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"Look, here's the deal - New York is lousy with ghosts. They're everywhere, and they're a noisy, pushy,demanding bunch, just like when they were alive . . .Normally, we can't talk to the living, but then youcome along, and imagine the excitement."

- Frank Herlihy's ghost (Greg Kinnear) to Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais)

Unbeknownst to us, Manhattan is crowded with ghostly apparitions and unexpected redemption for the living - and even for the recently departed - in the comic fantasy "Ghost Town."

It all begins with Dr. Bertram Pincus (Golden Globe winner RICKY GERVAIS), a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly during a routine medical procedure, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy (Academy Award® nominee GREG KINNEAR), who pesters him into attempting to break up the impending re-marriage of his widow Gwen (TÉA LEONI).

"Ghost Town" brings together the comic imaginations of two of Hollywood's most intriguing talents: writer-director David Koepp (screenwriter of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," among many others; writer/director of "Secret Window" and "Stir of Echoes") and Ricky Gervais (the Golden Globe-winning creator and star of the original "The Office" and HBO's "Extras"), who makes his debut as an eccentric leading man in the film. The result is a witty, sophisticated, yet riotous comedy about a man who is haunted by his past - and given a rare chance to exorcise all his demons.

DreamWorks Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment Present A Pariah Production "Ghost Town" starring Ricky Gervais, Téa Leoni, Greg Kinnear, Billy Campbell, Kristen Wiig and Dana Ivey. The film is directed by David Koepp and written by David Koepp & John Kamps. The producer is Gavin Polone. The executive producers are Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber and Ezra Swerdlow. The director of photography is Fred Murphy. The production designer is Howard Cummings. The editor is Sam Seig. The costume designer is Sarah Edwards. The music is by Geoff Zanelli. This film has been rated PG-13 for some strong language, sexual humor and drug references.

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