[NABS-L] Upcoming Movies

[Steve Cook]

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We hope you will join us for our upcoming movies! Below is the Zoom
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more about each movie. 

 

Friday, October 28, 2022 Casper at 8:00 PM Eastern

Friday, November 4, 2022 Uncle Buck at 8:00 PM Eastern

 


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Casper


 

Run Time 1 hour and 36 minutes

Rating: PG

In Friendship, Maine following the death of her father, neurotic and spoiled
heiress Carrigan Crittenden discovers she has only been left Whipstaff Manor
in his will while his vast wealth has gone to several charities. Carrigan
and her lawyer Dibs find a map within the will's papers that tell of an
alleged treasure hidden inside the manor, but find the property haunted by a
ghost named Casper and his poltergeist uncles the Ghostly Trio. They
unsuccessfully attempt to force the ghosts out by way of paranormal experts
and a demolitions team. A lonely Casper watches a news report about
paranormal therapist James Harvey and is instantly smitten with his teenage
daughter, Kat, prompting Casper to inspire Carrigan in summoning James to
Whipstaff. Kat dislikes her father's reputation and obsession with
contacting the ghost of his late wife, Amelia. The Harveys move into
Whipstaff, but Casper's attempt to befriend them fails when his uncles try
to torment and scare them away, which eventually fails.

 

Casper gains the Harveys' trust when he serves them breakfast, and follows
Kat to school, where she becomes popular when her class learns she is living
in Whipstaff, and agrees to host their Halloween party there. Her envious
classmate Amber plots with her friend, Vic (who Kat has a crush on), to
humiliate Kat during the party. James attempts therapy sessions with the
Ghostly Trio, who not only try to avoid them, but also reveal they know
Amelia; in exchange for convincing Carrigan to leave them alone, they
promise to go through the "red tape" involved to get James a meeting with
his wife.

 

Kat learns Casper has no memory of his life, and restores his old playroom
in the attic to remind him. Casper recognizes an old wooden sled his father
bought him, and remembers playing outside until he caught a severe cold and
died of pneumonia, becoming a ghost to keep his father company. A newspaper
article reveals that Casper's father was declared legally insane after he
built a machine, the Lazarus, which he claimed could bring the dead back to
life. Casper and Kat venture to the basement and find the Lazarus. Carrigan
and Dibs sneak inside, steal the formula that powers the Lazarus, and plot
to use the machine, believing it could grant them immortality. However, they
attempt to kill each other to test the theory and retrieve the treasure they
think is in the basement's locked vault. This culminates in Carrigan
attempting to run Dibs over with her Range Rover, only to instead crash into
a cliff-side tree. Upon exiting her car, Carrigan falls to her death and
becomes a ghost.

 

James becomes despondent after the trio pull a prank on him, prompting them
to take him out on the town. They plan on killing him to make themselves a
quartet, but have a change of heart after the drunken therapist declares he
will tell Carrigan off so they can stay in their home. However, while still
drunk, James accidentally falls to his death down a manhole.

 

In the laboratory, a furious ghostly Carrigan confronts Casper and Kat,
stealing what she believes to be the treasure from the vault and launching
Dibs out a window when he tries to double-cross her. As Carrigan demands to
be brought back to life, Casper and Kat trick Carrigan into saying that she
has no unfinished business on Earth, causing her to eject herself into the
afterlife. After Carrigan's ghost disintegrates and disappears, the chest
she had been holding falls to the floor and the lid opens, revealing the
treasure inside to be Casper's prized baseball, signed by Duke Snider; the
map was part of a game Casper played with his father. James, now a ghost and
still in his drunken state, returns with Casper's uncles and after bringing
him back to his senses, Kat's despair over this prompts Casper to sacrifice
his one chance to return to life, restoring James instead.

 

The Halloween party kicks off upstairs; Amber and Vic's prank is thwarted by
the Ghostly Trio, and they flee in terror. Amelia, now an angel, meets with
Casper alone in his toy room, crediting him for his bravery and sacrifice,
and grants him a Cinderella-type deal that he can have until ten o'clock
back as his younger, physical self, allowing him to attend the party and
dance with Kat. Amelia meets with James and tells him that she was so
content with her family while alive that she has no unfinished business, and
encourages him to move on, while explaining that the Ghostly Trio kept their
promise to get him a meeting with her. Amelia departs as the clock chimes
ten, promising James that they and Kat will be together again one day and,
after kissing Kat, Casper transforms back into a ghost, scaring off the
guests. Kat, nonetheless, is impressed with the party, which James says is
not over, cueing the Ghostly Trio to play their nephew's theme for them to
dance to.

 

Cast

Malachi Pearson as the voice of Casper McFadden, a lonely ghost who was
originally a 12-year-old boy who died of pneumonia. He spends most of his
afterlife in Whipstaff, dealing with his ghostly ghoulish uncles' antics
while hoping to find a friend. He finds one in Kat, while also developing a
crush on her.

Devon Sawa portrays Casper in his human form

Christina Ricci as Kathleen "Kat" Harvey, James' 13-year-old daughter and
Casper's love interest who has lost her mother and wants to make a friend.
Before Ricci was cast, Scarlett Johansson and Kirsten Dunst were both
considered.

Bill Pullman as Dr. James Harvey, Kat's father; a ghost therapist
interacting with the 'living impaired', helping them to cross into the next
dimension while hoping to find his deceased wife. Before Pullman was cast,
Tom Hanks, Jim Carrey, Steve Martin, John Ritter, Rick Moranis, Dennis
Quaid, Kurt Russell, Michael Keaton, Martin Short, Tim Allen, Robin
Williams, Chevy Chase and Phil Hartman were all considered.

Cathy Moriarty as Catherine "Carrigan" Crittenden, a glamorous, treacherous,
and greedy woman upset about her late father only leaving Whipstaff Manor to
her in his will. She discovers that the house contains a treasure, though
unknown to her is only Casper's baseball. She hires Dr. Harvey to exorcise
the ghosts in order to get it. Carrigan ultimately dies and becomes a ghost,
before being ejected into the afterlife for all eternity. Before Moriarty
was cast, Glenn Close, Kathleen Turner, Carrie Fisher, Miranda Richardson,
Sigourney Weaver and Michelle Pfeiffer were all considered.

Joe Nipote as the voice of Stretch, the leading member of the Ghostly Trio
and one of Casper's uncles who bonds with Dr. Harvey.

Joe Alaskey as the voice of Stinkie, the second member of the Ghostly Trio
with bad breath and one of Casper's uncles who bonds with Dr. Harvey.

Brad Garrett as the voice of Fatso, the third member of the Ghostly Trio and
one of Casper's uncles who bonds with Dr. Harvey.

Eric Idle as Paul "Dibs" Plutzker, Carrigan's attorney. Before Idle was
cast, Gene Wilder, Hugh Laurie, Patrick McGoohan, Stephen Fry, Leslie
Nielsen, Gregory Peck, John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson were all considered.

Garette Ratliff Henson as Vic DePhillippi, Kat's crush and Amber's friend.

Jessica Wesson as Amber Whitmire, Kat's rival and Vic's friend.

Amy Brenneman as Amelia Harvey, James's deceased wife and Kat's mother.

Ben Stein as Rugg, Carrigan's lawyer.

Chauncey Leopardi and Spencer Vrooman as Nicky and Andreas, two preteen boys
who explore Whipstaff in the opening scene.

Wesley Thompson as Mr Curtis, Kat, Amber and Vic's form teacher.

Michael McCarty as a bar drunk.

Cameos

Don Novello as Father Guido Sarducci, called in by Carrigan to attempt an
exorcism.

Dan Aykroyd as Ray Stantz, called in by Carrigan to exterminate the Ghostly
Trio.

Fred Rogers (archive footage)

Terry Murphy

Clint Eastwood

Rodney Dangerfield

Mel Gibson

John Kassir as The Crypt Keeper (voice)

Brock Winkless performed the puppetry for the Crypt Keeper in the film[3]

 


Uncle Buck


 

Runt Time 1 hour and 40 minutes

Rating: PG

 

Bob and Cindy Russell and their three children, 15-year-old Tia, 8-year-old
Miles, and 6-year-old Maizy, have recently moved from Indianapolis to the
Chicago suburbs due to Bob's promotion.

 

Bob has a brother named Buck. In contrast to the Russells' upper middle
class lifestyle, Buck lives in a small apartment in Wrigleyville, drinks,
smokes cigars, earns his living by betting on rigged horse races, and drives
a dilapidated 1977 Mercury. Buck also finds himself at odds with his
girlfriend of eight years, Chanice. She wants to get married and start a
family, but Buck is reluctant to do so as he loves his lifestyle. To quell
her dissatisfaction, Buck has grudgingly accepted a new job at her tire
shop.

 

At 12:02 AM, the family receives a phone call from Cindy's aunt in
Indianapolis informing them that her father has had a heart attack. They
make plans to leave immediately to be with him. After hearing the news, Tia,
bitter about being forced to move, accuses Cindy of abandoning her father.
Bob suggests asking Buck to come and watch the children, to which Cindy
objects as she considers Buck a bad influence and a failure.

 

Cindy suggests asking their neighbors the Nevilles for help instead while
also shooting down the idea of their neighbor Marcie watching them, but Bob
finds they are holidaying in Florida. Buck cheerfully accepts the job when
Bob calls him. When he informs Chanice that he cannot start his job yet due
to the family emergency, Chanice assumes Buck is trying as usual to lie his
way out of working.

 

Upon arriving, Buck deals with Cindy's cold demeanor towards him and finds
himself cropped out of Bob and Cindy's wedding picture. Nevertheless, he
quickly befriends Miles and Maizy, but Tia is brash and hostile as they
engage in a battle of wills. When Buck meets Tia's cocky obnoxious boyfriend
Bug, he warns her that Bug is only interested in her for sex and repeatedly
thwarts her plans to sneak away on dates with him.

 

Over the next several days, he deals with several situations in comedic
fashion, including taking the kids to his favourite bowling alley, making
enormous pancakes for Miles' birthday, removing the drunk Pooter the Clown
from the property, berating assistant principal Anita Hoargarth about
Maizy's behavior in class, and handling the laundry when the washing machine
does not work.

 

Eventually, Tia exacts revenge on Buck for meddling in her relationship by
tricking Chanice into thinking that Buck is cheating on her with Marcie. The
next day, Chanice comes over to confront Buck about what she heard, but is
furious to find Buck dancing with Marcie in the living room. Chanice leaves
him.

 

The following weekend, concerned after Tia sneaks out to a party, Buck
decides to go looking for her rather than attend a horse race which would
have provided him with enough money for the entire following year. He calls
and begs Chanice to watch Miles and Maizy as he searches for Tia. At the
party, thinking that Bug is taking advantage of her in a bedroom, he forces
the door open by drilling out the lock, but walks in on Bug forcing himself
on another girl. After he finds Tia wandering the streets, she tearfully
apologizes to him and acknowledges he was right about Bug. Buck then reveals
Bug, bound and gagged with duct tape, in the trunk of his car. After
intimidating him, Buck lets Bug out of the trunk to apologize to her. When
Bug is finally released, he threatens to sue Buck and retracts his apology,
but flees in fear after Buck strikes him with a golf ball.

 

At home, Tia helps Buck reconcile with Chanice by admitting her lie and
tells Chanice that Buck would be a good husband and father. Buck also agrees
to start his job at the garage, and he and Chanice reunite.

 

Cindy's father recovers and she and Bob return home from Indianapolis. Upon
entering the house, Tia surprises her mother with a hug. The entire Russell
family says farewell to Buck and Chanice as they leave for Chicago, with
Buck and Tia exchanging a loving wave goodbye.

 

Cast

John Candy as Buck Russell, a bachelor who babysits his brother's kids.

Jean Louisa Kelly as Tia Russell, the oldest daughter of Bob and Cindy.

Laurie Metcalf as Marcie Dahlgren-Frost, the neighbor of the Russells who
lives across the street.

Jay Underwood as Bug, Tia's boyfriend.

Amy Madigan as Chanice Kobolowski, the girlfriend of Buck and proprietor of
a tire shop.

Macaulay Culkin as Miles Russell, the only son of Bob and Cindy.

Gaby Hoffmann as Maizy Russell, the youngest daughter of Bob and Cindy.

Elaine Bromka as Cindy Russell, the wife of Bob.

Garrett M. Brown as Bob Russell, the brother of Buck.

Suzanne Shepherd as Anita Hoargarth, the strict assistant principal of
Maizy's school.

Mike Starr as Pooter the Clown, a birthday clown who Buck rejects for being
drunk.

Brian Tarantina as E. Roger Coswell, a friend of Buck.

William Windom as Voice of Mr. Hatfield, the unseen neighbor of the Russells
who Buck accidentally awakens upon his arrival.

Dennis Cockrum as Pal

Additional voices by Granville Ames, Patricia Arquette, Jack Blessing, Garin
Bouble, Ramey Ellis, Leigh French, Tim Hoskins, Laura Jacoby, Todd Larson,
Devon Odessa, Julie Payne, and Arnold F. Turner.

 

Production

 

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