Casper is a 1995 American live-action and computer animated family comedy fantasy feature film directed by Brad Silberling, loosely based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost by Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo. The film stars Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, and Amy Brenneman. The film also stars the voices of Malachi Pearson as the titular character as well as Joe Nipote, Joe Alaskey, and Brad Garrett. The film makes extensive use of computer-generated imagery to create the titular character and the other ghosts alongside him, as well as the first to star one in the lead role. It is much darker in tone in comparison to the cartoons, comics, sequels and spin offs.
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- This is the first Universal's live-action/animated hybrid film, followed by Balto.
- This is the first Universal's live-action/computer-animated hybrid film, followed by The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.