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Overview
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Daniel Clowes (comic book)
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Release Date:
18 October 2001 (Germany) more
Tagline:
Accentuate the negative. more
Plot:
Enid and Rebecca are social outsiders who, after graduating from high school, play a mean prank on a middle-aged geek. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 24 wins & 27 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(31 articles)
Comic book writer/artist on the best and worst film adaptations
(From The Geek Files. 12 November 2009, 3:16 AM, PST)
Indie Roundup: 'Splinterheads,' 'Ghost World,' 'Devil'
(From Cinematical. 4 November 2009, 2:10 PM, PST)
User Comments:
This is a fine, fine film. more (446 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Thora Birch | ... | Enid | |
| Scarlett Johansson | ... | Rebecca | |
| Steve Buscemi | ... | Seymour | |
| Brad Renfro | ... | Josh | |
| Illeana Douglas | ... | Roberta Allsworth | |
| Bob Balaban | ... | Enid's Dad | |
| Stacey Travis | ... | Dana | |
| Charles C. Stevenson Jr. | ... | Norman | |
| Dave Sheridan | ... | Doug | |
| Tom McGowan | ... | Joe | |
| Debra Azar | ... | Melora | |
| Brian George | ... | Sidewinder Boss | |
| Pat Healy | ... | John Ellis | |
| Rini Bell | ... | Graduation Speaker | |
| T.J. Thyne | ... | Todd |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Fantasmata efiveias (Greece) [el]
Ghost World (Spain) [es]
Ghost World (France) [fr]
Ghost World (Poland) [pl]
Ghost World - Aprendendo a Viver (Brazil) [pt]
Ghost World - Mundo Fantasma (Portugal) [pt]
Mundo Cão (Brazil) (festival title) [pt]
Prízracný svet (Czech Republic) [cs]
Prízracný svet (Slovakia) [sk]
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong language and some sexual content.
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Runtime:
111 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (Alberta) | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Finland:K-7 | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #37596)
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Trivia:
The actor who plays the high school principal in the graduation scene also plays one of the customers in the porno shop. This was not intentional - Terry Zwigoff cast him as a porno shop customer forgetting that he also played the principal. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the girls are sitting in the '50s diner for the first time, a pizza on the table in front of Rebecca appears and disappears repeatedly between shots. more
Quotes:
Enid:
Look at this.
Rebecca:
What?
Enid:
Is Stacy Himmler going out with Rod Harbaugh.
Rebecca:
Oh, God. How perfect.
Enid:
He better watch out or he'll get AIDS when he date-rapes her.
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Movie Connections:
References Eyes Wide Shut (1999) more
Soundtrack:
Bertha Lands more
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I guess different people can extract different meanings from GHOST WORLD and all nail exactly why it was made. For me, it was the chronicle of that small group of people who don't, and probably never will, quite fit into this world. They're here on the fringes though, just existing in their own parallel universe, or their own "ghost world." Though it sounds depressing, this film is hardly a downer, it's full of humor, satire and acute observations on life. The overall production is excellent (the brightness and colors in the photography, costumes and sets is stunning)... plus it pulls off the impossible by successfully steering toward dead-on seriousness near the conclusion to drive it's point across.
It begins at graduation with Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson), two very perceptive high school outcasts who see right through the facade of their juvenile peers and want nothing to do with it. For Rebecca this self-ostracizing is just a passing phasing, but for Enid you get the strong impression this is going to always be her way of life. It's not that she doesn't get it, it's that she's doesn't understand IT or people or the games of life. There's a brief emotional turning point for Enid when a cruel practical joke backfires and she becomes involved with the target, the nerdy and very sardonic Seymour (Steve Buscemi), who may just be the kindred spirit Enid was looking for. The shared scenes between Enid and Seymour, though doomed to take a bad turn, are handled with tenderness by the director and actors and are quite memorable and touching.
Highlights are an excellent scene in a blues club that just about nails the American outlook on life and our lack of reverence and the ones in Enid's remedial art class, with the most misguided and pretentious teacher (Illeana Douglas) you could imagine. The girls are wonderful, and Steve Buscemi was unfairly overlooked at awards time (big shocker). Anyway, he's never been this good before. The fact this premise, these ideas and these original and interesting characters came from a comic book makes me realize I've completely overlooked the artistic possibilities within that medium.