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On July 13, 1990, a romance film called "The Ghost of Man" was released in the United States, which was invested by Paramount Pictures and had a budget of about $22 million.
Compared to other blockbusters, the investment cost of this film is not much.
However, it beat 20th Century Fox's blockbuster "Die Hard 2" to a box office success of $270 million; in addition, it also won two Oscars, best original screenplay and best supporting actress.
Screenwriter Bruce Joy Robin was a master storyteller, and later he also wrote a classic romance film, "Time Traveler's Wife" starring Rachel McAdams and Eric Barner.
However, "Man Ghost" was not optimistic in the preparatory period, as can be seen from its cast, at that time, Demi Moore was not a first-line actress, but her husband at the time, Bruce Willis, was more concerned.
The film had invited Bruce Willis to play the male lead of "Man's Ghost", but he refused. Not only him, but also many hollywood celebrities have also rejected this role, such as Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and so on.
But no one expected that Demi Moore actually defeated the blockbuster "Die Hard 2" starring her husband Bruce Willis with such a love film, and successfully became one of hollywood's first-line actresses.
In fact, Demi Moore is not the first choice for the heroine, and the ideal candidates for the film are Meg Ryan and Nicole Kidman, but they both refused.
When Demi Moore first saw the script, she also said that a film in which people fall in love with ghosts is also too risky.
Maybe subconsciously this should be a thriller rather than a romance.
Today, the film has been released for 30 years, and Guo Jie has turned it over and revisited it again, and she still likes it.
However, the situation of the male and female protagonists in the film is regrettable, the male protagonist Patrick Swaitz died of pancreatic cancer in 2009, and the heroines Demi Moore and Bruce Willis have long been divorced.
Now let's talk about three factors that make this film a classic:
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First: The shell of the thriller wraps around the core of true love
The English title of the movie "Ghost" is "Ghost", which literally translates to ghost or ghost, and it is no wonder that many actors reject this film as soon as they see the title of the script. Guo Jie really admires the translation, Chinese the title of the film is more appropriate?
Probably many young viewers have not seen this film, but the story is actually very simple.
The male protagonist Sam and the female protagonist Molly moved into a new home to live together, one night, the two encountered robbers on the way back from watching the play, Sam was shot by the robbers in the process of fighting with the robbers, and died on the spot.
Out of the blue, Sam did not go to heaven because he missed his girlfriend Molly, and as a result, he found that his death was not accidental, in fact, there was a conspiracy behind it.
Sam, worried about the heroine's safety, finds the psychic medium Horta and asks her to tell Molly to be careful.
However, it is difficult to convince Molly that there are ghosts in this world. Sam tries to convince Molly of Horta as he tracks down the truth about his murder, only to find out that he was killed by his best friend.
With Sam's efforts, Molly finally believes Horta's words, and they join forces to fight the bad guys, and finally the bad guys finally get the bad retribution, and Sam leaves heaven with peace of mind.
It's not really a thriller, its core is actually to convey true love, before Sam was killed, Molly asked him why you never said "I love you" to me, Sam thought that love did not need to be said, which became his regret.
At the end of the film, Sam finally has a chance to say "I love you" to Molly before going to heaven. So if you also have people who love each other, you must be brave enough to tell each other your intentions in time, and don't wait until you miss the opportunity to regret it.
Second: the actor's extraordinary acting skills
Many people say that the story of "Man And Ghost" is not brilliant, but because the director chose the right actors, it was the film that was achieved. It's hard to imagine that if it weren't for Demi Moore and Patrick Sweets, would someone else be able to shoot such an effect?
Looking back at the careers of Demi Moore and Patrick, the characters in "The Man Is Gone" are indeed their best performances, and neither of them can surpass the roles in the film, whether before or later.
In particular, Demi Moore's crying scene is really the most beautiful and heart-wrenching crying scene.
The bridge section where the two make pottery together in the film is a classic bridge section that fans will enjoy.
Contributing the best performance was Urbi Goldberg, who played the psychic medium.
Ubi Gothenburg is versatile, has spoken stand-up comedy, hosted an Oscar, and is an excellent actor. It is said that the male protagonist Patrick admired her very much and strongly recommended Ubi to the director to play a psychic medium.
It turns out that Patrick's vision is very precise, Ubi Goldberg is very good at the role, and the psychic medium she plays adds a lot of comedic effect and a relaxed atmosphere to the film.
She also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for this role.
Third: The classic theme song adds points to it
Finally, let's talk about the theme song of the film, "Unchained Melody".
When the melody of "Oh my love my darling" sounds, the beautiful and exciting tune slowly enters the hearts of the people, I don't know how many viewers have tears in their eyes, this song really earned enough tears from the audience.
This song was actually born a long time ago, and it is the theme song of the 1955 version of the movie "Prison Gangster". Unexpectedly, after 35 years, it became the theme song of the movie "Man Ghost Love", which added a lot of points to the film.
When everyone hears this song again, all that comes to mind is "Man Ghost Love".
After finishing the film, let's talk about the male protagonist Patrick Swaite and the female protagonist Demi Moore.
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Patrick Swaites was born in Houston, United States on August 18, 1952.
His mother was a dance teacher, and Patrick inherited her mother's talent for dancing, and from an early age he became extremely interested in dance, he studied ballet with his mother, and at one point danced to the Broadway stage.
If it weren't for the injury, he might have become a good dancer.
In 1979, at the age of 27, Patrick said goodbye to the stage and took to the big screen to star in the movie "Skateboard Town". The information in this film is too little, and Guo Jie did not find the source of the film.
In 1983, Patrick starred in the film "The Outsider" by the great director Francis Ford Coppola, although he was only a supporting role, but for Patrick, it was a breakthrough in his acting career.
Next, Patrick also starred in films such as "North and South Chaos" and "Bloody Boy", but what really got Patrick's attention was the movie "Hot Body Dance", which is also a film that Guo Jie likes very much.
In the movie "Hot Body Dance", Patrick played to his strengths and showed a wonderful dance. The film's rhythm is bright, and the exciting dance is blood-boiling.
But it is not just a dance film, the film was released in 1987, it conveys the influence of dance on the young generation of the United States at that time, but also reflects the ideological conflict between the younger generation and the older generation in the counterculture.
In 1989, after Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and many other Hollywood A-list male stars refused to act in "Man Is Gone", Patrick took over the film.
He himself did not expect that this ghost love work, which was disliked by many traffic stars, would become a box office dark horse in 1990, making his career soar.
In 1990, Patrick starred with Keanu Reeves in the film Breaking Point.
This time Patrick challenges the villain, the helpful surf master turns out to be the brain of the bank robbery gang, and Patrick shows his plasticity in the role.
In 1991, Patrick starred in the film Happy City, in which he played a doctor with a psychological disorder who traveled to India to find himself, where his experience helped him heal his heart.
Subsequently, Patrick starred in "Father Hood", "Glamorous Group of Females", "Killer's Covenant", etc., all of which were mediocre in word of mouth, did not stir up any splashes, and it was difficult to surpass "Man And Ghost Love".
In 2004, Patrick starred in the miniseries The Treasure of King Solomon and made a cameo appearance in Hot Dance 2: Love Havana, but the film was also under the sequel spell, far from being comparable to the previous game.
Patrick's 2007 release was the film Misplaced Trial, and his last film was the TV series Beast, in which he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer during filming, and doctors told him he would only live for a maximum of 5 years.
While receiving treatment, he insisted on completing the shooting.
Patrick's private life is very low-key, and he has a good relationship with his wife Lisa, she is not only his helper, but also his work partner, Patrick will discuss everything with his wife, and the two often attend events together.
Patrick was addicted to alcohol in the late '90s, and to help him quit drinking, Lisa moved her family to a farm in Texas, away from the Hollywood spotlight.
On September 14, 2009, Patrick, 57, died of cancer, and it is said that his most reassuring person is his wife, Lisa, who has been together for 34 years but has not had children.
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Compared with the male protagonist Patrick, the heroine Demi Moore's life is much more high-profile and chaotic.
Born on November 11, 1962 in New Mexico, Usa, Demi Moore's life has been chaotic since she was born because she had a mother who lived a troubled life.
Demi Moore's mother did not have a stable job, her alcoholic and private life was chaotic, she had a lot of men, and each relationship lasted for a long time, so Demi Moore kept moving with her mother when she was a child.
When Demi Moore was 13 years old, she learned that the man she had been calling her father was not her biological father.
Demi Moore dropped out of school early and was a typical rebellious girl.
At the age of 15, she met Natasha Kinsky, a girl from Germany who came to Hollywood to pursue her acting dreams.
Encouraged and infected by Natasha, Demi Moore began to study acting with her, and successfully signed an agent to start playing soy sauce in some episodes.
But at this time, Demi Moore was still the bad girl, she not only learned her mother's alcoholism, but also learned to take drugs with a group of friends, and the place she usually went to was the nightclub.
It was also there that Demi Moore became acquainted with singer Freddie Moore, who insisted on associating with and living with him despite Freddy's status as a married man.
After the two were together for a year, Ferredi married Demi after divorcing his original wife, so the Moore in the name Demi Moore is actually Freddy Moore's surname.
The marriage did not last long, and after Demi Moore met the actor Emilio while filming the film "Seven Graduates", she divorced Freddie and turned to Emilio.
The movie "Seven Graduates" was a turning point in Demi Moore's career, because of alcoholism and drug abuse, Demi was warned by director Joe Mashukh to fire her, and Demi made up her mind to quit drinking and drugs.
Demi and Emilio eventually parted ways, and the two were engaged, but canceled.
Not long after the cancellation, Demi met Bruce Willis, and the two fell in love violently and quickly flashed their marriage.
After becoming Bruce Willis's wife, Demi's fame grew, and Bruce often took Demi to various events, and the couple was no less popular in Hollywood than Atango and Nicole.
On August 16, 1988, Demi gave birth to their first child, daughter Lumer.
Demi, because of her unhappy childhood, is eager to give her children a happy childhood, and she originally planned to take care of the children at home, but a script called "The Ghost of Man" was delivered to her.
The script had been rejected by Nicole Kidman and Meg Ryan, and even Bruce Willis was not optimistic about it, but Demi liked the script so much that she insisted on starring.
Interestingly, no one expected that Demi Moore's ghost love film actually beat her husband Bruce's blockbuster "Die Hard 2", harvesting $270 million at the box office and winning two Oscars.
Demi Moore, who had a good performance in the film, also jumped to become a Hollywood A-list actress with this film, and her neat short hair style in the film became a popular hairstyle at that time.
However, her subsequent performance of "The Butcher's Psychic Wife" suffered from bad reviews.
On July 20, 1991, Demi gave birth to her second daughter. Three months after giving birth, she packed her bags and entered the crew of "Yihai Xiongfeng", working with Atango and Jack Nicholson.
In 1992, Demi Moore starred in the film "Peach Deal", and after the success of the film, Demi and her friend Susan Todd set up a production company to shoot "Peach Secret".
Subsequently, Demi Moore made the movie "The Red Letter", which unfortunately hit the street; but the worst was "Striptease", And Demy Moore paid as much as $12 million, but the film only grossed $33 million.
In the late '90s, for Demi Moore, both her career and her marriage and family were in crisis, and her marriage to Bruce Willis came to an end, and the two parted ways.
Coupled with the death of Demi's mother from cancer, she left Hollywood with her children and moved to Idaho for seclusion.
However, two years later, Demi Moore was invited to star in Thunderbolt 2, and she moved back to Hollywood.
Demi, who reappeared in the spotlight, was still charming, and fell in love with TV star Ashton Kutcher, who was fifteen or sixteen years younger than her. Demi not only used resources to help her little boyfriend, but finally married the man.
But this marriage only lasted for 5 years, and finally ended with the man's cheating, and when the divorce lawsuit was fought, the two exposed black material to each other, which was very embarrassing and regrettable.
Later, Demi Moore is still active on the big screen, but her career is much worse than before. At the beginning of this year, when she participated in the catwalk, she was found to have failed plastic surgery.
The male protagonist has passed away, the female protagonist has changed greatly, and we can only relive the beauty of "Man And Ghost Love" through the movie. This poignant and touching story, beautiful actors and beautiful music will always be a classic in the minds of fans.
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