Ghost Dad (1990)

Director:

Sidney Poitier

Writers (WGA):

Brent Maddock (story) &
S.S. Wilson (story) ...

Release Date:

29 June 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy

Tagline:

Bill Cosby as you've never seen him before... invisible.

Plot:

Elliot Hopper is a widower with three children, he is currently working on a deal. It seems like his...

Plot Keywords:

Ghost Dad | African American | Ghost

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Bill Cosby	...	Elliot Hopper
Kimberly Russell	...	Diane Hopper
Denise Nicholas	...	Joan
Ian Bannen	...	Sir Edith Moser
Christine Ebersole	...	Carol
Barry Corbin	...	Mr. Emery Collins
Salim Grant	...	Daniel 'Danny' Hopper
Brooke Fontaine	...	Amanda Hopper
Dakin Matthews	...	Mr. Seymour
Dana Ashbrook	...	Tony Ricker
Omar Gooding	...	Stuart
Raynor Scheine	...	Curtis Burch, the Cabbie
Arnold Stang	...	Mr. Cohen, elderly patient
Brian Stokes Mitchell	...	Teacher (as Brian Mitchell)
Lisa Mene Nemacheck	...	Jonelle

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Australia:PG | Finland:S | USA:PG | Singapore:PG | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Boise, Idaho, USA

Company:

SAH Productions

Trivia:

When Cosby's character is asked by Curtis Burch in the taxi cab if he worships Satan, and responds that he is in fact him, it is an obvious nod to Bill Cosby's 1981 movie "The Devil and Max Devlin".

Goofs:

Continuity: Position of Elliot's daughters hair, when they first see Elliot as a ghost.

Quotes:

Amanda Hopper: Daddy. Joan said you can go bleep bleep yourself. She said you guys need to talk and she'll fill in the bleeps later.
Elliot Hopper: Okay, honey. Thank you.
[Somebody knocks on the front door]
Elliot Hopper: That must be Joan coming over to fill in the bleeps.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Sinister Urge (#7.13)" (1994)

Soundtrack:

It's Just A Girl Thing

Face-pulling pointlessness with Bill Cosby

If one were to hear of a movie concerning the antics of a dead Bill Cosby trying to help his children, the cineast in you would not be stirred to see/rent it. However, I still managed to be unpleasantly surprised by the gall of this movie. Each turn around the seemingly aimless plot reveals fresh idiocy. Every moment of Cosby's acting seems an excuse for a new stupid face to pull, though even these become horrendous. One is left with an over-riding feeling of disbelief, after having been asked to suspend exactly that from new levels for the duration of the picture. I suppose really odd Dana Ashcroft fanatics may wish to see this. But this movie is for children. Stupid children.