I believe it was made in the 80's and it was about 3 old men in present day, recalling the past, in the 1920's I think. Somehow they thought they'd killed a woman, and put her in a car and pushed it into a lake or something, but she wasn't dead, but, then drowned in the car. She came back and haunted them. Does anyone know what this movie is called? I'd like to see it again but can't remember the name of it. Thanks!
2006-06-29 07:31:50 · 15 answers · asked by Catherine n 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
When I first saw GHOST STORY in the '80s, I thought it was one of the best stories of its type ever told.
Seeing it again tonight on cable, my opinion has changed. Yes, all the elements for a good tale of ghostly doings are in place--but they never really reach a satisfying enough pattern in the scheme of things.
The acting is excellent, the suspense is taut at times, but much of it spins along at too slow a pace before anything happens. The giggling schoolboys are rather tiresome in the flashbacks that reveal what happened to the woman they were all smitten with. As played by Alice Krige, she's an enigmatic seductress with a wicked gleam in her eyes and we never know quite what she is about to do. Craig Wasson does well with the role of a young man who encounters her, falls briefly for her and then leaves her when her neurotic ways become too much for him.
How she takes revenge on the four men who were responsible for her death is the comeuppance of the tale. Whether you're willing to watch until the bitter end without changing channels is another thing. On the other hand, this is not the sort of movie to watch with so many commercial interruptions breaking the mood.
Fred Astaire, John Houseman, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Melvyn Douglas play the four old men who were drawn under the spell of a girl, seduced as they were by her charms. Each must confront their past deed as she exacts some sort of revenge on them--that is the nub of the plot, but it could have been so much better had the script been better developed.
I never read the novel, but I imagine it fills in the many gaps in the story that seem to be missing.
2006-06-29 07:37:53 · answer #1 · answered by JoYbOy 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sounds a lot like Ghost Story, but there were 4 men, not 3.
Starred Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and John Houseman.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082449
2006-06-29 07:37:29 · answer #2 · answered by Kya Rose 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ghost Story- Release in 1981 the movie is based on the novel written by Peter Straub.
Hope this helps.
2006-06-29 07:55:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ghost Story
2006-06-29 07:34:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It IS Ghost Story, starring Fred Astaire, John Houseman, and Alice Krige as the ghost lady.
2006-06-29 07:36:48 · answer #5 · answered by hawley5150 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 Men and A Little Lady
2006-06-29 07:35:58 · answer #6 · answered by SeveralTimesWrong 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The call of the action picture is couple of minutes. It got here out in 1990. he's a cop that got here upon out he became lack of life, so he wanted to die contained in the line of duty to be sure his spouse and son were treated. became out his clinical archives were some how swapped and he became searching at someone elses. incredibly humorous action picture.
2016-11-29 23:56:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Platoon
2006-06-29 07:33:41 · answer #8 · answered by Scotty Wrotem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was from a book from Peter Straub and starred Fred Astaire. I just can not remember the name of it. It was a good one.
2006-06-29 07:34:10 · answer #9 · answered by katj1250 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name of the film is "Ghost Story"
2006-06-29 07:42:25 · answer #10 · answered by daziedag 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋