---
title: 'Bogus (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Norman Jewison'
released: '1996-09-06'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bogus-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115725/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bogus (1996)

1996 · 110 min · Fantasy, Comedy, Family · United States


## Synopsis

Bogus is a 1996 American urban fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Norman Jewison from a screenplay written by Alvin Sargent, and starring Whoopi Goldberg, Gérard Depardieu, and Haley Joel Osment. An African-American restaurant supply manager (Goldberg), must become the foster mother of an orphan Caucasian boy (Osment), after the death of his mother, who she was childhood friends with. In the meantime, they both see and hear an imaginary man named "Bogus" (Depardieu), in which he helps their new relationship.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Norman Jewison](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-jewison)
- **Screenplay:** [Alvin Sargent](https://cinepixo.com/people/alvin-sargent), [Arnon Milchan](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnon-milchan)
- **Producer:** [Arnon Milchan](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnon-milchan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Marc Shaiman](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-shaiman)
- **Director of Photography:** [David Watkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-watkin)
- **Editor:** [Stephen E. Rivkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-e-rivkin)

## Cast

- [Kevin Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-jackson)
- [Richard Portnow](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-portnow)
- [Frank Medrano](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-medrano)
- [Whoopi Goldberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/whoopi-goldberg)
- [Haley Joel Osment](https://cinepixo.com/people/haley-joel-osment)
- [Andrea Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-martin)
- [Gérard Depardieu](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-depardieu)
- [Mo Gaffney](https://cinepixo.com/people/mo-gaffney)
- [Al Waxman](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-waxman)
- [Nancy Travis](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-travis)
- [Roger Clown](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-clown)
- [Denis Mercier](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-mercier)
- [Jennifer Podemski](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-podemski)
- [Ute Lemper](https://cinepixo.com/people/ute-lemper)
- [Sheryl Lee Ralph](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheryl-lee-ralph)

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