Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Production Year: 1977 - Action/Adventure - Director: Clint Eastwood - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney
Action/Adventure - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Jack Ging, Marla Heasley, Lance Legault, Melinda Culea, Mr T, Dwight Schultz, Dirk Benedict, George Peppard, Carl Franklin
Advantages: great serial drama Disadvantages: none
For some reason I missed this series when it was shown on BBC television and I started to watch some of the second series, but as I like to know what's what and who's who in these shows, I decided to stop watching Series 2 on tv, wait for it to come out on dvd and buy both Series 1 and 2 on dvd.
I have just finished watching Series 1 on dvd and I can highly recommend it. The show is a great drama, it has romance, comedy, drama and everything all rolled into one.
The show is written by Kay Mellor who has written many fantastic drama series, such as Fat Friends and Band of Gold. The cast reads like a who's who of tv stars and includes:
Keith Barron - plays George Williams
Gaynor Faye - plays his daughter Anna
Nicola Stephenson - plays his daughter Sarah
Michelle Holmes - plays his second wife Claudie
Janet Dibley - plays ...
This is anothor one of my favourites.
Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore in Ghost.
This is a very touching story.
Sam (Patrick Swayze) and Demi Moore (Molly) and Whoopi Goldberg who won Oscars for this film
They are on a night and out sadly sam is stabbed, but they his ghost immediately appears and you see him running after the thugs that killed him.
He doesnt realise straight away that he is dead, but one he realises he tries to find someone who can help him. This is where Whoopi comes in, she apparently can connect with the other side, she thinks she cant but she can.
Sam goes to her place where so does the readings for other people, and tries starts talking to himself, Whoopi who in the film is called Odma Brown (forgive my spelling) heres him and she saids "who said that" sam realises she can here him and says can you ...
KIWIMULLAN03 23.01.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Ghost (DVD)
Advantages: Very funny, emotional story Disadvantages: Dated
Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) and Molly Jensen (Demi Moore) are a young couple who are very much in love. They both have good jobs, lots of friends and are very happy with their lives together, infact they?re so happy there?s even a mention of marriage.
However one night whilst walking back from a play the two are approached by a would-be mugger wielding a gun, when the man hits Molly in the face Sam lunges at him, the man gets away but not before he shoots Sam dead. Sam however isn?t exactly dead, he instantly gets up after the accident only to realise that he?s a ghost whom nobody can see, not even Molly. Sam doesn?t know what to do when the mugger then returns supposedly looking for something in his and Molly?s apartment. All he knows is that Molly is in danger and he?ll do anything in his limited powers to save her. That?s where Oda ...
Great_reviewer07 09.08.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Ghost (DVD)
A young horror film-maker inherits some relics from his grandfather, the owner of a Hollywood film studio. The relics include a mysterious old clock. When it strikes midnight, strange things begin to happen. A special effects figure is taken over by the ghost of the grandfather's butler, who helps the young filmmaker in his struggle with a powerful movie boss to establish the ownership of his grandfather's studio.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
PRISM LEISURE, Contender Entertainment Group
Release date
02/06/2003, 17/04/2006
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
PPA 1397, CTD 10460
Barcode
5014293139755, 5030305104603
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Interactive Menus, Trailer, Chapter Selection
Aspect Ratio
4:3 Full Frame
Sound
Dolby Digital
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital English
DVD Description
A feisty little ghost named Louis helps a trio of would-be filmmaking teenagers turn a suitcase full of junk into a pot of gold and a high-spirited adventure. One of the kids discovers that his grandfather has left him a huge inheritance, which turns out to be no more than a pawn ticket. However, this ticket holds more adventure than they could have possibly imagined.
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