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Ghostbusters (8-Jun-1984)
Director: Ivan Reitman Writers: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis Music by: Elmer Bernstein Producer: Ivan Reitman Keywords: Sci-Fi/Comedy, Ghost, Explosions, Giant Monster, New York After the University fires their parapsychology department, three professors form a company to exterminate ghosts and other paranormal pests. Film's special effects now appear somewhat dated, but the direction and writing hold up, accompanied by Elmer Bernstein's infectious score; one of the best comedies from the 1980s.
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CAST | Starring | | 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 S | | tudent | ... | | Slavitza Jovan | ... Gozer | | Michael Ensign | ... Hotel Manager | | Alice Drummond | ... Librarian | | Jordan Charney | ... Dean Yager | | Timothy Carhart | ... Violinist | | John Rothman | ... Library Administrator | | Tom McDermott | ... Archbishop | | | Roger Grimsby | ... Himself | | Larry King | ... Himself | | Joe Franklin | ... Himself | | Casey Kasem | ... Himself | | John Ring | ... Fire Commissioner | | Norman Matlock | ... Police Commissioner | | Joe Cirillo | ... Police Captain | | Joe Schmieg | ... Police Seargeant | | Reginald VelJohnson | ... Jail Guard | | Rhoda Gemignani | ... Real Estate Woman | | Murray Rubin | ... Man at Elevator | | Larry Dilg | ... Con Edison Man | | Danny Stone | ... Coachman | | Patty Dworkin | ... Woman at Party | | Jean Kasem | ... Tall Woman at Party | | Lenny Del Genio | ... Doorman | | Frances E. Nealy | ... Chambermaid | | Sam Moses | ... Hot Dog Vendor | | Christopher Wynkoop | ... TV Reporter | | Winston May | ... Businessman in Cab | | Tommy Hollis | ... Mayor's Aide | | | Eda Reis Merin | ... Louis's Neighbor | | Rick Mancini | ... Policeman at Apartment | | Kathryn Janssen | ... Mrs. Van Hoffman | | Stanley Grover | ... Reporter | | Carol Ann Henry | ... Reporter | | James Hardy | ... Reporter | | Frances Turner | ... Reporter | | Nancy Kelly | ... Reporter | | Paul Trafas | ... Ted Fleming | | Cheryl Birchenfield | ... Annette Fleming | | Ruth Oliver | ... Library Ghost | | Kym Herrin | ... Dream Ghost |
REVIEWS Review by anonymous (posted on 4-Jul-2005) If you want to listen to a bunch of
Saturday Night Live actors getting to a bar and trying to get women,
you're in the wrong movie. We're in 1984 and this is by far the best of
the 80's comedies (tie with Back to the Future). It has jokes, special
effects, a bit of horror, Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver dons a sexy
red dress and attitude in the movie. On with the story... Something is
wrong in the New York Library and the old woman getting some books
downstairs knows it. As she get the books where they belong, she
witnesses strange occurences. Ghosts are real! At the Weaver Psychology
Department, Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) is testing students with
electric shocks when Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd, who wrote the movie)
bursts in with enthusiasm and convinces his friend to follow him to the
library. The meet with Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis, who co-wrote with
Dan) and head down the basement of the library only to go face-to-face
with an ages-old ghost who forces them to get out with a horrible (but
funny) transformation. Back to their studying room, the learn from the
Dean that they are being evicted for their incapacities of proving
their theories. Not long after that, Venkman realises they have now
their opportunity to strike hard with their own business of ghost
busting. He talks Ray into selling his parents' house to finance their
future headquarters and equipment. The can settle down for a while.
Meanwhile, Dana Barrett (splendid and sexy Sigourney Weaver) is coming
back from a rehearsal with the New York Orchestra. She meets Louis
Tully (Rick Moranis) and eludes him to be left peaceful in her
apartment. Some groceries on her counter begin to act strangely and she
hears a growl from the refrigerator. She sees a monster trying to get
to her but Dana closes the door. The entire movie is a satire of
getting our own business, on love itself and many other layers too deep
to cover in such a review. Every little scene is packed with witty
dialogue and the pacing is great. The scares are quickly dissipated
with humor not long after every shock. Bill Murray stands alone as the
comic force of the movie while Sigourney Weaver is the second best with
her unique blend of femal force and independence that created most of
the strong female type today. The Alien actress is quite talentuous
when her character gets possessed by Zuul (the demon in her fridge) as
she gives a great performace with one of her best roles ever. The rest
of the cast is also two-thumbs-up and funny. There is never a dull
moment in Ghostbusters and when the movie is over, we are left wishing
the sequel would have been equally as imaginative.
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