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11-26-2003, 07:39 PM
Released November 26th, 2003
Director: Rob Minkoff
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Tilly, Terence Stamp, Wallace Shawn, Don Knotts, Marsha Thomason
Premise: Frightfully funny Eddie Murphy leads an all-scare cast of ghosts and ghouls in Disney's spookiest comedy ever, "The Haunted Mansion." Workaholic real-estate agent Jim Evers (Murphy) drags his family up to the big, creepy Gracey mansion in hopes of rebuilding it into a lavish new condo development. When they get there, however, the family quickly finds that they're not alone... not when 999 grim, grinning ghosts come out to socialize! With all these happy haunts that won't leave until their unfinished business has been completed, it's up to Jim to break the curse -and rediscover a family that needs him - before the clock strikes 13.
“When the crypt doors creak and the tombstones quake, Spooks come out for a swinging wake, Happy Haunts materialize and begin to vocalize – Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize”
Who would have thought that at this point the Walt Disney Company would be at a big crossroad with their adaptations of classic theme park attractions? When the family oriented studio announced the trio of ride based features, many were quick to call Disney executives crazy and desperate for story ideas. Most of the movie-going public would have agreed with them after the embarrassment that was The Country Bears in July 2002. Almost one year after that box office flop, Disney bounced back big with the surprise hit of the summer, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, which steamed rolled its way to $300 million domestically and possibly two sequels. With both a hit and a miss in their hands, Disney’s third and final theme park adaptation, The Haunted Mansion, could swing either way but the company executives would have it be a hit for sure ....
Click Here for the Full Review! (http://www.hostultra.com/~TheMooseHole/Haunted%20Mansion.htm)
Director: Rob Minkoff
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Tilly, Terence Stamp, Wallace Shawn, Don Knotts, Marsha Thomason
Premise: Frightfully funny Eddie Murphy leads an all-scare cast of ghosts and ghouls in Disney's spookiest comedy ever, "The Haunted Mansion." Workaholic real-estate agent Jim Evers (Murphy) drags his family up to the big, creepy Gracey mansion in hopes of rebuilding it into a lavish new condo development. When they get there, however, the family quickly finds that they're not alone... not when 999 grim, grinning ghosts come out to socialize! With all these happy haunts that won't leave until their unfinished business has been completed, it's up to Jim to break the curse -and rediscover a family that needs him - before the clock strikes 13.
“When the crypt doors creak and the tombstones quake, Spooks come out for a swinging wake, Happy Haunts materialize and begin to vocalize – Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize”
Who would have thought that at this point the Walt Disney Company would be at a big crossroad with their adaptations of classic theme park attractions? When the family oriented studio announced the trio of ride based features, many were quick to call Disney executives crazy and desperate for story ideas. Most of the movie-going public would have agreed with them after the embarrassment that was The Country Bears in July 2002. Almost one year after that box office flop, Disney bounced back big with the surprise hit of the summer, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, which steamed rolled its way to $300 million domestically and possibly two sequels. With both a hit and a miss in their hands, Disney’s third and final theme park adaptation, The Haunted Mansion, could swing either way but the company executives would have it be a hit for sure ....
Click Here for the Full Review! (http://www.hostultra.com/~TheMooseHole/Haunted%20Mansion.htm)