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Ghost Busters (1984) -- Directed by Ivan Reitman. With Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver. Three unemployed parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.
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Ghost Busters (1984) -- Three unemployed parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.
Ghost Busters (1984) -- Three unemployed parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.

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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   78,073 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Dan Aykroyd (written by) and
Harold Ramis (written by)
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Release Date:
8 June 1984 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Here To Save The World Again [re-release] more
Plot:
Three unemployed parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(566 articles)
The Hot Five!!
 (From JoBlo. 18 December 2009, 4:52 AM, PST)

Ghostbusters 3 Confirmed And Moving Forward!
 (From The Humor Mill. 18 December 2009, 12:21 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Great marriage of comedy and spookiness more (345 total)
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Also Known As:
Ghost Busters (UK)
Ghostbusters (USA) (alternative spelling)
Os Caça-Fantasmas (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
S.O.S. fantômes (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Els caçafantasmes (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Ghost Busters (Norway) [no]
Ghostbusters (Greece) [el]
Ghostbusters - Acchiappafantasmi (Italy) [it]
Ghostbusters - Die Geisterjäger (West Germany) [de]
Ghostbusters - Gli acchiappafantasmi (Italy) (TV title) [it]
Ghostbusters - haamujengi (Finland) [fi]
Ghostbusters - spökligan (Sweden) [sv]
Hayalet avcilari (Turkey: Turkish title) (video title) [tr]
Het bovennatuurlijke superspektakel (Netherlands) [nl]
Isterivaci duhova (Serbia) [sr]
Krotitelé duchu (Czechoslovakia) [cs]
Los cazafantasmas (Spain) [es]
Pogromcy duchów (Poland) [pl]
Szellemirtók (Hungary) [hu]
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Runtime:
105 min
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

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Trivia:
All the college scenes were filmed at Columbia University in New York, including the fictional Weaver Hall office/lab interiors. Director Ivan Reitman decided to use an actual on-campus office instead of a soundstage so the film crew could film indoors if the weather turned bad, rather than lose a day's filming. Columbia University agreed to all this, on the condition the school not be mentioned by name on-camera. more
Goofs:
Boom mic visible: In the scene when the Ghostbusters get hit by Gozer's finger lightning, as there shot back you can see a boom mic getting pulled out of frame in lower/upper left side. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Dr. Peter Venkman: All right, I'm gonna turn over the next card. Concentrate... I want you to tell me what you think it is.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Ghost Busters (2009) (VG) more
Soundtrack:
MAGIC more

FAQ

What is the song that starts playing after the containment unit bursts and continues until Dana's apartment wall explodes?
Were Zuul, Gozer, and Vinz Clortho real Sumerian gods?
What is slime?
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30 out of 32 people found the following comment useful.
Great marriage of comedy and spookiness, 8 August 2002
8/10
Author: SmileysWorld from United States

Very rarely can you pull off a successful blend of two separate movie genres,but the makers of Ghostbusters were overwhelmingly so.On the one hand,you have the comedic charm of Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd,and on the other,a genuine ghostly spookiness that makes you want to hide under a blanket.I recently bought a copy and watched it for the first time in several years,and it's still just as fresh as it was in it's initial release in 1984.It has a great supporting cast for Murray and Aykroyd,including the always great Sigourney Weaver,Rick Moranis,Ernie Hudson,and Harold Ramis,who is just as talented behind the camera as he is in front of it.Watch it with your family,but keep an eye on younger children,as the spookiness may be more than they can handle. Great stuff.

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