![]() ![]() ![]() It's basically broken down into two main stories: A man and his staff trying to save his ancestral home from being sold out from under him and an American visitor falling in love with a dead woman. The plot to High Spirits is one of the most ridiculous ever committed to paper. The romantic scenes rest on these two actors shoulders and, you'll be unsurprised to hear, that both turn in more wooden than usual performances. Both have, thankfully, almost disappeared without a trace. Chaos ensues when beautiful ghost Mary Plunkett falls in love with Jack and decides to break the prohibition on ghosts “tupping” with mortals.Īlarm bells will start ringing for most people when they learn that both Steve Guttenberg and Daryl Hannah star in this movie. ![]() Although Plunkett and his staff do their utmost to “haunt” the castle their efforts are quite lame, until they anger the real castle ghosts who decide to take matters into their own hands. Amongst the new visitors is Jack Crawford, desperate to re-ignite the romance in his marriage to icy wife Sharon. Peter and his wacky staff are despondent until they hit on the idea of pretending the castle is haunted so as to attract American tourists. He owns a dilapidated old castle in the corner of Ireland and, unable to keep up the mortgage payments, is in danger of losing it to a ruthless tycoon who wants to transplant it brick for brick to California as a theme park. High Spirits (1988) Starring: Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenberg, Beverly D'Angelo, Daryl Hannah and Liam Neeson ![]()
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