2002 Great Lakes Independent Film Festival

Mother Ghost

Category: Narrative Feature 1hr 23min 
Director: Rich Thorne

Keith Bennets overly protective mother passed away a year ago, and up until this morning he was perfectly fine with that. Keith (Mark Thompson) has been distant of late and his wife (Dana Delaney) begs him to get some help, which he dismisses as nagging. One night, his deceased mothers jewelry has mysteriously appeared on his bathroom sink, the same jewelry that she was wearing when she was buried. That's the last straw, his wife has had it. She's convinced it's all in Keith's head. 'Deal with this or I'm taking our son and leaving', his wife tells him. Keith winds up on the phone with a popular radio Psychiatrist (Kevin Pollak) who digs deep into Keith's life and problems. Keith is forced to deal with the things that he has shoved to the side and in doing so, he finds a new attitude and a new man. The entire film takes place over a twenty four hour period. Is his mothers jewelry all in Keith's head or has she truly come back to help her son this one last time as MOTHER GHOST.

Principal Cast:
Mark Thompson,  Joe Mantegna,  Dana Delaney,  Kevin Pollak,   Charles Durning,  Garry Marshall,  James Franco,  Heather Ryan ,  David Keith,  Jere Burns  

Director: Rich Thorne
Mother Ghost is Rich's feature film directorial debut. He is a working Production Vice-President for 20th Century fox Feature Films. In the most recent past he has been either or both a 2nd Unit Director or Visual Effects Supervisor for the Fox Feature Films: Behind Enemy Lines, Shallow Hal, Joe Somebody, Doctor Dolittle 2, Black Knight, Dude, Where's My Car, Men of Honor, Anna and the King, Jingle All the Way, and others... and has been the visual effects executive in charge of Fox hits such as X-Men and Planet of the Apes, as well as 50 or so other Fox features.