Ghost Busters (1984)

Director:

Ivan Reitman

Writers:

Dan Aykroyd (written by) and
Harold Ramis (written by)

Release Date:

8 June 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Here To Save The World Again [re-release]

Plot:

Three unemployed parapsychology professors set up shop as a unique ghost removal service.

Plot Keywords:

Ghostbuster | Ghost | Apartment | New York City | University

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 6 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Dec. 29

8:00 AM

AMC

Cast

Bill Murray	...	Dr. Peter Venkman
Dan Aykroyd	...	Dr. Raymond Stantz
Sigourney Weaver	...	Dana Barrett
Harold Ramis	...	Dr. Egon Spengler
Rick Moranis	...	Louis Tully
Annie Potts	...	Janine Melnitz
William Atherton	...	Walter Peck
Ernie Hudson	...	Winston Zeddmore
David Margulies	...	Mayor
Steven Tash	...	Male Student
Jennifer Runyon	...	Female Student
Slavitza Jovan	...	Gozer
Michael Ensign	...	Hotel Manager
Alice Drummond	...	Librarian
Jordan Charney	...	Dean Yager

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]

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Certification:

Iceland:L | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | South Korea:12 | Brazil:Livre | Portugal:M/6 | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | New Zealand:PG | Australia:M (TV rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Ireland:PG | Italy:T | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

55 Central Park West, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Black Rhino Productions

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.

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.

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.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Ghost Busters (2009) (VG)

Soundtrack:

MAGIC

Great marriage of comedy and spookiness

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.