Ghost Story (film)
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| Directed by | John Irvin |
| Produced by | Burt Weissbourd |
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Novel Peter Straub Screenplay Lawrence D. Cohen |
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| Music by | Philippe Sarde |
| Cinematography | Jack Cardiff |
| Edited by | Tom Rolf |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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110 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $23,371,905 |
Ghost Story is a 1981 American horror film directed by John Irvin and based on the 1979 book of the same name by Peter Straub. It stars Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., John Houseman and Craig Wasson (in a dual role). It was the last film to feature Astaire, Fairbanks, and Douglas (who died four months before the film's release), and the first film to feature Michael O'Neill. The film was shot in , Saratoga Springs, New York and at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida.
In a small New England town during a frigid winter season, four elderly friends -- businessman Ricky Hawthorne, lawyer Sears James, Dr. John Jaffrey, and Mayor Edward Charles Wanderley -- form the Chowder Society, an informal mens club where they regale each other with scary stories. Edward's son David, living in New York City, falls from a window after seeing a girl he's sleeping with turns suddenly into a living corpse. His other son, Don, comes home at Edward's request. Edward becomes so distraught that he wanders in the snow and, seeing the same female apparition that killed David, falls to his death from the bridge.
Doubting his father committed suicide, Don approaches the remaining three friends and tells them a "ghost" story to gain membership in the Chowder Society. In a flashback, Don tells the story of how he, a college professor in Florida, begins a torrid sexual affair with a mysterious secretary named Alma, costing him his reputation. Don breaks things off with Alma, he learns from David that he has met the same girl in New York and intends to marry her. Don warns his brother that she's trouble and, when he dies, suspects her of being involved in his death. The elderly friends react to Don's story.
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