Ghost (1990)

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Wikidata Q49003, film, IMDb tt0099653, TMDB 251: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Whoopi Goldberg as actor ('The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris); 2 more episodes agree.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

The Big Picture

The Rewatchables

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

A Bronx Tale: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (TV channel joke): A Bronx Tale → Ghost. The Black Star channel's loose interpretation, playing Ghost, is raised while asking if Bronx Tale is on it.
    “Is Bronxtail on Black Stars?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:10:51 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Bill Simmons: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Ghost → Bill Simmons. Sean asks if Chris agrees with Bill Simmons that Ghost is an accurate portrayal of the afterlife.
    “Do you agree with Bill Simmons that this is an accurate portrayal of the afterlife?”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:53:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Internal Affairs: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Internal Affairs → Ghost. The same movie could be made with Ghost's dirty banker and the drug dealer; the cop element is not necessary because it is about power and manipulation.
    “So remember how in Ghost he was the dirty banker that was funneling money for the drug dealer, whatever?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:26:09 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

It Ends With Us: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Ghost → It Ends With Us. Asked for the last real romantic tearjerker, they land on It Ends with Us and Nicholas Sparks.
    “I mean, it ends with us was like this, you know, like that, that's kind of what that was playing.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:56:01 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Nora Ephron: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Ghost → Nora Ephron. Romantic tearjerkers of the era came from writers like James L. Brooks and Nora Ephron.
    “James L. Brooks and Nora Efron, and you've got these writers who have like a real knack for this kind of thing”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:56:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Sean Fennessey: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Sean Fennessey → Ghost. Pick 9 (round 3), category Oscar nominee: Genre mix of romance, grief and supernatural thriller.
    “And I will take ghost.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:53:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

The Substance: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Ghost → The Substance. Ghost resurfaced when Demi Moore did press for The Substance.
    “was back in the news when Demi Moore was doing a lot of press for the substance”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:54:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Whoopi Goldberg: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Whoopi Goldberg → Ghost. Whoopi's few scenes land as an Apex Mountain moment: Ghost was just before, and she holds an Oscar prop a year after winning one.
    “And Ghost is right before this, and it's just, you drop her in a movie like a grenade for 15 minutes.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:49:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Whoopi Goldberg → Ghost. Whoopi's few scenes land as an Apex Mountain moment: Ghost was just before, and she holds an Oscar prop a year after winning one.
    “And Ghost is right before this, and it's just, you drop her in a movie like a grenade for 15 minutes.”
    The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 0:49:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Ghost → The Substance. Ghost resurfaced when Demi Moore did press for The Substance.
    “was back in the news when Demi Moore was doing a lot of press for the substance”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:54:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): Internal Affairs → Ghost. The same movie could be made with Ghost's dirty banker and the drug dealer; the cop element is not necessary because it is about power and manipulation.
    “So remember how in Ghost he was the dirty banker that was funneling money for the drug dealer, whatever?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:26:09 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Ghost → It Ends With Us. Asked for the last real romantic tearjerker, they land on It Ends with Us and Nicholas Sparks.
    “I mean, it ends with us was like this, you know, like that, that's kind of what that was playing.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:56:01 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

programming (2)

  1. programming (programming): Sean Fennessey → Ghost. Pick 9 (round 3), category Oscar nominee: Genre mix of romance, grief and supernatural thriller.
    “And I will take ghost.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:53:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): Ghost → Bill Simmons. Sean asks if Chris agrees with Bill Simmons that Ghost is an accurate portrayal of the afterlife.
    “Do you agree with Bill Simmons that this is an accurate portrayal of the afterlife?”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:53:33 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Ghost → Nora Ephron. Romantic tearjerkers of the era came from writers like James L. Brooks and Nora Ephron.
    “James L. Brooks and Nora Efron, and you've got these writers who have like a real knack for this kind of thing”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:56:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (TV channel joke): A Bronx Tale → Ghost. The Black Star channel's loose interpretation, playing Ghost, is raised while asking if Bronx Tale is on it.
    “Is Bronxtail on Black Stars?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:10:51 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Ghost: Sean was broken up with by a sixth-grade girl on the way into the movie and tried to ruin her experience.
    “I got broken up with by this girl as we were like going into this movie and I was quite rude about the film because of that.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:54:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.