I Downloaded a Ghost

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I Downloaded a Ghost
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Written byJeff Phillips
Directed byKelly Sandefur
Starring Carlos Alazraqui
Elliot Page
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerJim O'Grady
Running time90 minutes
Original release
ReleaseApril 6, 2004 (2004-04-06)

I Downloaded a Ghost is a 2004 Canadian fantasy comedy film starring Carlos Alazraqui as Winston the Ghost and Elliot Page as Stella Blackstone. [1] [ unreliable source? ]

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Plot

Stella Blackstone (Elliot Page) and her best friend Albert (Michael Kanev) are twelve-year-olds with ambitious intentions of creating an extremely spooky Halloween house. While checking for hints online they open up a web link that opens a doorway through which an annoying ghost (Carlos Alazraqui) leaves his world and enters theirs. They find they must help this ghost resolve his problems or put up with him forever.

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