# Ghost Dad (1990)

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**Runtime**: 84 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Sidney Poitier
**Written by**: Brent Maddock, S.S. Wilson, Phil Alden Robinson
**Starring**: Bill Cosby, Kimberly Russell, Denise Nicholas, Ian Bannen, Christine Ebersole, Barry Corbin

> *He's been walking through doors. He's been falling through floors. He's been going through a lot lately, but he's still Dad.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

For anyone who's ever wondered what Sidney Poitier could do with a high-concept comedy. A freak accident turns workaholic widower Elliot Hopper into a ghost, with unfinished business on Earth. He now has to sort things out for his kids, in a decidedly incorporeal state. It's a very 1990 movie.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, cozy

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