Casper is a 1995 live-action film based on the Casper the Friendly Ghost cartoons and comic strips and made extensive use of computer-generated imagery, including a fully computer-rendered title character, the first in a live action movie. Though secondary computer-animated characters had appeared in films before (such as Dino in The Flintstones), but none had a prominent role. 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In film and video, live action refers to works that are acted out by flesh-and-blood actors, as opposed to animation. ... Casper the Friendly Ghost is the main character of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. ... The seawater creature in The Abyss marked CGIs acceptance in the visual effects industry. ... RINO stands for Republican In Name Only, a disparaging term for a member of the United States Republican Party whose words and actions are thought to be too fiscally or socially liberal. ... Univershell Studios logo The Flintstones is a 1994 Univershell Studios live-action movie based on the animated television series The Flintstones. ...

This film was followed by direct-to-video sequels such as Casper: A Spirited Beginning, Casper Meets Wendy and Casper's Haunted Christmas. A film that is released direct-to-video (also straight-to-video) is one which has been released to the public on home video formats first rather than first being released in movie theaters. ... Hilary Duffs first film was Casper Meets Wendy, where she starred as the little witch Wendy, who just wanted to prove herself to her three aunts. ...

Plot

Carrigan Crittenden (Cathy Moriarty) inherits an old house from her late father. When she discovers the house has a treasure hidden in it, she and her lackey Dibbs (Eric Idle) try to enter the house and find it, but discover the house is haunted. Eric Idle as Stan/Loretta in the Monty Python film Life of Brian Eric Idle is a comedian, actor and film director, as well as an author and accomplished guitarist/songwriter. ...

To get rid of the ghosts, Crittenden hires Dr. James Harvey (Bill Pullman), an "afterlife therapist," to help the ghosts come to terms with their unfinished business and cross over. Dr. Harvey's goal with this occupation is to find the ghost of his late wife and communicate with her. Casper, the ghost of twelve year old boy, develops a crush on Dr. Harvey's teenage daughter Kat (Christina Ricci.) Reputed ghost of a monk. ... Bill Pullman (born December 17, 1953) is an American actor. ... The word crush can refer to several things: A crush is a short-lived and unrequited love or infatuation, prevalent among teenagers. ... Christina Ricci Christina Ricci (February 12, 1980) is an American actress known for her appearance in The Addams Family films and Sleepy Hollow, as well as acting in independent films such as Buffalo 66, Prozac Nation, and The Opposite of Sex, and is a direct descendent of the Indian composer...

Kat and Casper do develop a kind of relationship and find out that Casper's father, a great inventor had built a machine that can bring ghosts back to life -- the Lazarus (named for Lazarus in the New Testament, whom Jesus brough back to life.)When Casper's uncles, the more beastly ghosts, grow to like Dr. Harvey they take him to bar. Resurrection of Lazarus by Juan de Flandes, around 1500. ... The New Testament, sometimes called the Greek Testament or Greek Scriptures is the name given to the part of the Christian Bible that was written after the birth of Jesus. ... Jesus, also known as Jesus Christ*, Jesus of Nazareth, and Jesus the Nazarene, is the central figure in Christianity. ... Categories: Stub ...

Taking advantage of the ghosts being out of the house, Crittenden and Dibbs follow Kat and Casper to the laboratory built by Casper's father, which contain the Lazarus and the vault to the treasure. Before Casper can be brought back to life, they steal the essential ingredient, realizing that if one of them were to die, they could go through the vault door, get the treasure out and come back to life.

After attempting to kill each other (they couldn't decide who would die), Crittenden falls off a cliff and comes back as a ghost and steals the treasure before Kat and Casper's eyes. However, Dibbs turns on her and she flings him out a window. When Kat and Casper point that since Crittenden is now a ghost she should have unfinished business, she declares she has no unfinished business and accidently causes herself to cross over. The treasure chest falls in the floor and opens, revealing the treasure was an autographed baseball. A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium in St. ...

Meanwhile, Dr. Harvey falls into an open sewar and dies, becoming a ghost. While Casper's uncles are pleased with this, Casper realizes he must be brought back to life, thereby making it so Casper must remain a ghost.

Kat's mother (Amy Brenneman) appears to her husband and Casper, revealing that she had not become a ghost, but an angel, since she had no unfinished business. She allows Casper to become alive again until ten for Kat's Halloween party. He turns back into a ghost just when he and Kat kiss, freaking out all other kids and causing them to run wildly out of the mansion. Actress Amy Brenneman (born June 22, 1964), formerly starred on NYPD Blue and on Judging Amy. ... In various human mythologies an angel is believed to be an ethereal creature whose duties are to assist and serve the God or gods of many religious traditions. ... Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31, usually by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting candy. ...

Trivia

• Dr. Harvey and Kat's surname is a reference to Harvey Comics, which created Casper the Friendly Ghost.

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External links

• Casper (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112642/) at the Internet Movie Database