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Ghost World (2001)

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User Rating: 7.7/10 (33,736 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Terry Zwigoff
Writers (WGA):
Daniel Clowes (comic book)
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Release Date:
18 October 2001 (Germany) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
Accentuate the negative. more
Plot:
Enid and Rebecca are social outsiders who, after graduating from high school, play a mean prank on a middle-aged geek. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 24 wins & 27 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(7 articles)
Ifc News Podcast #75: Not Another Teen Movie Podcast (From IFC. 5 May 2008, 8:24 AM, PDT)
Brad Renfro Dead at 25 (From WENN. 16 January 2008)
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Waking Life more

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong language and some sexual content.
Runtime:
111 min
Country:
USA | UK | Germany
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
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Trivia:
The 'Coon Chicken Inn' poster that Enid submits as her final piece for art class was actually painted by R. Crumb. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Enid throws the money to John in the Zine-O-Phobia shop, the "Duplex Planet" comic appears in the display rack, one shot before we actually then see John put it in the rack. more
Quotes:
Seymour: You think it's healthy to obsessively collect things? You can't relate to other people, so you fill your life with stuff... I'm just like all these other collector losers. more
Movie Connections:
Features Peter, Paul and Mary: Lifelines (1996) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Pickin' Cotton Blues more

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7 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
Waking Life, 20 January 2008
10/10
Author: Aluísio Parondi (nem.freud.explica@gmail.com) from South Burlington, Vermont, USA

"We graduated from high school. How totally amazing", says a sarcastic Enid Coleslaw (Thora Birch, in the best performance of her career), at the beginning of "Ghost World". Enid and her best friend, Rebecca (a 15 year-old Scarlett Johansson) discuss how much they longed for their graduation day, and when it finally came, it wasn't as cheerful as they were expecting. While Rebecca finds a job and tries to move on, Enid doesn't know what to do with her life and spends most of her time with Seymour (Steve Buscemi, playing the most humane variation of all the 'losers' he's been playing his whole life, and that's why he's so great at it), a lonely older man whose biggest pleasure is collecting rare, old records.

The more I watch "Ghost World", the more I like it. This is a very special, really beautiful film, that speaks to the heart. It's both hilarious (really one of the funniest films I've ever seen - Enid's yard sale, her first day of work at a movie theater, just to name a couple of favourite scenes, crack me up every time) and moving, with a bittersweet feel to it that's underlined by David Kitay's musical theme. Terry Zwigoff's ("Crumb") script, co-written by Daniel Clowes based on his own comic books, has a remarkable respect for its characters, most of them adorable and pathetic at once - including Josh (Brad Renfro), a boy Enid and Rebecca love to mess around with. One week ago, when I was re-watching this movie with some friends who had never seen it, we commented on how miserable Josh is - and how sad it was to hear about Renfro's premature death a few days later.

If you ever felt lost in your own world, not knowing what do with your life, you're gonna relate to this film. The feeling I get from it is a little similar to THAT other film with Scarlett Johansson, the sublime "Lost in Translation". For me, any movie as sincere and well crafted as "Ghost World" and "Lost in Translation" is a classic, and deserves a spot on my all-time favourites' list. 10/10.

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