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A widowed father tries to support his children after he becomes a ghost in an accident.A widowed father tries to support his children after he becomes a ghost in an accident.A widowed father tries to support his children after he becomes a ghost in an accident.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Brian Stokes Mitchell
- Teacher
- (as Brian Mitchell)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRaven-Symoné auditioned for the role of Amanda Hopper. She was rejected as "too young', but Bill Cosby' liked her so much he cast her as Olivia Kendall on The Cosby Show (1984).
- GoofsWhen Elliot's daughters first see him as a ghost, their hair changes between shots.
- Quotes
Elliot Hopper: Now, you listen to me, you little bag of pig puke! You mention one word to anybody about this, and so help me, I'll do things to you that you can't even imagine! You try to threaten me? I don't get frightened. I GIVE frighten, you little twerp! What do you think about this?
[raises a flashlight to face, which disappears]
Stuart: [screams in fright]
Elliot Hopper: Hah!
Stuart: [faints]
Elliot Hopper: Good night.
- Alternate versions12 minutes worth of deleted scenes were shown on NBC and USA Network.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Die Hard 2/Ghost Dad/Days of Thunder/May Fools (1990)
- SoundtracksBetrayal
(Theme from Sorcerer (1977))
Music by Edgar Froese, Christopher Franke (as Christoph Franke) and Peter Baumann
Performed by Tangerine Dream
Featured review
The sixty-second worst thing Cosby ever did
Right off the bat, I'm admitting that I was never really into Bill Cosby. He just seemed kind of boring and didn't have much identity. I was at least familiar with his awful movie record. Nowadays, everybody wants to distant themselves from him, but I'm not going to judge the movie based on that. I'm just going to treat it like a movie. This film features Bill Cosby apparently becoming a ghost. This movie is just really dumb with the rules it has about the afterlife. It's said that people can see Cosby's clothes but not his face but we clearly see him with clothes on in one scene and nobody notices him!
Also, this one guy says he's an authority on the afterlife and has even written a book. Wait, if there's a book written about ghosts, why can't they just tell everyone that he's a ghost? Ghosts have already been said to exist in this world. Better yet, just tell people you're a ghost and get rich and famous proving ghosts exist! This film is very mean spirited with Cosby running into a crazy Satanist who then convinces him that he's Satan. He later chokes a kid through the phone and threatens a little boy. I really do hate it when people make ugly, hateful films for children. *1/2
Also, this one guy says he's an authority on the afterlife and has even written a book. Wait, if there's a book written about ghosts, why can't they just tell everyone that he's a ghost? Ghosts have already been said to exist in this world. Better yet, just tell people you're a ghost and get rich and famous proving ghosts exist! This film is very mean spirited with Cosby running into a crazy Satanist who then convinces him that he's Satan. He later chokes a kid through the phone and threatens a little boy. I really do hate it when people make ugly, hateful films for children. *1/2
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $24,707,633
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,803,480
- Jul 1, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $25,421,633
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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