Ghostbusters
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| Ghostbusters | |
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| Directed by | Ivan Reitman |
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| Produced by | Bernie Brillstein (executive) Ivan Reitman |
| Written by | Dan Aykroyd Harold Ramis |
| Starring | Bill Murray Dan Aykroyd Sigourney Weaver Harold Ramis Rick Moranis Ernie Hudson Annie Potts William Atherton David Margulies |
| Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
| Cinematography | László Kovács |
| Editing by | David E. Blewitt Sheldon Kahn |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | June 8, 1984 |
| Running time | 107 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$ 30 million |
| Gross revenue | $291,632,124[1] |
| Followed by | Ghostbusters II |
Ghostbusters (titled on-screen as Ghost Busters) is a 1984 science-fiction comedy film written by co-stars Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis about three eccentric New York City parapsychologists-turned-ghost exterminators. The film was released in the United States on June 8, 1984 and like several films of the era, teamed Aykroyd and/or Ramis with headliner Bill Murray. It was produced and directed by Ivan Reitman, who also directed Stripes, and stars Murray, Aykroyd, Ramis, Rick Moranis, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts, and Ernie Hudson. With inflation adjustments, the film's original release grossed over $500 million US dollars counting sales in just the U.S., making it domestically one of the highest-grossing films of 1984 and also domestically the 31st highest-grossing film.[2]
It was followed by a sequel, Ghostbusters II (1989), and two animated television series, The Real Ghostbusters (later renamed Slimer! And the Real Ghostbusters) and Extreme Ghostbusters. Ramis, who co-wrote the first two films, has confirmed that a script for a potential third film — a spin-off sequel with the original cast appearing only as minor characters — is being developed by Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg, the writing team best known for their work on Curb Your Enthusiasm and the American version of The Office. Producer Judd Apatow (a producer of the Ramis-directed Year One) is also slated to be involved. Ramis told a Chicago Tribune columnist in 2008 that the original films' four main cast members may have minor on-screen roles: "[T]he concept is that the old Ghostbusters would appear in the film in some mentor capacity".[3]
The American Film Institute ranked Ghostbusters 28th in its "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs" list of movie comedies.
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[edit] Plot
After losing their jobs at Columbia University, despite having obtained concrete evidence of paranormal activity and even seeing a ghost at the New York Public Library, a trio of misfit parapsychologists—Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler—decide to establish their own paranormal exterminator service, "Ghostbusters." The fledgling business gets off to a slow start, but just when they run out of funds, the Ghostbusters are contacted by a hotel to investigate a haunting where they successfully (albeit chaotically) capture their first ghost. Business skyrockets for the Ghostbusters, eventually leading to them hiring a fourth member, Winston Zeddemore.
Throughout these events, the Ghostbusters investigate a case for a woman named Dana Barrett, whose apartment is haunted by a demonic spirit called Zuul, a demigod worshiped in 6000 BC as a servant to Gozer, a Sumerian shapeshifting destruction god.[4] Venkman particularly takes the case in an attempt to woo her rather than out of concern for the paranormal. As they look into the matter, Dana is possessed by Zuul, followed by her neighbor Louis Tully, who is possessed by a similar demon called Vinz Clortho. The Ghostbusters learn that should the "Gatekeeper" Zuul/Barret and the "Keymaster" Vinz/Louis embrace, they will summon Gozer and bring about the end of the world. While they attempt to keep the two apart, their ghost containment grid, where they store all their captured ghosts, is shut down by the EPA, unleashing a flurry of ghosts onto New York City, and allowing the possessed Dana and Louis to meet during the chaos.
Dispatched by the mayor to end the catastrophe, the Ghostbusters track Zuul/Dana and Vinz/Louis at Gozer's shrine atop their high-rise apartment, but are unable to stop them from summoning Gozer. Briefly subdued by the team, Gozer disappears, though her voice echoes that the "destructor" will take the form the team's choice. Despite Venkman's attempts to keep everyone from creating the destructor, Gozer announces that the choice has been made. Ray announces that he unintentionally came up with a being that could do no possible harm to the city. However, when his idea arrives, in the form of the a giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man it begins laying waste to the city. To defeat Gozer, the team decides to merge the energy streams of their proton packs and aim it at the dimensional portal Gozer came through, at the risk of their own lives. They ultimately follow through with this plan and destroy Gozer, who is turned into torrents of melted marshmallow. The Ghostbusters survive, and Dana and Louis return to normal. As they exit the building, the Ghostbusters are met with applause from a cheering crowd, and Peter and Dana kiss while they drive off.
[edit] Development
The concept was inspired by Aykroyd's own fascination with the paranormal and it was conceived as a vehicle for himself and friend John Belushi, fellow Saturday Night Live alumnus.[5] The original story, as written by Aykroyd, was very different than what was eventually filmed. In that early version, a group of Ghostbusters travelled through time, space and other dimensions taking on huge ghosts (of which the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man was just one of many). Also, the Ghostbusters wore S.W.A.T.-like outfits and used wands instead of Proton Packs to fight the ghosts. Ghostbusters storyboards show them wearing riotsquad-type helmets with movable transparent visors.[6]
Aykroyd pitched his story to director / producer Ivan Reitman, who liked the basic idea but immediately saw the budgetary impossibilities demanded by Aykroyd's first draft.[7] At Reitman's suggestion, the story was given a major overhaul, eventually evolving into the final screenplay which Aykroyd and Ramis hammered out over the course of three weeks in a Martha's Vineyard bomb shelter.[8] Aykroyd and Ramis initially wrote the script with roles written especially for Belushi, Eddie Murphy and John Candy. However, Belushi died during the writing of the screenplay, and neither Murphy nor Candy would commit to the movie, so Aykroyd and Ramis shifted some of these changes around and polished a basic, yet sci-fi oriented screenplay for their final draft.[7]
In addition to Aykroyd's high-concept basic premise, and Ramis' skill at grounding the fantastic elements with a realistic setting, the film benefits from Bill Murray's semi-improvisational performance as Peter Venkman, the character initially intended for Belushi.[7][8]
Louis Tully was originally conceived to be a conservative man in a business suit played by comedian John Candy, but with Candy unable to commit to the role, it was taken by Rick Moranis, portraying Louis as a geek.[7] Gozer was originally going to appear in the form of Ivo Shandor as a slender, unremarkable man in a suit played by Paul Reubens.[9] In the end, the role was played by Yugoslav model Slavitza Jovan.
Harold Ramis had no intention of acting in any role in the film as he planned on only helping Aykroyd write the screenplay. However, the crew struggled to cast the role of Egon Spengler, even after renowned actors such as Chevy Chase, Michael Keaton, Christopher Walken, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd (who eventually played another famous comedic sci-fi scientist, Doc Brown, in Back to the Future) and Jeff Goldblum (who played serious scientists in The Fly and Jurassic Park) were considered. Feeling he knew the character best since he created him, Ramis accepted the role of Egon. He credits this move in revitalizing his acting career, as Ramis had previously focused on off-screen work such as writing and directing.
Winston Zeddemore was written with Eddie Murphy in mind, but he had to decline the role as he was filming Beverly Hills Cop at the same time. If Murphy had been cast, Zeddemore would have been hired much earlier in the film, and would have accompanied the trio on their hunt for Slimer at the hotel and be slimed in place of Peter Venkman. When Ernie Hudson took over, it was decided that he be brought in later to indicate how the Ghostbusters were struggling to keep up with the outbreak of ghosts.
In order to properly light the set for Gozer's temple and create the physical effects for the set, other stages needed to be shut down and all their power diverted over to the set. The hallway sets for the Sedgewick Hotel were originally built for the movie Rich and Famous in 1981 and patterned after the Algonquin Hotel in New York City, where Reitman originally wanted to do the hotel bust. The Biltmore Hotel was chosen because the large lobby allowed for a tracking shot of the Ghostbusters in complete gear for the first time. Dana Barrett and Louis Tully's apartments were constructed across two stages and were actually on the other side of their doors in the hallway, an unusual move in filmmaking.[citation needed]
A problem arose during filming when it was discovered that a show was produced in 1975 by Filmation for CBS called The Ghost Busters, starring Larry Storch and Forrest Tucker. Columbia Pictures prepared a list of alternative names just in case the rights could not be secured, but during the filming of the crowd for the final battle, the extras were all chanting "Ghostbusters", which inspired the producers to insist that the studio buy the rights to the name. The later Filmation cartoon series had the unofficial name of Filmation's Ghostbusters.
For the test screening of Ghostbusters, half of the ghost effects were missing, not yet having been completed by the production team.[7] The audience response was still enthusiastic, and the ghost elements were completed for the official theatrical release shortly thereafter.[7]
[edit] Cast
- Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman
- Dan Aykroyd as Dr. Raymond Stantz
- Harold Ramis as Dr. Egon Spengler
- Sigourney Weaver as Dana Barrett
- Rick Moranis as Louis Tully
- Annie Potts as Janine Melnitz
- William Atherton as Walter Peck
- Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore
- David Margulies as Mayor Lenny
- Slavitza Jovan as Gozer (voiced by Paddi Edwards)
- Ivan Reitman as Zuul / Slimer (voice)
- Ruth Oliver as Ghost Librarian
Cameos
[edit] Reaction
[edit] Box office
Ghostbusters was released on June 8, 1984 in 1,339 theaters and grossed $13.6 million on its opening weekend[10] and $23 million in its first week, a studio record at the time.[11] The film was number one at the box office for five consecutive weeks, grossing $99.8 million in that time.[12] After seven weeks at number one, it was finally knocked to second place by Prince's film, Purple Rain and had grossed $142.6 million, second only to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom as the year's top moneymaker.[13] However, Ghostbusters regained top spot the next week, and then again six weeks later. [14] It went on to gross $229.2 million at the box office, making it the second highest-grossing film of 1984, behind only Beverly Hills Cop.[15] At the time, these figures put it within the top ten highest-grossing films of all-time.[16] A re-release in 1985 gave the film a total gross of $238.6 million surpassing Beverly Hills Cop[17] and making Ghostbusters the most successful comedy of the 1980s.
[edit] Reviews
Ghostbusters was well-received and holds a 93% "Certified Fresh" Rating at Rotten Tomatoes, based on 44 reviews. Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "This movie is an exception to the general rule that big special effects can wreck a comedy ... Rarely has a movie this expensive provided so many quotable lines".[18] In her review for the New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote, "Its jokes, characters and story line are as wispy as the ghosts themselves, and a good deal less substantial".[19] Newsweek magazine's David Ansen wrote, "Everyone seems to be working toward the same goal of relaxed insanity. Ghostbusters is wonderful summer nonsense".[20] In his review for Time, Richard Schickel praised the three lead actors: "Of the ghost wranglers, the pair played by Writers Aykroyd and Ramis are sweetly earnest about their calling, and gracious about giving the picture to their co-star Bill Murray. He obviously (and wisely) regards Dr. Peter Venkman as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to develop fully his patented comic character".[21] Pauline Kael had problems with the chemistry between the three lead actors: "Murray is the film's comic mechanism ... But nobody else has much in the way of material, and since there's almost no give-and-take among the three men, Murray's lines fall on dead air".[22]
[edit] Legacy
The film spawned a theme park special effects show at Universal Studios Florida. (The show closed in 1997 to make way for Twister: Ride it Out!) The Ghostbusters were also featured in a lip-synching dance show featuring Beetlejuice on the steps of the New York Public Library facade at the park after the attraction closed. The GBs were all new and "extreme" versions in the show, save for the Zeddemore character. Their Ecto-1 automobile was used to drive them around the park, and was often used in the park's annual "Macy's Holiday Parade". The show, Ecto-1, and all other Ghostbusters trademarks were discontinued in 2005 when Universal failed to renew the rights for theme park use. Currently, the Ghostbusters Firehouse can still be seen near Twister, without its GB logo and "Engine 89" ribbon. A "paranormal investigator" etching on a nearby doorway hints at the old show.
In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted Ghostbusters the 44th greatest comedy film of all time. The American Film Institute ranked it 28th in its list of the top 100 comedies of all time (in their "AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs" list).[23] In 2005, IGN voted Ghostbusters the greatest comedy ever.[24] In 2006, Bravo ranked Ghostbusters 76 on their "100 Funniest Movies" list.[25] Entertainment Weekly ranked it as the Funniest Movie of the Past 25 Years.[26] In 2009, National Review magazine ranked "Ghostbusters" number 10 on its 25 Best Conservative Movies of the Last 25 Years list[27].
NECA released a line of action figures based on the first movie but only produced a series of ghost characters, as Bill Murray refused the rights to use his facial likeness. Their first and only series included Gozer, Slimer, the Terror Dogs (Vinz Clortho and Zuul), and a massive Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, contrasting the diminutive figure that was in the original figure line. Ertl released a die-cast 1/25 scale Ectomobile, also known as Ecto-1, the Ghostbusters' main transportation. iBooks published the novel Ghostbusters: The Return by Sholly Fisch and Rubies' Costumes has produced a Ghostbusters Halloween costume, consisting of a one-piece jumpsuit with logos and an inflatable Proton Pack. Mattel is set to release a series of 12 and 6 inch figures based on the film in June 2009, coinciding with the film's 25th anniversary. [28] Sony Pictures also launched a "Ghostbusters is Hiring" campaign to upload videos of applying for a Ghostbusters job to hype up the upcoming Ghostbusters III movie through the release of the Blu-ray Ghostbusters II movie.[29]
American Film Institute recognition
- 2000: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs #28
[edit] Music
The film score was composed by Elmer Bernstein, notable for its use of ondes martenot (a staple of Bernstein's 1980s work) and also the Yamaha DX-7 synthesizer. Orchestrators contributing to the film were Peter Bernstein, David Spear and Patrick Russ.
The hit theme song, "Ghostbusters", written and performed by Ray Parker, Jr. sparked the catchphrases "Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!" and "I ain't afraid of no ghost(s)". The song was a huge hit, staying #1 for three weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 chart and #1 for two weeks on the Black Singles chart. The song earned Parker an Academy Award nomination for "Best Original Song".
The music video produced for the song is considered one of the key productions of the already booming music video industry, and was a #1 MTV video. Directed by Ivan Reitman, produced by Jeffrey Abelson, and conceptualised by Keith Williams, the video integrated footage of the film in a specially designed, haunted house made entirely of neon. Film footage was intercut with a humorous performance by Parker, and featured cameo appearances by celebrities who joined in the call and response chorus, including Chevy Chase (who was considered for the role of Egon), Irene Cara, John Candy (who was considered for the role of Louis Tully), Nickolas Ashford, Melissa Gilbert, Jeffrey Tambor, George Wendt, Al Franken, Danny DeVito, Carly Simon, Peter Falk, and Teri Garr. The video ends with footage of the four main Ghostbusters actors in costume and character, dancing in Times Square behind Parker, joining in the singing.
In autumn 1984 and throughout 1985, Huey Lewis sued Ray Parker, Jr. for plagiarism, citing that Parker stole the melody from his 1983 song "I Want A New Drug". Lewis had been approached to compose the main theme song for the movie, but he declined due to his work on the soundtrack for Back to the Future. The two musicians settled out of court. It was reported in 2001 that Lewis allegedly breached an agreement not to mention the original suit, doing so on VH1's Behind the Music.[30]
Lindsey Buckingham was also approached to do the theme song based on his success with "Holiday Road" for the National Lampoon's Vacation films. He declined, reasoning that he did not want to be known as just a soundtrack artist.[citation needed] However one year later for Back To The Future he recorded a song for the soundtrack "Time Bomb Town".
[edit] Releases
Director Ivan Reitman was not happy with the laser disc release of the film because "it pumped up the light level so much you saw all the matte lines. I was embarrassed about it all these years".[31] The DVD version of the movie was released and became one of the fastest selling units ever on Reel.com.[32] Sony had announced at Comic-Con 2008 that the Blu-Ray version of the film was to be released on October 21, 2008. However, it was released first through Sony Pictures' campaign site, Ghostbustersishiring.com as a way to drum up sales of its release. The movie was released on Blu-Ray on June 16, 2009 to coincide with the film's 25th Anniversary. Ghostbusters was the first film ever officially released on a USB flashdrive.[33]
[edit] Computer and video games
There are many computer and video games based on the Ghostbusters films:
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- Ghostbusters (Activision): a game released for the Atari Video Computer System (1984, 1985), and the Nintendo Entertainment System (1988), the 1984 Activision video game for the Atari 800, Commodore 64, Sega Master System (1987), and others.
- Real Ghostbusters (arcade game): a video game loosely based on the cartoon.
- Ghostbusters II: the 1989 Activision video game.
- New Ghostbusters 2: The 1990 HAL Laboratory video game
- Ghostbusters (Sega video game): the 1990 Sega video game.
- Extreme Ghostbusters: the 2001 LSP video game
- Extreme Ghostbusters: Code Ecto-1: the 2002 GameBoy Advance video game
- Extreme Ghostbusters: The Ultimate Invasion: the 2004 LSP video game
- Ghostbusters mobile game: released for cell phones on Verizon, Sprint, Tmobile, and Cingular (now AT&T) networks,
- Ghostbusters: The Video Game: the June 2009 Atari video game for Windows, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, Wii, DS,[34] actually acting as the third installment of the series. The game demo was in playable form at the San Diego Comic Con 2008, at the New York Comic Con 2009 and at the Game Developers Conference 2009 in San Francisco. The game is now out for the US for all consoles and the EU for the PS2 and PS3 due to a time exclusive with Sony Computer Entertainment.
[edit] Tie-in novelizations
There were two novelizations of the film published. The first, which came out around the same time the movie did, was written by Larry Milne and was 191 pages long. The narrative is written in the present tense, and the novel contains a behind-the-scenes section (profiling the major cast and crew members), and also the movie's complete end credits. A second novelization, written by Richard Mueller, was released in 1985. It was 65 pages longer at 256 pages, and had the extended subtitle The Supernatural Spectacular. Both differ from the finished version of the film in many respects, containing scenes that ultimately did not make the cut, most notably the sequence set at Fort Detmerring. Mueller's book in particular also contained a subplot involving the two homeless men played by Murray and Aykroyd in the deleted scene, who are identified as Harlan Bojay and Robert Learned Coombs.
A larger A4 sized book was also released by Hippo Books, containing a large number of stills - some from the movie, some publicity shots - tying in with the story on the relevant page. This publication is more child friendly than the previous two, and the story, while still quite extensive, is somewhat scaled down in detail.
[edit] References
- ^ BoxOfficeMojo revenue page
- ^ Boxofficemojo: Box office statistics for 1984, Boxofficemojo: All-time domestic inflation adjustments
- ^ Caro, Mark. "Pop Machine" (column): "Harold Ramis confirms 'Ghostbusters III'", ChicagoTribune.com, September 5, 2008
- ^ No god called Gozer or similar was ever a part of genuine Sumerian or other ancient Mesopotamian mythology.
- ^ Shay, Don (1985). Making Ghostbusters, New York: New York Zoetrope. ISBN 0918432685
- ^ A Ghostbusters I and II DVD pack included a 28-page booklet of copies of Ghostbusters storyboards.
- ^ a b c d e f Reitman, Ivan.. Ghostbusters DVD commentary. [DVD]. Coulmbia TriStar.
- ^ a b Ramis, Harold.. Ghostbusters DVD commentary. [DVD]. Coulmbia TriStar.
- ^ "Proton Charging interview with Gozer actress, Slavitza Jovan". http://protoncharging.com/gb/1998/08/27/interview-slavitza-jovan/. Retrieved on 2007-04-01.
- ^ "Ghostbusters". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ghostbusters.htm. Retrieved on 2008-12-04.
- ^ Rich, Joshua (June 9, 2000). "High Spirits". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,276359,00.html. Retrieved on 2009-04-14.
- ^ "Ghostbusters Grosses Near Indiana Jones". New York Times. July 12, 1984. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9900EFD71339F931A25754C0A962948260&scp=9&sq=%22Ghostbusters%22&st=nyt. Retrieved on 2008-12-04.
- ^ "Purple Rain Ousts Ghostbusters as No. 1". New York Times. August 1, 1984. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04E3DE1638F932A3575BC0A962948260&scp=17&sq=%22Ghostbusters%22&st=nyt. Retrieved on 2008-12-04.
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- ^ "Release History for Ghostbusters". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=releases&id=ghostbusters.htm. Retrieved on 2008-12-04.
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- ^ Schickel, Richard (June 11, 1984). "Exercise for Exorcists". Time. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,926579,00.html. Retrieved on 2008-12-04.
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- ^ Michael Giltz (1999-06-18). "Ghostbusters gets a face-lift on DVD". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,273772,00.html. Retrieved on April 14, 2009.
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[edit] External links
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- Ghostbusters official site
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| Preceded by Star Trek III: The Search for Spock |
Box office number-one films of 1984 (US) June 10, 1984 - July 22, 1984 August 5, 1984 September 16, 1984 |
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