Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

Credits
Title:	Ghostbusters
Director:	Ivan Reitman
Writers:	Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis; Rick Moranis
Producers:	Bernie Brillstein; Michael C. Gross; Joe Medjuck; Ivan Reitman
Composer:	Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography:	Laszlo Kovacs
Editors:	David E. Blewitt; Sheldon Kahn
Production
Distributed by:	Columbia Pictures (United States) Warner Bros. (United Kingdom)
Released:	June 8th, 1984
Rating:	PG
Running time:	105 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Budget:	$32,000,000
Gross:	$238,632,124 (US) $280,549,539 (Worldwide)
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Ghostbusters is an American feature film of the comedy and supernatural fantasy genres. It was directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, who also star in the picture. Another actor, Rick Moranis, was also a contributing writer, but was uncredited in this capacity. The film was theatrically released in the United States on June 8th, 1984, by Columbia Pictures, and in the United Kingdom on December 7th, 1984, by Warner Bros.

Ghostbusters stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis as Doctors Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz and Egon Spengler (respectively, three parapsychology students who suddenly have their funding pulled and now seek a way to garner further income. Through their experiences and skill sets, they open up their own business as professional ghost hunters. They are joined by Winston Zeddmore (played by Ernie Hudson) and a secretary named Janine Melnitz (played by Annie Potts). Their first client is a woman named Dana Barrett, whom Doctor Venkman develops an attachment for. Though initially dismissive of Miss Barrett's ghostly troubles, the team must pull together to prevent the Sumerian God of Destruction, Gozer the Gozerian, from entering the world and ruining everyone's day.

Ghostbusters was an instant runaway hit and smash success, earning several Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. It is considered a pinnacle of 1980s comedic cinema and has been immortalized through it's memorable title soundtrack score, "Ghostbusters", by Ray Parker, Jr., which introduced the world to now-iconic phrases such as "Who you gonna call?", and, "I ain't afraid of no ghosts".

Cast[]

Actor	Role
Bill Murray	Peter Venkman
Dan Aykroyd	Ray Stantz
Sigourney Weaver	Dana Barrett
Harold Ramis	Egon Spengler
Rick Moranis	Louis Tully
Annie Potts	Janine Melnitz
William Atherton	Walter Peck
Ernie Hudson	Winston Zeddemore
David Margulies	Mayor
Steven Tash	Male student
Jennifer Runyon	Female student
Slavitza Jovan	Gozer
Michael Ensign	Hotel manager
Alice Drummond	Librarian
Jordan Charney	Dean Yeager
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 sergeant
Reggie Vel Johnson	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

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