On July 13, 1990, the romantic-thriller Ghost, starring Demi
Moore, Patrick Swayze and Whoopi Goldberg, opened in
theaters across the country.
The film, about a woman who communicates with her murdered
husband through a psychic, was a box-office hit and received
multiple Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture
and Best Screenplay.
Goldberg, who played psychic Oda Mae Brown, won an Oscar
for Best Supporting Actress. The movie was Written by Bruce
Joel Rubin and directed by Jerry Zucker.
With Ghost, Whoopi Goldberg became only the second African-
American actress to win an Academy Award. (In 1939, Hattie
McDaniel was named Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal
of an enslaved governess in Gone With the Wind.)
The films success extended to the home video market, and it
was the most rented film of 1991 in the United States.
