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Overview

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7.7/10   38,486 votes
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Director:
Terry Zwigoff
Writers (WGA):
Daniel Clowes (comic book)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
18 October 2001 (Germany) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama 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:
(24 articles)
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DVD Review: Junction
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Fantasmata efiveias (Greece) [el]
Ghost World (Spain) [es]
Ghost World (France) [fr]
Ghost World - Aprendendo a Viver (Brazil) [pt]
Ghost World - Mundo Fantasma (Portugal) [pt]
Mundo Cão (Brazil) (festival title) [pt]
Prízracný svet (Slovakia) [sk]
Prízracný svet (Czech Republic) [cs]
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong language and some sexual content.
Runtime:
111 min
Country:
USA | UK | Germany
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The drawings in Enid's sketchbook were done by Sophie Crumb, daughter of Robert Crumb, the subject of director Terry Zwigoff's previous film Crumb (1994). more
Goofs:
Continuity: The broken sculpture gains and loses pieces at random. more
Quotes:
Enid: I'm just joking around with the customers. It's my schtick. more
Movie Connections:
Features Peter, Paul and Mary: Lifelines (1996) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
You're Just My Type more

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17 out of 22 people found the following comment useful:-
Waking Life, 20 January 2008
10/10
Author: Aluísio Parondi (nem.freud.explica@gmail.com) from Winooski, Vermont, USA

"We graduated from high school. How totally amazing", says a sarcastic Enid Coleslaw (Thora Birch, in the best performance of her career), at the beginning of "Ghost World". Enid and her best friend, Rebecca (a 15 year-old Scarlett Johansson) discuss how much they longed for their graduation day, and when it finally came, it wasn't as cheerful as they were expecting. While Rebecca finds a job and tries to move on, Enid doesn't know what to do with her life and spends most of her time with Seymour (Steve Buscemi, playing the most humane variation of all the 'losers' he's been playing his whole life, and that's why he's so great at it), a lonely older man whose biggest pleasure is collecting rare, old records.

The more I watch "Ghost World", the more I like it. This is a very special, really beautiful film, that speaks to the heart. It's both hilarious (really one of the funniest films I've ever seen - Enid's yard sale, her first day of work at a movie theater, just to name a couple of favourite scenes, crack me up every time) and moving, with a bittersweet feel to it that's underlined by David Kitay's musical theme. Terry Zwigoff's ("Crumb") script, co-written by Daniel Clowes based on his own comic books, has a remarkable respect for its characters, most of them adorable and pathetic at once - including Josh (Brad Renfro), a boy Enid and Rebecca love to mess around with. One week ago, when I was re-watching this movie with some friends who had never seen it, we commented on how miserable Josh is - and how sad it was to hear about Renfro's premature death a few days later.

If you ever felt lost in your own world, not knowing what do with your life, you're gonna relate to this film. The feeling I get from it is a little similar to THAT other film with Scarlett Johansson, the sublime "Lost in Translation". For me, any movie as sincere and well crafted as "Ghost World" and "Lost in Translation" is a classic, and deserves a spot on my all-time favourites' list. 10/10.

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