Ghost world / United Artists and Granada Film, in association with Jersey Shore and Advanced Medien, present a Mr. Mudd production ; a Terry Zwigoff film ; produced by Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Russell Smith ; written by Daniel Clowes & Terry Zwigoff ; directed by Terry Zwigoff.
Container of (work): Ghost world (Motion picture) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001064653
Notes:
Title from title frames. Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro, Bob Balaban, Illeana Douglas, Steve Buscemi, Tom McGowan, Stacey Travis, David Cross, Pat Healy. Originally released as a motion picture in 2001. Based on the comic book by Daniel Clowes. Widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio) Special features: Audio commentary featuring Terry Zwigoff, Ghost World comic creator and film cowriter Daniel Clowes and producer Lianne Halfon; Art as dialogue, new interviews with actors Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson and Ileana Douglass; Extended excerpt from Gumnaam (1965) featuring the Bollywood number that appears in Ghost World's opening title sequence, with commentary; Deleted scenes; Trailer; in booklet: an essay by critic Howard Hampton; a 2001 piece by Zwigoff on the film's soundtrack; leaflet: Eightball, reprinted excerpts from Clowe's comic Ghost world.
Summary:
Two friends graduate from high school and find life in the real world difficult. Becky sets her sights on Josh, on whom both girls have a crush, and their friendship is changed forever. An idiosyncratic portrait of adolescent alienation. Set during the malaise-filled months following high-school graduation, the film follows the proud misfit Enid (Thora Birch), who confronts an uncertain future amid the cultural wasteland of consumerist America. As her cynicism becomes too much to bear even for her best friend, Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson), Enid finds herself drawn to an unlikely kindred spirit: a sad-sack record collector many years her senior (Steve Buscemi).
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