Casper 4K UHD (1995) (30th Anniversary Edition)

[BradS89]

Originally Posted by eXtofer

Wow I thought they were extinct. Nice to know they still exist!

It's mostly in the south, one recently re-opened that had been closed for YEARS. In Belmont, NC

[moff90]

https://www.amazon.it/dp/B0FBGM1SPY

Steelbook

[Kyle15]

I saw this opening week when I was 4.

[PonyoBellanote]

Originally Posted by moff90

https://www.amazon.it/dp/B0FBGM1SPY

Steelbook

So it's not a Kino, a Universal that has chances to release here in Spain if they add Spanish? F*CK YES! THE BEST NEWS! Hope it's a good transfer and has DV.. it'll not have the original DTS, but..

I do wish Babe was Universal's as well, but oh well..

[NL197]

Casper (1995) - 4K 35mm 1994 Teaser with restored music - YouTube

I took the 35mm teaser scan and restored James Horner's teaser score to it.

[meremortal]

Saw this one in the theater and loved it as a kid. Will have to get this one. Hopefully the soundtrack isn't messed with too much. I still have the old DTS LD as it's remained a reference track years later.

[batman2000]

I hope the deleted scenes finally get released and it gets extras as well.

[redrunner97]

Is this only a getting a steelbook? Ugh

[kevin87]

Originally Posted by redrunner97

Is this only a getting a steelbook? Ugh

Don't think we know yet. We just know that Italy is getting a steelbook.

Unless I'm just forgetting something, I don't remember Universal having a steelbook only release.

[Moviefan2k4]

Originally Posted by batman2000

I hope the deleted scenes finally get released and it gets extras as well.

I'd love to see a full-length documentary, but from what I've read Christina Ricci didn't have a lot of fun making the movie at the time. She already felt typecast in the horror/comedy genre from The Addams Family films, and since all the ghosts were represented by tennis balls on the set, she had a very tough time believably expressing herself. If they can get her back for a new interview with Bill Pullman, that would be phenomenal since they totally balanced each other out. I'd also like hear stories from Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, Malachi Pearson, Brad Garrett, and Joe Nipote. Sadly, Joe Alaskey (Stinkie) passed away in 2016.

[GeoffOliver]

This was one of the first movies I ever saw, period. My grandpa worked for Pepsi, and everyone in my family had multiple promotional VHS copies of this movie lying around (it had a Casper Pepsi ad along with the entire film). I watched it over and over as a toddler and young child. In hindsight, I was probably a bit young for a film with such dark themes (and some language), but it might be one reason why I was always familiar with the concept of death, even at age 3. I knew ghosts (as depicted in the film at least) weren’t real, but the film is otherwise pretty frank about the subject.

EDIT: Damn, those copies go for a lot of money now.

[crissrudd4554]

Originally Posted by GeoffOliver

This was one of the first movies I ever saw, period. My grandpa worked for Pepsi, and everyone in my family had multiple promotional VHS copies of this movie lying around (it had a Casper Pepsi ad along with the entire film). I watched it over and over as a toddler and young child. In hindsight, I was probably a bit young for a film with such dark themes (and some language), but it might be one reason why I was always familiar with the concept of death, even at age 3. I knew ghosts (as depicted in the film at least) weren’t real, but the film is otherwise pretty frank about the subject.

EDIT: Damn, those copies go for a lot of money now.

Not gonna lie. If they include this commercial as an extra (I know they won’t) I might actually legit cry!

1995 Casper Pepsi Commercial - YouTube

[Bubbles-11]

Originally Posted by kevin87

Don't think we know yet. We just know that Italy is getting a steelbook.

Unless I'm just forgetting something, I don't remember Universal having a steelbook only release.

Earthquake at first only had a steelbook pop up before a standard version popped up on GRUV

[IPreferPi]

Casper has held up as a solid 90s family film. Especially still love James Horner's score (RIP).

[NL197]

Horner had his orchestrator Don Davis (composer for "The Matrix") write some short cues for the face morphing / famous cameo sequence, but none of it was used in the final film.

Clint Eastwood had a light Morricone-style bit with harmonica

Rodney Dangerfield had a big comedic thing with drums and trumpets, like a Las Vegas show

Mel Gibson had what sounded like a 90s romcom / sitcom bit

Cryptkeeper had a riff on Danny Elfman's Tales From The Crypt theme

[kevin87]

Originally Posted by Bubbles-11

Earthquake at first only had a steelbook pop up before a standard version popped up on GRUV

There's been steelbooks that showed up to pre-order before the standard, but they still came out at the same time. Twister was also one of them. That's different than being steelbook-only though.

[Poya]

This was not a good movie. The only things saving this were the Ghostly Trio.

[Medality]

I loved that movie as a kid. I remember playing the game on Sega Saturn . Can't wait to revisit it on 4K. The Blu-ray has definitely room for improvements.

[4Dblu]

My old skool classic. I still hav this on LD in THX It would be nice if THX was still applied in 4k...Hope it's in Atmos

[Moviefan2k4]

Originally Posted by Poya

This was not a good movie. The only things saving this were the Ghostly Trio.

I'm in the opposite camp. This movie has a real heart to it - it's not just sight gags and general spooky behavior. The real story is about confronting the reality of death, and what the film suggests lies beyond. Casper tells Kat that his unfinished business wasn't placed on him - he willingly stayed behind to keep his father company. Meanwhile, Dr. Harvey's on a quest to reunite with his wife Amelia, partly through love and also because he doubts his ability to raise Kat properly. And finally there's Crittenden & Dibs, who only want control for what they believe is a wealth of literal treasure...ignoring the fact that life itself has much more value by comparison.