Whispers of the Ghost

Whispers of the Ghost (幽霊物語, Yūrei Monogatari; lit. Ghost Story) is a 2005 anime supernatural film directed by Hisashi Fukushima and written by Raiden Matsuda. The film stars David Gallagher, Kimberly J. Brown, Ian McShane, William Shatner, Alexis Bledel, Steve Staley, Michael Clarke Duncan and Jennifer Aniston. It was Fukushima and Matsuda's English language debuts and their second feature film after Shadows of Destiny, and was produced by much of the same crew as that film, with the addition of American production companies Spyglass Entertainment and Columbia Pictures.
The film's plot is about a boy named Casey Greene, who moves to another school where he meets a mysterious and enigmatic girl name Wren Robertson, who actually turns out to be a ghost. Casey ends up learning about a greater mystery and a threat that Wren is in danger of, leading him to try and save her. Whispers of the Ghost was released to theaters in the United States on July 1, 2005 and in Japan on October 1, 2005. Critics gave the film generally favorable reviews, praising Fukushima's direction, Matsuda's screenplay, the animation and the voice acting. It grossed $123.6 million against a $16 million budget.
== Plot ==
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== Cast ==
* David Gallagher as Casey Greene
* Kimberly J. Brown as Wren Robertson
* Ian McShane as Kelsey Hutchinson
* William Shatner as Reynard Robertson
* Alexis Bledel as Tracy Rhodes
* Steve Staley as Andrew Schultz
* Michael Clarke Duncan as Chief Samson Pierce
* Jennifer Aniston as Patricia Fleming
* Jane Kaczmarek as Rowena Greene
* Stephen Root as Matthew Greene
* Keith Ferguson as Gerald Knight
* Alison Pill as Katherine Harmon
* Dante Basco as Cole Becker
* Michelle Ruff as Wren's mother
* Danny Mann as Kelsey's assistant
* Nicholas Guest, Phil LaMarr, David Cowgill and Kirk Baily as the police officers
* Matt Lanter, Jessie Flower, Ogie Banks, Rob Paulsen, Cam Clarke and Bryce Papenbrook as the other students
* Jim Cummings as the principal
* Steve Bulen as an announcer
* Damien Fahey as a radio voice
=== Additional Voices ===
* Chris Edgerly
* Jessie Flower
* Michelle Ruff
* Ariel Winter
* Kirk Baily
* Lex Lang
* Nicholas Guest
* David H. Kramer
* Bridget Hoffman
* Thomas J. Sharkey
* Richard Cansino
* Clayton James
* Edie Mirman
* Fred Tatasciore
* Wendy Hoffmann
* Richard Steven Horvitz
== Release ==
Whispers of the Ghost was released to theaters in the United States on July 1, 2005 and in Japan on October 1, 2005. A tie in manga was written to promote the film and published in Japan by Kadokawa.
Columbia Pictures released the film in North America and through Sony Pictures Releasing International in the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, France and all other English-speaking territories. Spyglass Entertainment handled distribution sales in all other territories except for Japan, where the film was released by The KlockWorx, who had previously released Shadows of Destiny.
The film was released on DVD, VHS and PSP UMD Video in the United States by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on October 25, 2005. This release contains a commentary with Hisashi Fukushima, Raiden Matsuda and John K. Carr, three behind the scenes featurettes, a music video, and storyboard to film comparisons. A later Japanese VHS and DVD release was released by Victor Entertainment on June 14, 2006, and featured the same bonus features alongside additional exclusive ones, as well as both the Japanese and English soundtracks. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment later released the film on Blu-ray in the United States on February 20, 2007.
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