lambuscred t1_is5ia7z wrote on October 13, 2022 at 1:30 PM Reply to TIL that it took several years for writer Bruce Rubin to sell the script to Jacob's Ladder, because it was "too metaphysical" and "Hollywood does not make ghost movies". Rubin would later write the screenplay for Ghost, a box office success that grossed over $500 million. by WouldbeWanderer To be fair Ghost is a romance movie with a ghost in it. Jacob’s Ladder is pretty explicitly about a ghost. Permalink 5
lambuscred t1_is5ia7z wrote
Reply to TIL that it took several years for writer Bruce Rubin to sell the script to Jacob's Ladder, because it was "too metaphysical" and "Hollywood does not make ghost movies". Rubin would later write the screenplay for Ghost, a box office success that grossed over $500 million. by WouldbeWanderer
To be fair Ghost is a romance movie with a ghost in it. Jacob’s Ladder is pretty explicitly about a ghost.