Ghostlight (2003)
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63% of critics liked it
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40% of users liked it
(26 ratings)
For his feature debut, writer/director Christopher Herrmann chose a subject near and dear to his heart. Herrmann had been the biographer and a close friend of renowned choreographer Martha Graham before the dance legend passed away in 1991 at the age of 96. With Ghostlight, Herrmann pays tribute to… More For his feature debut, writer/director Christopher Herrmann chose a subject near and dear to his heart. Herrmann had been the biographer and a close friend of renowned choreographer Martha Graham before the dance legend passed away in 1991 at the age of 96. With Ghostlight, Herrmann pays tribute to Graham by recreating the events that preceded Phaedra. Graham is portrayed by drag queen Richard Move (who also co-wrote the script), and Ann Magnuson plays Barbara Rosen, a filmmaker who is permitted to document the process of bringing Phaedra to the stage. Deborah Harry and Mark Morris appear as themselves in cameo roles. Ghostlight screened at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
- Directed By
- Christopher Herrmann
- Genres
- Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 23, 2004 Wide
- Studio
- Lot 47 Films
Critic Reviews
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Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Few performances are hardy enough both to blossom in the dark intimacy of live theater and bloom under the glaring eye of a movie camera. Ghostlight is not the exception.
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Jan Stuart, Newsday
Achieves substance as a historical document, an homage, an appreciation of the axis of empathy shared between larger- than-life women and the (frequently) gay men who venerate them.
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Dave Kehr, New York Times
Ms. Magnuson's consummate professionalism offers an unflattering contrast to Mr. Move's not-so-inspired amateurism.
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Lou Lumenick, New York Post
A bizarre and campily amusing 'tribute.'
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Elizabeth Zimmer, Village Voice
Real history and raunch poke through, but the thirtysomething Move is too vital to be Martha in her dotage.
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Cast
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Richard Move
as Martha Graham
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Ann Magnuson
as Barbara Rosen
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Isaac Mizrahi
as Alex
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Erick Kastel
as James
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Mark Morris
as Himself
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Deborah Harry
as Herself
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Gila Zalon
as Peggy
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Rob Besserer
as Erick Hawkins
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Maryette Charlton
as Helen Keller
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Kittson O'Neill
as Linda
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Ernest Abuba
as Noguchi Isamu
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Reid Hutchins
as Principal Dancer
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Tres Bien Pollard
as Principal Dancer
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Jennifer Binford
as Principal Dancer
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Amy Piantaggini
as Principal Dancer
