High Spirits [videorecording] / Vision P.D.G. presents a Palace Production ; produced by Stephen Woolley and David Saunders ; written and directed by Neil Jordan.
Material type:
FilmLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, c2002.Description: 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0792852702
- 9780792852704
- Music by George Fenton; edited by Michael Bradsell.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | COMEDY High Spi | Available | 33111006635086 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The owner of an Irish castle decides to attract visitors by falsely claiming that the building is haunted, only to have a pair of real ancestral spirits start causing trouble in this uneven attempt at fantasy-comedy. The story centers on Jack and Sharon (played by Steve Guttenberg and Beverly D'Angelo), naive American tourists who are initially unimpressed by the owner's attempts at fraud but become more interested in the real ghosts, Mary and Martin (played by Daryl Hannah and Liam Neeson). This is especially true for Jack, who falls in love with the beautiful Mary, despite several centuries' difference in their ages. After the film's initial unsuccessful release, people involved with the production blamed studio interference for damaging director Neil Jordan's original vision, although Jordan is better known as a director of quirky, dark dramas (Mona Lisa, The Crying Game, Interview With a Vampire, The Company of Wolves). For whatever reason, the end result was an awkward, forced comedy that more often than not falls flat, squandering a strong collection of talent. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi
Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.
Special features: original theatrical trailer.
Music by George Fenton; edited by Michael Bradsell.
Daryl Hannah, Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenberg.
Impoverished Peter Plunkett hatches the perfect plan to save his debt-ridden Irish castle: lure American tourists by advertising the place as haunted! But when Peter and his wacky staff don sheets and chains to go a-haunting, they scare up more than paying guests ... they arouse the real ghosts of Castle Plunkett, as moldy and murderous a crew of spooks who ever terrorized the Celtic countryside. Or fell in love with a mortal.
MPAA rating: PG-13.
DVD is doublesided, widescreen on one side and standard format on the other side.
DVD; Dolby Digital.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
In English with subtitles in English, French, and Spanish.