Ghost world dvd, 2017, criterion collection for sale. It was directed by terry zwigoff and based on altcomic author daniel clowes graphic novel of the same name. Thora birch, scarlett johansson, steve buscemi, brad renfro, illeana douglas director. Based on the 19931997 comic book of the same name by daniel clowes. Told in his spare, elliptical style, the story centers on enid and rebecca, just out of high school and brimming with cynicism and ambivalence.
Ghost world is a harrowing yet humorous film from terry zwigoff and company. Original and terrifically funny, ghost world is a rawedged comedy that follows enid thora birch american beauty and rebecca scarlett johansson the horse whisperer, two teenage girls who have always been too cool to bother with the losers in their high school. Ghost world is a 2001 comedydrama film distributed by united artists. In 2012, actor james franco had the name brad tattooed on his right shoulder in memory of renfro. Teri garr, brad renfro, illeana douglas, and the great david cross. Clowes serialized ghost world in his comic book eightball and published it as a. Ghost world 2001 movie summary and film synopsis on mhm. Ghost world is director terry zwigoffs followup against all advice.
With acerbic wit, terry zwigoff fashions daniel clowes graphic novel into an. Ghost worlds enid birch, a recent highschool grad, is a char. Daniel clowes and terry zwigoff based on the comic book by. With only the plan of moving in together after high school, two. A pair of toocoolforschool teen girls learn valuable life lessons when their prank on a middleaged vinyl record collector instead introduces them to a fellow nonconformist. With steve buscemi, thora birch, scarlett johansson, brad renfro. Ghost world could easily be considered an antihollywood coming of age story. While enid and her mildmannered father bob balaban eat breakfast, the television in the background presents an energy company ad about its advocacy of the environment. Starring steve buscemi, thora birch, scarlett johansson, brad renfro, illeana douglas, and bob balaban, the film follows the lives of two teenage outcasts. The dvd also features deleted and alternate scenes, featurette, music video, dolby digital 5. Daniel clowes and terry zwigoff, based on the comic book by daniel clowes. Brad renfros tragic life and death from living in a.
Ghost world is a 2001 black comedy film directed by terry zwigoff and starring thora birch, scarlett johansson, and steve buscemi. Mark foster of foster the people was renfro s roommate and wrote a song about his death called downtown. The screenplay, written by zwigoff and daniel clowes, is based on clowess underground comic book, ghost world. Ghost world daniel clowes daniel clowes, ghost world, comics love. As a mere gag, they respond to a mans newspaper ad for a date, only to find it will greatly complicate their lives. Ed created this terrific mushup cover of a fake comic book that.
The movie is based on an underground comic book by daniel clowes, who cowrote the screenplay with zwigoff. Based on a bestselling pulp comic, ghost world is a wry comingofage comedy. Ghost world follows the daytoday lives of best friends enid coleslaw and rebecca doppelmeyer, two cynical, pseudointellectual, and intermittently witty teenage girls recently graduated from high school in. Costarring brad renfro deuces wild, illeana douglas stir of echos and steve buscemi fargo in the best role of his career movieline, ghost world is a smartly. Two social misfits learn the hard way that life gets even weirder after graduating high school. Crumb with an adaptation of an eccentric underground comic book. Based on a cult comic book, ghost world is a dark comedy with a unique. Thora birch, scarlett johansson, steve buscemi, and brad renfro. Ghost world partially found deleted scenes of comedydrama.
Ghost world is based on the awardwinning graphic novel by comic artist. Ghost world 2001 based on the wellknown comic, ghost world tells the story. Ghost world ghost world is a graphic novel by daniel clowes. Staring brad renfro, scarlett johansson, thora birch and illeana douglas. Birch, scarlett johansson, steve buscemi, brad renfro, illeana douglas. Ghost world united artists and granada film, in association with jersey shore and advanced medien, present a mr. Thora birch american beauty plays enid, a comic book artist who plans to share an. The drawings in enids sketchbook are by sophie crumb, the. Set during the malaisefilled months following highschool graduation, ghost world. It begins as a comedy, with many of enid and rebeccas observations stabbing heartily at our sense of irony. Ghost world is one of those movies that most likely wouldnt be made today, a story that rides in on the last fumes of the disaffected youth syndrome of the 1990s. Apr 2, 2019 this pin was discovered by courtney bowlin. Ghost world follows the hipstery enid and somewhat more conventionally attractive becky as they respond to a newspaper ad looking for a date placed by lonely vinyl record collector seymour, ultimately finding a kindred spirit in an unexpected place as they continue moving through their world with a cynical, jaded eye to goingson around them. Steve buscemi, thora birch, scarlett johansson, brad renfro.
Ghost world by terry zwigoff, terry zwigoff, thora birch, steve. Watch ghost world on the criterion channel stream of the. Brad renfro is a tad bland as josh, the closest thing enid or rebecca has to a. It was a commercial and critical success and developed into a cult classic.
Oh, one other thing, the guy who pops up in the convenient store needs his own movie. Thora birch, scarlett johansson, brad renfro, illeana douglas, steve buscemi. Ghost world 2001 12 of 61 thora birch, brad renfro, and dave sheridan in ghost world 2001. Brad renfro was born on july 25, 1982 in knoxville, tennessee, to angela denise mccrory and mark renfro, a factory worker. Former child star brad renfro s early rise to stardom was stifled by problems in his private life, including constant runins with the law and his struggle with drug abuse. The story of londons most terrifying epidemicand how it changed science, cities, and the modern world by steven johnson oct 2, 2007 4. He eventually died at 25 from an overdose of morphine. Clowes serialized ghost world in his comic book eightball and published it as a graphic novel a term he dislikes in 1997. Ghost world is based on the comic book by the same name. Zwigoff pulls off something in ghost world that seems a minor mira. With only the plan of moving in together after high school, two unusually devious friends seek direction in life. Deliciously dry and quirky, ghost world, based on the cult comic book, is like no other teen comedy youve seen before. Brilliant portrait of teen anomie is based on the underground comic book. Like a complex personality, ghost world revels in its different faces, its different facets.
As a fan the genius dan clowess independent comic this film is based on, ill. I thought of those words while i was watching ghost world, the story of an. He did not have any acting experience when he was chosen to play the lead in his debut film, the client, 1994. Leading the cast in ghost world are thora birch as the sullen yet arty enid and scarlett johansson as the prettier yet bored rebecca. Brad renfro celebrity profile check out the latest brad renfro photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Brad renfro s son is reportedly named yamato renfro, and he was aged four at the time of his fathers death. Recounting the ghost world plot, such as it is, doesnt do the film justice. Part of the delightful cleverness of ghost world is its nonstop critique of america as a consumer theme park where people are obsessed with kitsch and inauthentic experiences. Starring thora birch, scarlett johansson, steve buscemi, illeana douglas, brad renfro, bob balaban, teri garr, stacey travis.
R for strong language and some sexual content running time. Brad renfro apt pupil has a small part as josh, a friend of enid and rebecca who they both. Encore ghost world united artists and granada film. Ghost world by terry zwigoff, terry zwigoff, thora birch. Later that year, renfro s exclusion from the oscar memorial a tribute to hollywood figures who passed away the previous year caused a media firestorm. Seymour, brad renfro josh, illeana douglas roberta, bob balaban enids dad background. The client became one of the topgrossing films of the year. Thora birch, scarlett johansson, steve buscemi, brad renfro. Best friends enid and rebecca have graduated from high school, and now they need to figure out what comes next.
Ghost world, a very personal adaptation of the daniel clowes comic book that zwigoff wrote with clowes, either captures with uncanny precision what its like to be a teenage girl in this country at this moment or fooled me utterly into thinking it does. Ghost world 2001 ghost world movie, ghost world, movie. Although this would be his zenith, he went on to appear in other. Produced by lianne halfon, john malkovich, and russell smith. Also starring brad renfro, teri garr, david cross, bob balaban, illeana douglas, dave sheridan, tom mcgowan, and steve buscemi. He was discovered at age 10 by director joel schumacher and was cast in the motion picture the client 1994, which starred susan sarandon and tommy lee jones. He was living with his mom in japan and did not attend his fathers funeral. This film received an honorable mention on the best of. Ghost world is a comedydrama film directed by terry zwigoff, written by daniel clowes and terry zwigoff, based on the comic book of the same title by clowes. Thora birch enid and steve buscemi seymour are nothing short of marvelous in their complex roles, and they receive ample support from scarlet johansson, bob balaban, teri garr, brad renfro, illeana douglas, and the great david cross. Although it follows the contours of the genre, the path is different enough to make the movie seem fresh, nonformulaic, and occasionally surprising.
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