Ghosts Can't Do It

Ghosts Can't Do It
Release poster
Directed by	John Derek
Produced by	Bo Derek
Written by	John Derek
Starring	Bo Derek Anthony Quinn Leo Damian Julie Newmar Don Murray Donald Trump
Music by	Junior Homrich Randall Tico
Cinematography	John Derek
Edited by	John Derek
Production companies	crackAjack Movie Company Epic Productions Sarliu/Diamant
Distributed by	Triumph Releasing
Release dates	October 17, 1989 (1989-10-17) (foreign video premiere) June 1, 1990 (1990-06-01)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Ghosts Can't Do It is a 1989 American romantic crime fantasy comedy film written and directed by John Derek, and starring Bo Derek and Anthony Quinn.^[1]

The film was shot in 1989 and released on home video the same year in Australia. In the United States, the film received a theatrical release in 1990. It was panned by critics and won the 1990 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture, tying with The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.

Plot

Scott and Kate are happily married despite their 30-year age difference. After Scott suffers a heart attack and is unable to make love, he commits suicide and becomes a ghost that only Kate can see and speak with. To make it possible for Scott to return as a human, they conjure up a plan to have a young man drown so that Scott can take his body and to save his empire from Donald Trump.

Cast

Bo Derek as Katie Scott (née O'Dare)
Anthony Quinn as Scott
Leo Damian as Fausto
Julie Newmar as Angel
Don Murray as Winston
Donald Trump as himself

Awards and nominations

Award	Category	Subject	Result
Stinkers Bad Movie Award	Worst Picture^[2]	Bo Derek	Nominated
Golden Raspberry Awards	Worst Picture		Won
	Worst Actress		Won
	Worst Director	John Derek	Won
	Worst Screenplay	John Derek	Nominated
	Worst Supporting Actress	Julie Newmar	Nominated
	Worst Supporting Actor	Donald Trump	Won
	Worst New Star	Donald Trump	Nominated
	Worst New Star	Leo Damian	Nominated

Critical reception

The reception was extremely negative. It was universally panned.

References

↑ "Ghosts Can't Do It (1990)". The New York Times. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
↑ "1990 13th Hastings Bad Cinema Society Stinkers Awards". Stinkers Bad Movie Awards. Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 17, 2006. Retrieved April 2, 2013.

External links

Ghosts Can't Do It at the Internet Movie Database

Awards
Preceded by Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture (tied with The Adventures of Ford Fairlane) 11th Golden Raspberry Awards	Succeeded by Hudson Hawk

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture

Can't Stop the Music (1980) Mommie Dearest (1981) Inchon (1982) The Lonely Lady (1983) Bolero (1984) Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) Howard the Duck / Under the Cherry Moon (1986) Leonard Part 6 (1987) Cocktail (1988) Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) The Adventures of Ford Fairlane / Ghosts Can't Do It (1990) Hudson Hawk (1991) Shining Through (1992) Indecent Proposal (1993) Color of Night (1994) Showgirls (1995) Striptease (1996) The Postman (1997) An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1998) Wild Wild West (1999) Battlefield Earth (2000) Freddy Got Fingered (2001) Swept Away (2002) Gigli (2003) Catwoman (2004) Dirty Love (2005) Basic Instinct 2 (2006) I Know Who Killed Me (2007) The Love Guru (2008) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) The Last Airbender (2010) Jack and Jill (2011) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012) Movie 43 (2013) Saving Christmas (2014) Fantastic Four / Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

Book

Films directed by John Derek

Nightmare in the Sun (1965) Once Before I Die (1966) Childish Things (1969) A Boy... a Girl (1969) Love You (1979) Fantasies (1981) Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981) Bolero (1984) Ghosts Can't Do It (1989)

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