On Saturday night (19 September) M-Net will be re-broadcasting Ghost, as a tribute to Patrick Swayze who died yesterday after his battle with cancer.
Related link: RIP Patrick Swayze.
Made in 1990, the movie centres round Sam Wheat (Swayze) and his fiancée Molly Jensen (played by Demi Moore, who live in Manhattan, are deeply in love and a happy couple.
Walking back to their new apartment after a night out at the theatre, they encounter a thief in a dark alley, and Sam is murdered. He finds himself trapped as a ghost and realises that his death was no accident.
He must warn Molly about the danger that she is in. But as a ghost he can not be seen or heard by the living, and so he tries to communicate with Molly through Oda Mae Brown, a psychic who didn't even realise that her powers were real.
It will be on M-Net at 22h00.
Fast facts!
- Ghost is directed by Jerry Zucker (who also directed First Knight and Rat Race.)
- Whoopi Goldberg stars as Oda Mae Brown - a con artist John Edward/Belinda Silbert/medium, who Sam ends up talking to. She won the 1991 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for the role.
- Screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin also won the Oscar for Best Writing /Screenplay Written Directly For The Screen.
- The movie has been developed into a musical and opens on the West End next year.
- Patrick Swayze was married to his wife Lisa for 34 years.