Casper: A Spirited Beginning
It's a whole new scream!
1997 | 90m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Sean McNamara |
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| Writer: | Jymn Magon, Joseph Oriolo, Rob Kerchner, Thomas Hart, Thomas McCluskey, Seymour Reit |
| Staring: |
| Before he met and befriended the other ghouls at Applegate Manor, friendly ghost Casper meets young Chris Carson, a lonely kid who decides to teach Casper how to be a proper ghost. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 09, 1997 |
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| Director: | Sean McNamara |
| Writer: | Jymn Magon, Joseph Oriolo, Rob Kerchner, Thomas Hart, Thomas McCluskey, Seymour Reit |
| Genres: | Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure |
| Keywords | workaholic, prequel, fish out of water, single father, teacher student relationship, ghost, live action and animation, father son relationship, direct to video |
| Production Companies | Saban Entertainment, Brookwell-McNamara Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, The Harvey Entertainment Company |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $3,500,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jymn Magon | Screenplay, Story |
| Joseph Oriolo | Book |
| Rob Kerchner | Story |
| Bob Frye | Film Processor |
| Matt Bozon | Art Direction |
| Bradford Johnson | Set Decoration |
| Greg Landerer | Special Effects |
| Tami Mor | Costume Design |
| Ron Kenan | Music Supervisor |
| Ray McIntyre Jr. | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Andrea V. Rossotto | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Thomas Hart | Screenplay |
| Vincent Bitetti | Producer's Assistant |
| Thomas McCluskey | Story |
| Seymour Reit | Book |
| Arlan Jay Vetter | Production Design |
| Tim Reidt | Art Direction |
| Tibor Belay | Storyboard Artist |
| Chris Blackwood | Stunts |
| Nava | Production Design |
| Mike Upton | Line Producer |
| Julie Ashton | Casting |
| Brian Jewell | Art Direction |
| Darcy Shontz | Set Decoration |
| Kevin Carney | Visual Effects |
| Rina Ramon | Costume Design |
| Ian Christian Nickus | Music Supervisor |
| Christian Sebaldt | Director of Photography |
| Sean McNamara | Director |
| John Gilbert | Editor |
| Udi Harpaz | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Mike Elliott | Producer |
| Amy Goldberg | Co-Producer |
| Jeffrey A. Montgomery | Executive Producer |
| Lance H. Robbins | Executive Producer |
| Rob Kerchner | Co-Producer |
| Haim Saban | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 13 |
| 2024 | 5 | 20 | 28 | 12 |
| 2024 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 8 |
| 2024 | 7 | 22 | 38 | 11 |
| 2024 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 10 |
| 2024 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 10 |
| 2024 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 10 |
| 2024 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 9 |
| 2024 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 8 |
| 2025 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 10 |
| 2025 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
Trending Position
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| 2025 | 10 | 977 | 977 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 449 | 589 |
<em>'Casper: A Spirited Beginning'</em> is rather rubbish, not that that is of any surprise. It's a stripped back version of the original in every way possible, with the animation - which, admittedly, isn't the greatest in the 1995 release - particularly standing out as being awful. The cast are ... OK, if entirely forgettable - perhaps with the exceptions of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_McGill" rel="nofollow">Chuck McGill</a>, Michael McKean, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Lion_King_(franchise)_characters#:~:text=and%20kill%20him.-,Mufasa,-%5Bedit%5D" rel="nofollow">Mufasa</a>, James Earl Jones. Let's see what <em>'Casper Meets Wendy'</em> cobbles together...