Casper is a 1995 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Brad Silberling, in his feature directorial debut. The film stars Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, and also features the voices of Joe Nipote, Joe Alaskey, Brad Garrett and the introduction of Malachi Pearson in the title role. It is the first feature film to have a fully CGI character in the lead role.
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Casper is a 1995 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Brad Silberling, in his feature directorial debut. The film stars Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, and also features the voices of Joe Nipote, Joe Alaskey, Brad Garrett and the introduction of Malachi Pearson in the title role. It is the first feature film to have a fully CGI character in the lead role. Casper was released in cinemas on May 26, 1995, by Universal Pictures. It earned USD 287. 9 million on a USD 55 million budget, and went on to spawn four direct-to-videomade-for-TV follow-up films and an animated television spin-off, The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the film for its faithfulness to its source material, visual effects, music score, and performances, but criticized its dark story and humor. The movie is based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost created by Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo. It goes for a much darker interpretation of the friendly Ghost in comparison to the comics, cartoons, and films of the previous years, especially with its theme of death, most notably providing the character a tragic backstory that addresses his death.
In the film, Casper’s father was declared legally insane after he built a machine, the Lazarus, which he claimed could bring the dead back to life. Carrigan Crittenden discovers she has only been left Whipstaff Manor in his will while his vast wealth has gone to several charities. She and her assistant, Dibs find a map within the will’s papers that tell of an alleged treasure hidden inside the manor, but find the property haunted by a ghost named Casper and his poltergeist uncles the Ghostly Trio. They attempt to kill each other to test the theory and retrieve the treasure they think is in the basement’s locked vault. The treasure is revealed to be Casper’s prized baseball, signed by Duke Snider by so-called Snider, so the map was so part of a game Casper played with his father, thus making Carrigan furious at having gone through all that trouble for nothing. In their final confrontation, Carrigan ejects herself into the afterlife, causing Casper to eject himself into her.
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