Rating: PG13
Genre: Fantasy
Release Date: 11/17/1998
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 104 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Universal Studios

Director Ron Underwood follows up his crowd-pleasing hit City Slickers (1991) with this likable, feel-good comedy drama about a selfish businessman who discovers that he's permanently being followed by a group of ghosts. In 1959, a bus accident links the spirits of four fatally injured passengers to a newborn baby whose birth is caused by the crash. For 25 years, Milo (Tom Sizemore), Harrison (Charles Grodin), Penny (Alfre Woodard) and Julia (Kyra Sedgwick) remain bound to Thomas Reilly (Robert Downey Jr.), who believes the quartet to be imaginary childhood friends that have long since disappeared. When the four spooks suddenly realize that they are meant to use Thomas as a conduit to bring closure to their unfinished corporeal lives, they reemerge, causing Thomas to think that he's gone insane. As he becomes reattached to his supernatural companions, however, Thomas' innate decency asserts itself and he begins helping them to right the wrongs in their lives, allowing them to possess his body to achieve their goal of settling accounts and moving on into the afterlife.

~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

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  A reviewer from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Shades of Topper Fantasy-Comedy.
Ron Underwood, the director of City Slickers attempts to duplicate his success by directing this Heaven-Can-Wait style fantasy in which Charles Grodin, Kyra Sedgwick, Tom Sizemore, and Alfre Woodard play four earthbound spirits, who are linked to a selfish businessman, played by Robert Downey, Jr., who was born at the exact moment of their deaths, and only he can help them settle any unfinished business they have, in order for them to move on. Also starring Elisabeth Shue, David Paymer, Eric Lloyd, Bill Calvert, Lisa Lucas, Richard Portnow, and B.B. King.

Cast:
Robert Downey, Jr. - Thomas Reilly
Charles Grodin - Harrison Winslow
Alfre Woodard - Penny Washington
Kyra Sedgwick - Julia
Tom Sizemore - Milo Peck
Elisabeth Shue - Anne
David Paymer - Hal the Bus Driver
Eric Lloyd - Thomas Reilly--Age 7
Bill Calvert - Mr. Frank Reilly
Lisa Lucas - Mrs. Eva Reilly
Richard Portnow - Max Marco

Production:
Ron Underwood - Director
Sean Daniel Dirk Petersmann James Jacks Nancy Roberts - Producer
Gregory Hansen - Co Producer
Marc Shaiman - Composer
O. Nicholas Brown - Editor
Brent Maddock S.S. Wilson Gregory Hansen - Screen Writer
Anne H. Ahrens John H.M. Berger Lauren Polizzi - Set Designer
Dan Webster - Art Director
Lauren Polizzi - Art Director
Dixie J. Capp - Associate Producer
Adam Shankman - Choreography
Michael W. Watkins - Cinematographer
Jean-Pierre Dorleac - Costume Designer
Ken Chase - Makeup
Richard Bryce Goodman - Musical Direction/Supervision
John Muto - Production Designer
S.S. Wilson - Screen Story
Eric Hansen - Play Author

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Always
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Ghost [WS]
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Down to Earth
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All of Me
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