Ghost World

Story

If you've ever felt alienated by the world around you, Ghost World will offer laughter, tears, and reassurance that you are definitely not alone. Adapted by Daniel Clowes and Crumb director Terry Zwigoff from Clowes's acclaimed graphic novel, the movie spends summer vacation with high school graduates Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlet Johansson). They inflict little tortures on the denizens of urban sprawl, wielding scathing irony as a defense against a "ghost world" full of pop-cultural lemmings and uncertain futures. But when Enid picks a 40-ish vintage-record collector (Steve Buscemi) as the target of her latest cruel prank, she finds herself unexpectedly attracted to him ("he's the opposite of everything I completely hate") and is forced to confront her own crushing loneliness. This combination of deadpan sarcasm and deeply compassionate humanity makes Ghost World a rare and delicate comedy, with an ambiguous ending that suggests tragedy or hope, depending on your own point of view. --Jeff Shannon

DVD Features

• 1.85:1 (16x9 enhanced)
  
• Audio: 5.1 surround
  
• Deleted and alternate scenes
  
• Making of featurette
  
• Music video (the full-length and complete version of the awe-inspiring musical number, "Jaan Pehechaan Ho" from the 1965 Bollywood feature, Gumnaam that is excerpted at the opening of Ghost World. An absolute must-see!)
  
• Trailers

Cast

Thora Birch
Steve Buscemi
Illeana Douglas
Scarlett Johansson
Brad Renfro