![]() In these hands, "Ghost" is nearly an unqualified success, neatly avoiding treacle and sap simply by combining a sly sense of humor with its romantic spirit-underscored by Maurice Jarre's music and the oldie "Unchained Melody" by The Righteous Brothers. ![]() Bruce Joel Rubin also won an Oscar for his original screenplay, which has some nice twists and turns. This is a film that for its global army of fans attained a new level of sadness when its star, Patrick Swayze, died of pancreatic cancer in 2009 at the age of 57. It might be easy for some to write this fantasy-love story off as a bloated, faded hit with a heart of F/X, but there's surprising grace and finesse in Jerry Zucker's direction. Whoopi is, indeed, a treasure, though Swayze is just serviceable here and Moore has to contend with a non-believing character who takes too long to come around. Whoopi Goldberg won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar as a not-so-fake medium who becomes Patrick Swayze's conduit to reaching lady-love Demi Moore. Murdered businessman in New York City sets out in ghostly form to bring his killers to justice-and to watch out over his live-in girlfriend, who may now be in similar danger.
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