Trivia!

Where were the actual filming locations used in "Casper"?

Some shots for the movie "Casper" was filmed in Rockport, Maine. 1. More specifically, the scene displaying the name of "Friendship", and when the Harvey's Ford LTD Country Squire drives through the picturesque mountain roads of New England in autumn.

Camden, Maine stood in for Friendship. More specifically, the footage showing the bird's eye view of the harbor was actually Camden Harbor as seen from Mount Battie in the Camden Hills to the north. The low peninsula off in the distance to the right is Owls Head, which is 12km south of Mount Battie. [Google Maps image HERE.]

However, most of "Casper" was filmed on the Universal Studios Entertainment lot -- Colonial Street, Colonial Mansion, Stage 12 (interior of Whipstaff Manor), and Stage 28. From the attorney Mr. Rugg's office to The Wandermere Hotel, and from Marshwood Junior High School to the karaoke bar. And, of course, Whipstaff Manor. Regarding the lighthouse scene -- quoting from the director of "Casper", Brad Silberling, "This is ... an actual 'plate', meaning the background image, which was shot up [in] Northern California. We sent our island crew out, north of San Rafael -- actually, not far from Point Reyes." But the original scene was filmed on Stage 12 at Universal. [Source: "Casper" DVD "Bonus Material."]

Trivia!

The special effects in Casper were done by ILM (Industrial Light and Magic), and the movie features more than 40 minutes of special effects.This was the first film with a computer-animated title character. Casper is one of the first digital performers in history that features a full range of facial expressions. The pupils in his eyes even adjust to the changing light. The digital work on Casper and the Ghostly Trio took almost two years and resulted in 28 trillion bytes (28,000 gigabytes) of data!

The last name of the Christina Ricci's and Bill Pullman's characters in Casper is "Harvey". Harvey Comics is the long-time publisher of Casper the Friendly Ghost.

Malachi Pearson, Joe Nipote, Joe Alaskey, and Brad Garrett reprised their roles in the computer game Casper: A Haunting 3D Challenge, and the animated television spin-off of the feature film Casper, The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper as the voices of Casper, Stretch, Stinky, and Fatso, respectively.

J.J. Abrams worked as a script doctor for hire, adding jokes and punching up dialogue on a number of films without credit. This included the 1995 live-action Casper, which was the first official Steven Spielberg/J.J. Abrams collaboration. [Sources: ew.com & Den of Geeks!]

A third guest ghostbuster who didn’t make it into the picture was Poltergeist's Zelda Rubinstein, who played the role of a clairvoyant. "We pictured her shooting out the chimney, screaming ‘Go toward the light!’" says scriptwriter Oliver. [source: EW]

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