Ghost World(2001)

Name: Ghost World
Director: Terry Zwigoff
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: Jul 20, 2001
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro, Illeana Douglas

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

R
Rated R for strong language and some sexual content
1h 51m
- Comedy
- Drama

Release Date: Jul 20, 2001

Two eccentric best friends graduate high school and respond to a man's romance-seeking newspaper ad as a gag, only to find their lives becoming increasingly complicated.

Release Details

Original Release | Jul 20, 2001 | Limited

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$98,791
Total US & Canada:
$6,217,849
Total International
$2,546,540
Total Worldwide:
$8,764,389

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Director & Top Cast

Terry Zwigoff
Director

Steve Buscemi
Actor

Thora Birch
Actor

Scarlett Johansson
Actor

Brad Renfro
Actor

Illeana Douglas
Actor

Bob Balaban

Actor

Stacey Travis

Actor

Charles C. Stevenson Jr.

Actor

Dave Sheridan

Actor

Tom McGowan

Actor

Debra Azar

Actor

Brian George

Actor

Pat Healy

Actor

Rini Bell

Actor

T.J. Thyne

Actor

Ezra Buzzington

Actor

Lindsey Girardot

Actor

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: DTS,Dolby Digital

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United Kingdom, Germany, United States

Language: English

Summaries

Storyline

Best friends Enid and Rebecca have just graduated from high school, although Enid has to take a summer school art class, which she failed during the regular school year, to graduate officially. Their plan since seventh grade has been not to go to college, but rather move in together after graduating, which now entails them getting jobs to pay for that independence. As Enid is constantly drawing things which she witnesses in her day-to-day life in her notebook for her own pleasure, that art class failing grade is only one demonstration of the contempt both Enid and Rebecca have for anything that is mainstream, which includes the structure of school and most of their classmates. Their "people", as Enid confirms, are the freaks, sickos and weirdos of society. Just for fun, they decide to respond to an "I Saw You" personal ad to see what loser placed the ad, who, he believes in attending the date, would be stood up by the woman for who he is looking. He is forty-something Seymour, who would admit that he beats to his own drummer and too cannot tolerate being with people who he just doesn't understand. Although Enid does not admit to Seymour that she and Rebecca were the ones that answered the ad, Enid becomes his friend based on their shared sensibilities. As Enid and Rebecca move on to the post-graduation phase of their lives, Enid slowly begins to alienate all around her, including Rebecca and possibly Seymour as she subversively begins to direct things in his life to thwart anything that is remotely mainstream. Enid believes that life as she knows it will be all right as long as she has one touchstone which to return, that touchstone which may not be as permanent as she believes. — Huggo High school graduate Enid (Birch) is a non-conformist who rejects the superficial world she sees around her in L.A. but is a lost soul. With the support of her best friend Rebecca (Johansson), Enid answers a newspaper classified, pretending to be the woman sought by eccentric record collector Seymour (Buscemi) and an unexpected friendship between the two blossoms. Enid and Rebecca are best friends having difficulties with the social attitudes of other people. After graduating high school, they decide to get jobs and rent a house of their own. However, Enid needs to attend Arts summer school to graduate but her anti-social behavior makes her lose her job. Meanwhile, Enid and Rebecca play a prank on Seymour, a middle-aged collector of rare 78 records who also has difficulties with relationships. Seymour and Enid eventually become friends. As time goes by, Enid reaches maturity and develops a different view of life. — Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Set in the summer after graduation, Enid and Rebecca are both outsiders in a world slowly being engulfed by fake 50's diners and Starbucks. Enid must attend an art class to officially graduate high school as Rebecca gets a job. When the two play a mean joke on a much older, geeky record collector, Enid finds a fellow soul and begins to discover the complexities of becoming an adult in the modern world. — Ed Williams