Stars: Cathy Moriarty, Bill Pullman, Christina Ricci, Eric Idle

Director: Brad Silberling

Summary: A doctor and his daughter are employed by the owners of a manor house to rid the place of unwanted apparitions.

Casper the ghost was created in 1940 by Joe Orolio. This is the live-action/animated family feature film starring the friendly young spook. In it, greedy heiress Carrigan Crittenden (Cathy Moriarty) inherits the haunted Whipstaff Manor and discovers that the house contains a treasure, which is closely guarded by three nasty ghosts. She invites ghost therapist Dr. James Harvey, and his daughter Kat, (Bill Pullman and Christina Ricci) to move into the eerie mansion and get rid of the supernatural creatures.
The nephew of the three spirits is Casper, a friendly but lonely ghost who becomes Kat's pal. Casper takes Kat to his father's secret lab where he once attempted to bring Casper back to life with a special machine. Carrigan eavesdrops on their conversation and decides to become a ghost herself, in the hope that she will get the booty more easily. Then she can use the machine to change back to a human. However, Carrigan doesn't realise that you can't flirt with the afterlife.

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The 1995 family film Casper tries to put a fun spin on the story of a paranormalist and widower (Bill Pullman) who moves into a new house with his daughter (Christina Ricci) and meets up with the ghost of a dead little boy. Based on the comic book about Casper the friendly ghost, the film is a dreary series of awkward interactions between live actors and computer effects, and you can almost see Pullman and Ricci reconsidering the project while on camera. A few cameo appearances from uncredited stars help things a bit. But there's no way, based on this film, that one could have guessed that its director, Brad Silberling, would go on to make the exceptional drama City of Angels. This special edition DVD release includes a director's commentary and exhaustive 47-minute behind-the-scenes documentary, plus games and DVD-ROM content for the kids. --Tom Keogh

Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Wide Screen, 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Feature commentary With director Brad Silberling, Behind the scenes documentary, Deleted music sequence featuring the song 'Lucky Enough To Be A Ghost', Games In Caspers Playroom, DVD ROM funhouse activities and games
Year:	1995
Release Date:	September 1, 2008
Runtime:	96 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	8207050
Keywords:	Special, Family, Comedy, General, Casper, Edition, Wide, Screen, Childrens
Genre:	Comedy