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High Spirits is a 1988 fantasy comedy film written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring Steve Guttenberg, Daryl Hannah, Beverly D'Angelo, Liam Neeson and Peter O'Toole. It is an Irish, British and American co-production.

High Spirits
Original theatrical poster
Directed by	Neil Jordan
Written by	Neil Jordan
Produced by	David Saunders Stephen Woolley
Starring	Daryl Hannah Peter O'Toole Steve Guttenberg Beverly D'Angelo Jennifer Tilly Peter Gallagher Liam Neeson Martin Ferrero
Cinematography	Alex Thomson
Edited by	Michael Bradsell
Music by	George Fenton
Production company	Vision PDG
Distributed by	Palace Pictures (UK and Ireland) TriStar Pictures (North America)
Release date	18 November 1988 (1988-11-18)
Running time	99 minutes
Countries	Ireland United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Budget	$17 million
Box office	$8,578,231 (US)

Set in a remote Irish castle called Dromore Castle, Co. Limerick, High Spirits is a topsy-turvy comedy with thematic leanings towards Ireland's rich folklore regarding ghosts and spirits, where the castle starts to come to life with the help of such denizens.

Plot

Cash-strapped Peter Plunkett owns a dilapidated Irish castle that he has converted to a bed and breakfast. Owing money to an Irish-American businessman named Brogan, Plunkett attempts to turn the castle into "the most haunted castle in Europe" for the tourist trade. Inspired by his mother's stories about the castle being haunted, he and his wacky Irish staff set about creating ghostly costumes and effects for their first group of American guests.

Initially annoyed by the inept "hauntings", the American guests (including Steve Guttenberg, Beverly D'Angelo, Connie Booth, Peter Gallagher and Jennifer Tilly) soon discover that Castle Plunkett's real ghosts have taken umbrage at being cheaply exploited and have staged a full-scale paranormal event.

Two ghosts, Mary Plunkett and Martin Brogan (played by Daryl Hannah and Liam Neeson), become romantically entangled with Guttenberg's and D'Angelo's characters. This romantic twist becomes the main focus of the plot.

Cast

Reception

The film received negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes it has a 27% rating based on 15 reviews.[1]

Daryl Hannah was nominated for a Razzie Award as Worst Supporting Actress, but lost to Kristy McNichol for Two Moon Junction.^{[citation needed]}

Director Neil Jordan has always maintained that the release version of this film is very different from the one he shot. He was more or less excluded from the editing process of the final cut. He insists that his version is still locked away in a vault.^{[citation needed]}

Home media

Scream Factory released the film on Blu-ray Disc in 2015.[2] It was packaged as a double feature with Vampire's Kiss on February 13, 2015.[3] The film was released on Blu Ray from Final Cut on August 24, 2020 in the UK.

See also

• List of ghost films

References

External links

• High Spirits at IMDb
• High Spirits at AllMovie
• High Spirits at Box Office Mojo

На других языках

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- [en] High Spirits (film)

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[ru] Высшие духи

«Высшие духи» (другой вариант перевода названия — «Бодрость духов»[1]) — американский кинофильм 1988 года.

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