Ghost World (film)

Ghost World is a 2001 film by Terry Zwigoff, based on a graphic novel (comic book) of the same name by Daniel Clowes. The film stars Thora Birch, Steve Buscemi and Scarlett Johansson.

The story focuses on the relationship of two teenage female friends who are somewhat outside of the normal high school social order. The opening sequence of the film includes a clip from the 1966 Bollywood musical Gumnaam, in which the famous singer Mohammed Rafi sings the lively dance tune "Jaan Pehechaan Ho".

Ghost World is a fairly close adaptaion of a serial story that appeared in Eightball, but also includes some other material from other Eightball shorts such as "Art School Confidential." In addtion, the character played by Steve Buscemi was only a minor part of the comic and was made significant at Zwigoff's suggestion.