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Ricky Gervais Gets On with the Deceased in a Very Pleasant Trailer for GHOST TOWN!

Beaks here...

This looks familiar. But if you've got to recycle the ol' "regular guy communes with apparitions and learns shit" narrative, you can't do much better than Ricky Gervais as a snide Cosmo Topper.

Seriously, this is a very slick trailer. Hearing Eumir Deodato's "Also sprach Zarathustra" kicking up on the soundtrack puts me in a happy BEING THERE mood, while the use of "I'm Looking Through You" reminds me how much the ending of Wes Anderson's THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS suffered when he failed to secure the rights to the classic Beatles tune. Yes, it's derivative as all hell, but the presence of Gervais, Greg Kinnear and Kristen Wiig puts it over (in other words, I'll give THE RED STAR a big ol' pass if they cast Gervais as the mighty Sirdar). Kinda hard to believe this was written and directed by David Koepp.

Dreamworks will roll out GHOST TOWN on September 19th.

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meh
by Sailor Rip
Jul 14th, 2008
03:00:18 PM
sweet
by tiltandflip
Jul 14th, 2008
03:02:47 PM
sweet meh
by irrelevntelefant
Jul 14th, 2008
03:03:38 PM
Ricky's funny.
by samsquanch
Jul 14th, 2008
03:06:15 PM
Something old
by Outlaw
Jul 14th, 2008
03:08:27 PM
Ricky seems miscast
by StovetopStuffin'
Jul 14th, 2008
03:09:25 PM
Ooooh I like
by TheMcflyFarm
Jul 14th, 2008
03:11:55 PM
First...
by mooseaka
Jul 14th, 2008
03:12:22 PM
Is this Harry
by exie
Jul 14th, 2008
03:14:36 PM
Is this Harry's Ghost Town?
by exie
Jul 14th, 2008
03:15:11 PM
Was ready to like it...
by beastie
Jul 14th, 2008
03:17:54 PM
Outlaw, maybe you should have reported it
by Datascream
Jul 14th, 2008
03:23:55 PM
I love Gervais...
by chuffsterUK
Jul 14th, 2008
03:29:52 PM
pleasant????
by JackGraham
Jul 14th, 2008
03:32:56 PM
I think we just saw the whole movie
by ThrowMeTheIdol
Jul 14th, 2008
03:34:47 PM

by MikeTheSpike
Jul 14th, 2008
03:41:06 PM
Dead Karl Pilkington has a head like a f'ing rotten orange
by GrandMuffTarkin
Jul 14th, 2008
03:42:14 PM
mike the erm spike
by JackGraham
Jul 14th, 2008
03:46:35 PM
Ricky Gervais, going to watch, buy it, make love to it
by antonphd
Jul 14th, 2008
03:47:08 PM
Zombies feed on human flesh; that's offensive.
by Squashua
Jul 14th, 2008
04:04:31 PM
Well that's disappointing...
by The Grug
Jul 14th, 2008
04:10:36 PM
For the Love of Lunch!
by Lance Rocke
Jul 14th, 2008
04:12:42 PM
Harry's Ghost Town
by SamBlackChvrch21
Jul 14th, 2008
04:15:06 PM
Ricky Gervaise....
by emeraldboy
Jul 14th, 2008
04:17:48 PM
I Like Greg Kinnear and Tea Leoni In This
by kevinwillis.net
Jul 14th, 2008
04:17:49 PM
If This is Harry's Project
by kevinwillis.net
Jul 14th, 2008
04:19:23 PM
By the way stir of Echoes....
by emeraldboy
Jul 14th, 2008
04:20:07 PM
fun
by chipps
Jul 14th, 2008
04:22:43 PM
A STOP AT WILLOUGHY!!!!
by Napolean Solo
Jul 14th, 2008
04:25:40 PM
thank you bad wolf
by JackGraham
Jul 14th, 2008
04:25:59 PM
Harry's Ghost Town
by kevinwillis.net
Jul 14th, 2008
04:26:31 PM
Apparently It's Not the Same Project
by kevinwillis.net
Jul 14th, 2008
04:28:15 PM
good
by Ralph Hinkley
Jul 14th, 2008
04:28:20 PM
sniff sniff, smells like....
by chipps
Jul 14th, 2008
04:33:10 PM
You expect David Koepp to be orignial?
by DonRivella
Jul 14th, 2008
04:37:07 PM
That looked fucking WRETCHED.
by Kurzinski Valentine
Jul 14th, 2008
04:46:42 PM
Not Harry's GHOST TOWN
by TheRealMoriarty
Jul 14th, 2008
04:52:12 PM
A western ghost-story musical
by Project424
Jul 14th, 2008
05:03:53 PM
it was mildly amusing
by Cedar_Room
Jul 14th, 2008
05:07:18 PM
This needs to be aborted with a dirty wire hanger
by Outlaw
Jul 14th, 2008
05:07:46 PM
It looks like it could be a good little story
by executiverocker
Jul 14th, 2008
05:07:56 PM
This is playing the Toronto Film Festival
by Garbageman33
Jul 14th, 2008
05:10:06 PM
I've seen it.
by dmatheny
Jul 14th, 2008
05:17:04 PM
I've Seen It, And It Was The Best Movie Ever
by kevinwillis.net
Jul 14th, 2008
05:23:41 PM
I Did Watch the Trailer Again
by kevinwillis.net
Jul 14th, 2008
05:27:38 PM
Not enough Wiig
by BitterMan23
Jul 14th, 2008
05:28:54 PM
Great trailer, Gervais is awesome. Tea...not so much.
by Executor
Jul 14th, 2008
05:51:46 PM
I believe Wes Anderson was trying to secure Sloop John B
by Bungion Boy
Jul 14th, 2008
06:00:56 PM
it's got my money
by Judge Briggs
Jul 14th, 2008
06:06:02 PM
If it was anyone other than Gervais
by Norman Bates
Jul 14th, 2008
06:06:14 PM
Oh yea, I hope that Lane/Fierstein image stays in your head for
by Norman Bates
Jul 14th, 2008
06:07:41 PM
a while
by Norman Bates
Jul 14th, 2008
06:08:06 PM
"I'm not scary"
by Flipao
Jul 14th, 2008
06:15:44 PM
Feels like I've...
by anyrandomhero
Jul 14th, 2008
06:17:19 PM
What A Sad Bunch Of Fucks You All Are
by Rebeck2
Jul 14th, 2008
06:19:02 PM
looks good.
by IndiaOates
Jul 14th, 2008
06:33:36 PM
my take on rom coms...
by emeraldboy
Jul 14th, 2008
06:35:34 PM
Mr ' Derivative' Beaks
by SpazmoCalrissian
Jul 14th, 2008
06:36:11 PM
Emerald Boy
by Rebeck2
Jul 14th, 2008
06:41:16 PM
i just saw the first 20 minutes
by bacci40
Jul 14th, 2008
06:48:24 PM
Office UK and Extras were WIN
by fastcars
Jul 14th, 2008
06:50:03 PM
english dentist is the funniest aspect of this entire movie
by bacci40
Jul 14th, 2008
06:50:14 PM
It's a shame...
by sleepingtiger
Jul 14th, 2008
07:05:06 PM
bacci40 - re: englander's teeth
by Sebilrazen
Jul 14th, 2008
07:11:26 PM
Oh, no wonder it looks shit...
by MetalMickey
Jul 14th, 2008
07:14:43 PM
Not if you tied my tongue to a tailpipe and drove me 80 miles an
by blackmantis
Jul 14th, 2008
07:28:41 PM
Wow
by PumpyMcAss
Jul 14th, 2008
07:34:01 PM
Pop Knob in Fanny!
by FILMFUNK
Jul 14th, 2008
07:39:35 PM
It's like Ghost meets Heart & Souls...
by Massage...Bored
Jul 14th, 2008
07:39:43 PM
Sorry kevinwillis.net
by Massage...Bored
Jul 14th, 2008
07:41:49 PM
One. Trick. Pony.
by manikman
Jul 14th, 2008
07:51:09 PM
Gervais + Koepp = WTF?!
by pleasebanme
Jul 14th, 2008
08:02:21 PM
Harry's project was about singing cowboys?
by Mister Pink
Jul 14th, 2008
08:37:47 PM
Didn't Reese Witherspoon do this movie?
by TVguy4566
Jul 14th, 2008
10:05:05 PM
i'm listening to those podcasts for the 5th time now..
by couP
Jul 14th, 2008
11:36:59 PM
Jack Graham
by thegreatwhatzit
Jul 15th, 2008
01:25:21 AM
Petroza got robbed! Fuck it all to hell, damn it!
by Uncle Stan
Jul 15th, 2008
01:43:50 AM
Surprised to hear Matt Costa...
by ianlegend
Jul 15th, 2008
03:33:29 AM
Ricky Gervais...
by davebaxter1989
Jul 15th, 2008
06:36:20 AM
...is hilarious
by davebaxter1989
Jul 15th, 2008
06:36:40 AM
Why cant hollywood at least make films...
by emeraldboy
Jul 15th, 2008
07:45:10 AM
keep deleting my posts
by SpazmoCalrissian
Jul 15th, 2008
07:56:46 AM
mr 'derivative' beaks
by SpazmoCalrissian
Jul 15th, 2008
07:58:21 AM
Is it too late to cast Lou Costello?
by RicardoMontalban
Jul 15th, 2008
08:34:08 AM
wow i was SO ready to hate this
by ArcadianDS
Jul 15th, 2008
08:59:59 AM
Looks cute. I hope it has a lot of heart...
by anchorite
Jul 15th, 2008
10:50:56 AM
Not enough Wiig...on this talkback!!!!!
by duanejones
Jul 15th, 2008
12:53:54 PM
Gervais has gone on record as saying....
by DirkD13"
Jul 15th, 2008
02:30:58 PM
thebitterproducer blog guy . . .
by kevinwillis.net
Jul 15th, 2008
04:42:20 PM
Ah crap someone mentioned Heart and Souls (1993) already
by Havok2000
Jul 15th, 2008
07:09:21 PM
gervaise says and his freinds all agree..
by emeraldboy
Jul 16th, 2008
04:01:57 AM

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