Casper is a 1995 American comedy fantasy film starring Bill Pullman and Christina Ricci, based on the Casper the Friendly Ghost animated cartoons and comic books. The ghosts featured in the film were created through computer-generated imagery. The film was distributed by Universal Pictures. In Friendship, Maine, Whipstaff Manor has been inherited by a neurotic and spoiled woman named Carrigan Crittenden as explained to her and her attorney Paul "Dibs" Plutzker by her father's lawyer Rugg. An invisible ink inscription in the will reveals that there is a treasure hidden somewhere in the manor,... which inspires Carrigan and Dibs to investigate. They are greeted by a friendly but lonely ghost named Casper, but their resulting panics summons Casper's three loud and obnoxious uncles: Stretch, Stinkie and Fatso. Carrigan and Dibs hire a series of professionals - including Father Guido Sarducci and Ghostbuster Raymond Stantz - in an attempt to rid themselves of the ghosts, but to no avail. They finally hire a therapist, James Harvey, who can communicate with ghosts, helping them to move on to the next world by helping them to resolve their unfinished business keeping them on Earth.
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| Release date: | May 26, 1995 |
| Directed by: | Brad Silberling, Phil Nibbelink |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 100 Minutes |
| Producer: | Paul Deason, Jeff Franklin, Gerald R. Molen, Jeffrey A. Montgomery, Steven Spielberg, Colin Wilson |
| Editor: | Michael Kahn |
| Music by: | James Horner |
| Cinematography: | Dean Cundey |
| Screenplay by: | Sherri Stoner, Deanna Oliver |
| Estimated budget: | $55,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Casper the Friendly Ghost |
| Genre: | Comedy, Fantasy |