Elderly Scott kills himself after a heart attack wrecks his body, but then comes back as a ghost and convinces his loving young hot wife Katie to pick and kill a young man in order for Scott... Read allElderly Scott kills himself after a heart attack wrecks his body, but then comes back as a ghost and convinces his loving young hot wife Katie to pick and kill a young man in order for Scott to possess his body and be with her again.Elderly Scott kills himself after a heart attack wrecks his body, but then comes back as a ghost and convinces his loving young hot wife Katie to pick and kill a young man in order for Scott to possess his body and be with her again.
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After having endured the mental torture of watching " Ghosts can't do it " that cannot be said any more.
Bo should have ended her career after "TEN" which was a funny movie, although the credits must go to Dudley Moore.
I used to work for a marine park in the Florida Keys. One day, the script for "Ghosts Can't Do It" was circulating among the trainers in the "fish house" where food was prepared for the dolphins. There was one scene where a -dolphin- supposedly propositions Bo (or Bo the dolphin), asking to "go make eggs." Reading the script, we -lauuughed-...
We did not end up doing any portion of this movie at our facility, although our dolphins -were- in "The Big Blue!"
This must have been very close to the end of Anthony Quinn's life. I hope he had fun in this film, as it certainly didn't do anything for his legacy.
This deserves every Golden Razzie it won. The only shame of this is that it taints the legacy of Anthony Quinn by turning him into a talking floating head. He's not romantic. He comes off as a sex-obsessed controlling dirty old man. Bo Derek is never a good actress. This one has walking around talking to herself. She makes her naked body less attractive. I imagine this is what real life with the Dereks look like. It's a lot bickering where sex is reduced to an ugly transaction. This is simply the worst.
Did you know
- TriviaThis film is listed among The 100 Most Amusingly Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book "The Official Razzie® Movie Guide."
- Quotes
Katie O'Dare Scott: You mean you'd take another body, and with this body you'd make love to me?
Scott: You bet I would! I mean... if it's possible.
Katie O'Dare Scott: I don't know, Scott. That's kinky stuff. We've never been kinky.
- Crazy creditsAnd Yes, That Really Was Donald Trump.
- Alternate versionsFor the UK DVD release, several minutes have been cut from the film: the heart attack scene, the letter writing scene and the swimming pool scene are all shorter than in the initial release.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Cinema Snob: Ghosts Can't Do It (2015)
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- $25,000
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1