
Anthony Hopkins was offered the role of Dr. James Harvey, although the actor was interested in worki [...] D
The sentence being diagrammed on the chalkboard in the classroom reads "Paul Revere and William Dawe [...] D
Dan Aykroyd appears as Dr. Raymond Stantz from the first two Ghostbusters films, and this was the la [...] D
The vacuum Dr. Harvey trips over and subsequently uses on the ghostly trio is a Kirby Classic III Up [...] D
The town of Friendship, Maine is the name of a real village in mid-coast Maine, near Camden and Rock [...] D
Bill Pullman and Devon Sawa appeared in The Guilty - Il colpevole (2000). D
Terry Gilliam, Bob Hoskins, Hugh Laurie, Rowan Atkinson, Rik Mayall, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Bil [...] D
Despite Jurassic Park (1993) having 63 shots of CGI effects under 6 minutes long, Casper has over 35 [...] D
In a 2022 podcast, Christina Ricci revealed "If you look at Casper, I'm really terrible. People get [...] D
This is Brad Silberling's debut movie. D
A musical scene, titled "Lucky Enough to Be A Ghost," was scripted and filmed, where the three ghost [...] D
Sigourney Weaver, Debi Mazar, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Famke Janssen, Kelly [...] D
James and Kat Harvey are named after Harvey Comics, the long time publisher of "Casper the Friendly [...] D
Mel Gibson: One of the people into whom Dr. Harvey turns while possessed by The Ghostly Trio. D
This is Universal Pictures' first live-action/animated hybrid movie. It was rated PG by the MPAA. D
Dan Aykroyd later confirmed that his cameo as Dr. Raymond Stanz was canon to the Ghostbusters franch [...] D
Cathy Moriarty (Carrigan) plays Aunt Gert in Casper meets Wendy 1998 D
During filming, Bill Pullman and Christina Ricci had to talk to tennis balls in place of the ghosts, [...] D
Stretch's name is spoken on-screen only once, when Kat finds the bedroom of the Ghostly Trio. D
This is the first feature film to have a fully computer-generated visual effects character in a lead [...] D
Eric Idle hasn't spoken much of the film, but apparently was so disinterested in it that to this day [...] D
A deleted portion of the attic scene involved Kat coming across an old photograph of Casper's uncles [...] D
After watching Tartarughe Ninja alla riscossa (1990) several times, executive producer Steven Spielb [...] D
A scene was filmed with Zelda Rubinstein shooting out of a chimney and shouting "Go toward the light [...] D
In a 1995 interview, Cathy Moriarty revealed she was the only member who was a an original fan of th [...] D
A early draft of the script had Wendy the Good Little Witch (another Harvey Comics character) appear [...] D
The town in which the movie is the same town used in David Spade's Joe Dirt for Silvertown D
One of the hardest tasks on the movie was finding the right voice for Casper. Director Brad Silberli [...] D
Alex Proyas, who was originally set to direct this movie, was interviewed several years later about [...] D
The special effects in Casper were done by ILM (Industrial Light and Magic), and the movie features [...] D
Casper's backstory in this movie was never in any previous version: his last name is McFadden and he [...] D
In an early scene, Casper suggests eating "under the Harvest Moon" in an effort to keep his uncles f [...] D
Many of the film's elements are inspired by Bionda in paradiso (1941). Both films have a haunted hou [...] D
Christina Ricci, who was 15 at the time, had never seen a Casper cartoon before she signed on. She h [...] D
This is the second movie in which Christina Ricci is the love interest of Devon Sawa (Casper in his [...] D
John Ritter, Tom Hanks, Dennis Quaid, John Travolta, Hugh Grant, Kurt Russell, Robin Williams, Jim C [...] D
Items from the set were placed on display for many years at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. D
Rick Moranis, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, Michael Keaton, Martin Short, Chevy Chase, Phil Hartman, B [...] D
J.J. Abrams did an uncredited re-write of the screenplay. D
Kat says the mansion would be perfect for Stephen King, a Maine-based writer known for supernatural [...] D
Austin O'Brien and Jonathan Taylor Thomas were considered for the voice of Casper. D
The house that was used for Whipstaff Manor was also used to film scenes from the Backstreet Boys' m [...] D
Carrigan is the only ghost to be shown crossing over to her afterlife. Casper and his uncles may not [...] D
Devon Sawa portrayed Casper in human form. However, his voice was still provided by Malachi Pearson. D
A live-action sequel was proposed, and a preliminary script was drafted, when production wrapped. Un [...] D
Original director Alex Proyas wanted something unusual for the design of Whipstaff Manor. Production [...] D
Dan Aykroyd: As Dr. Raymond Stantz from Ghostbusters (Acchiappafantasmi) (1984). D
It's implied in Dr. James Harvey's possession scene by the three ghost uncles that the three cameos [...] D
Years after the film's release, Christina Ricci said in a interview "Looking back, that movie sucked [...] D
Rodney Dangerfield: One of the people into whom Dr. Harvey turns while possessed by The Ghostly Trio [...] D
This is the first live-action movie to feature voice actor Brad Garrett (Fatso). His next five live- [...] D
Body Count: two, possibly four. Carrigan dies by falling off a cliff and Dr. James Harvey dies falli [...] D
Clint Eastwood: One of the people into whom Dr. Harvey turns while possessed by The Ghostly Trio. D
Early CGI models of Casper were closer to his original look in the comics, with oval eyes with blue [...] D
Brad Silberling was hired as a new director, just one week after original director Alex Proyas left [...] D
When Dr. James Harvey visits his daughter Kat's chosen room when they first arrived at Whipstaff Man [...] D
Original director Alex Proyas vision of the film was darker, less comedic, and more deconstructionis [...] D
"Casper" is an ancient Semitic word for "Treasurer". Casper is the unknowing guardian of his father' [...] D
In the director's commentary, Brad Silberling recalled that the production team needed a young actor [...] D
In the mirror scene, Dr. James Harvey was going to transform into Steven Spielberg. Spielberg filmed [...] D
Don Novello: As Father Guido Sarducci (from Il Saturday Night Live (1975)), the Catholic priest Carr [...] D
Bill Pullman plays Dr. James Harvey. James is Pullman's middle name in real life. D
Christina Ricci previously appeared in La famiglia Addams (1991) and La famiglia Addams 2 (1993) as [...] D
According to Steven Spielberg, because Sherri Stoner and Deanna Oliver had no background in writing [...] D
When Dr. Harvey is possessed by the ghosts, he turns into the Crypt Keeper at one point. Cathy Moria [...] D
Russell Harvey, heir to the Harvey Comics legacy, thoroughly hated this film and how it forced child [...] D
When Carrigan and Dibs first arrive at Whipstaff Manor, the line "What a dump", exclaimed by Carriga [...] D
The movie's development started in 1990. D
Alex Proyas was in talks to direct at one point. D
Devon Sawa said in a 2016 interview that people ask him all the time if he ever uses Casper's line " [...] D
Once Carrigan gets her hands on the treasure, she seems to forget the second part of her and Dibs pl [...] D
The breakfast scene was the first scene animated, which is why Casper and the Ghostly Trio appear mo [...] D