Both Swayze and Moore were nervous while filming the sexy scene and neither of them planned for what became the hottest moment on the pottery wheel: when the clay plot collapsed. To prepare for the role, Moore took a few pot-throwing lessons. In an interview, “Ghost” screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin explained: “I envisioned her with these big blocks of wood and with big hammers and really going at it and really powerful.” Director Jeffrey Zucker was not feeling it, so Rubin switched her to a potter instead. In the original screenplay, Molly Jensen (Moore) was not conceived as a potter, but a wood sculptor. However, the iconic scene almost did not happen. The most memorable part of “Ghost” is unquestionably the opening pottery scene. Twenty-eight years later, it is nearly impossible to hear “Unchained Melody” without being immediately transported back to that steamy pottery scene between Moore and Swayze. Goldberg also won the Golden Globe Award that year for her role as the spiritual advisor. She became the second black woman in Oscar history to win the statuette.
“Ghost” went on to receive five nominations at the 63rd Academy Awards, taking home Best Original Screenplay Oscar and Goldberg won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar. As audiences fell in love with the film about a young woman and the ghost of her murdered boyfriend. Aside from becoming 1990’s highest-grossing film globally, “Ghost” also had many of us eyeing that local pottery class. On July 13, 1990, “Ghost,” starring Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg, was released in theaters. July 13, 1990: “Ghost,” Starring Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg and Patrick Swayze, Was Released in Theaters
Mezzogiorno Restaurant, 200 Spring Street and Sullivan Street, Manhattan.įederal Hall National Memorial, 26 Wall Street and Broad Street, Manhattan.Article Details: July 13, 1990: “Ghost,” Starring Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg and Patrick Swayze, Was Released in Theaters Mercer Street and Prince Street, Manhattan. Myrtle Station, Myrtle Avenue and Broadway, Brooklyn. Subway, Franklin Street and West Broadway, Manhattan. Subway, 7th Avenue South and Christopher Street, Manhattan. Go through the ticket barrier and stand on the platform of Franklin Street station before boarding the train! To see that they go into the subway station on 7th Avenue South and Christopher Street, near to West 4th Street. OtsoNY Comments: It is amusing to see that Patrick Swayze's character follows Willie Lopez into the subway. Sam and Molly's Apartment, 102 Prince Street and Greene Street, Manhattan.Ĭlick HERE for more pictures and information about the apartment.Ĭrosby Street (btw Spring Street and Prince Street) Manhattan. Subway, Broad Street and Wall Street, Manhattan. Ghost he can not be seen or heard by the living, and so he tries to communicate with Molly through Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg), a psychic who didn't even realise that her powers were real.
He must warn Molly about the danger that she is in. He finds himself trapped as a ghost and realises that his death was no accident. Walking back to their new apartment after a night out at the theatre, they encounter a thief in a dark alley,Īnd Sam is murdered. Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) and Molly (Demi Moore) are a very happy couple and deeply in love.