Casper - A Spirited Beginning (1997)
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Billed as a prequel to the 1995 family film Casper, which in turn is based on an enduring Harvey cartoon character "Casper the Friendly Ghost," this direct-to-video entry is aimed at younger kids (though some of the scenes may be inappropriate for really young children). The story begins… More Billed as a prequel to the 1995 family film Casper, which in turn is based on an enduring Harvey cartoon character "Casper the Friendly Ghost," this direct-to-video entry is aimed at younger kids (though some of the scenes may be inappropriate for really young children). The story begins as Casper, who is new to the ghostly plane, rides a death train towards Ghost Central Station where he is to attend a camp to train him to scare people. Instead, he irritates another passenger and is tossed off the train. The bewildered little spirit lands in Deedstown where he becomes friends with 10-year-old Chris Carson, a troubled boy whose mother is gone and whose work-obsessed father ignores him. Chris sees that Casper is troubled too and so decides to show him how to be a real ghost by taking him to Applegate Manor, the town's haunted house, and introducing him to the riotous Ghostly Trio. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sean McNamara
- Written By
- Jymn Magon, Thomas Hart
- Genres
- Television, Kids & Family, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Sep 9, 1997 Wide
- Studio
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
Taking place in a scary netherworld where up is down, black is white, and Steve Guttenberg, Rodney Dangerfield, Lori Loughlin, Pauly Shore, and Richard Moll still have careers.
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Cast
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Steve Guttenberg
as Tim Carson
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Lori Loughlin
as Sheila Fistergraff
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Brendon Ryan Barrett
as Chris Carson
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Rodney Dangerfield
as Mayor Hunt
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Michael McKean
as Bill Case
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James Earl Jones
as Kibosh
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Pauly Shore
as Snivel
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Jeremy Foley
as Casper
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Bill Farmer
as Stinky
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Jess Harnell
as Fatso
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James K. Ward
as Stretch


