
Carl breaks into the apartment but Sam is too exhausted from the possession to fight Carl. Oda Mae allows Sam to possess her body so he and Molly can share a slow dance. Sam and Oda Mae return to the apartment, where-by levitating a penny into Molly's hand-he convinces Molly that Oda Mae is telling the truth about him. Shadowy demons emerge from the darkness to drag Willie's ghost down to Hell. When Willie arrives, Sam spooks him as revenge, causing him to flee into the street in a fit of panic before being struck and killed by an oncoming car. Carl goes to Molly, who reveals she spotted Oda Mae closing an account at the bank.Ĭarl and Willie go to Oda Mae's but Sam warns her and her sisters to take shelter. As Carl desperately searches for the money, Sam reveals his presence by typing his name on the computer keyboard. He then enlists Oda Mae to help him thwart Carl by impersonating Rita Miller and withdrawing the laundered money totalling $4 million, which she later reluctantly donates to charity.
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After getting the book himself from the apartment, Carl transfers the money into a single account under the fictitious name "Rita Miller".ĭetermined to protect Molly, Sam learns from a violent poltergeist haunting the subway system how to channel emotion in order to move solid objects. Carl is laundering money for drug dealers and had Willie rob Sam to obtain his book of passwords. Meanwhile, Sam follows Carl and is devastated to learn he and Willie are working together. She then goes to the police, who have no file for Willie but they show her Oda Mae's lengthy one as a forger and con artist. Molly later gives Willie's address to Carl, who volunteers to investigate. To allay Molly's skepticism, Oda Mae relays information that only Sam could know. Sam persuades her to warn Molly that she is in danger. He follows the mugger to his Brooklyn apartment, learning that the man, Willie Lopez, was sent by an unknown party.Īfter leaving Willie's residence, Sam happens upon the parlor of psychic Oda Mae Brown, a charlatan pretending to commune with spirits of the dead who is shocked to discover her true psychic gift when she can hear Sam speaking. When Molly returns, Sam scares their cat into attacking the thug, who flees. Moments later, the mugger enters the apartment in search of something. Carl comes over and suggests she take a walk with him Sam, unable to follow, stays behind. Molly is distraught in the days after Sam's death, as Sam remains close to her. Sam sees Molly crying over his body and discovers he is now a ghost, invisible and seemingly unable to interact with the mortal world. That night, Sam and Molly are attacked by a mugger who shoots and kills Sam in a scuffle before stealing his wallet. He decides to investigate the matter himself, declining Carl's offer of assistance. One afternoon, Sam confides in Carl his discovery of unusually high balances in obscure bank accounts. Sam Wheat, a banker, and his girlfriend Molly Jensen, an artist, renovate and move into an apartment in Manhattan with the help of Sam's friend and co-worker Carl Bruner. Ghost earned five nominations at the 63rd Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing, and winning Best Supporting Actress for Goldberg and Best Original Screenplay. The film received positive reviews from critics, with particular praise going towards the score and performances of the cast. Ghost was theatrically released on July 13, 1990, to commercial success, grossing $505 million against a budget of $22 million and emerging as the highest-grossing film of 1990 and at the time of its release, was the third-highest-grossing film of all time. The plot centers on Sam Wheat (Swayze), a murdered banker, whose ghost sets out to save his girlfriend, Molly Jensen (Moore), from the person who killed him - through the help of the psychic Oda Mae Brown (Goldberg). Ghost is a 1990 American romantic fantasy thriller film directed by Jerry Zucker from a screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin, and starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn, Vincent Schiavelli and Rick Aviles.
