Ghost Busters (1984)
Actors:
Ivan Reitman (actor),
Harold Ramis (actor),
Bill Murray (actor),
Joseph Marzano (actor),
Casey Kasem (actor),
Ernie Hudson (actor),
Joe Medjuck (actor),
Ron Jeremy (actor),
Larry King (actor),
Dan Aykroyd (actor),
Michael Ensign (actor),
William Atherton (actor),
David Margulies (actor),
John Rothman (actor),
Ivan Reitman (actor),
Plot: Three odd-ball scientists get kicked out of their cushy positions at a university in New York City where they studied the occult. They decide to set up shop in an old firehouse and become Ghostbusters, trapping pesky ghosts, spirits, haunts, and poltergeists for money. They wise-crack their way through the city, and stumble upon a gateway to another dimension, one which will release untold evil upon the city. The Ghostbusters are called on to save the Big Apple.
Keywords: 1980s, accountant, apartment, apocalypse, art-deco, ballroom, black-comedy, blockbuster, boredom, brooklyn-bridge
Genres:
Comedy,
Fantasy,
Sci-Fi,
Taglines: Here To Save The World Again [re-release] Let's Get Slimed One More Time. [re-release] They're Here To Save The World. Coming To Save The World This Summer. We're Ready To Believe You. Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters! The supernatural spectacular They ain't afraid of no ghost. The world's most successful comedy
Quotes:
[Inspecting Dana's refrigerator for paranormal activity]::Dr. Peter Venkman: Oh, my *God*. Look at all the junk food!::Dana Barrett: Oh, no, Goddammit. None of this was here...::Dr. Peter Venkman: You actually eat this?::Dana Barrett: Look, this wasn't here! There was *nothing* here! There was this... space! And there was a building or something with flames coming out of it, and there were creatures writhing around, and they were growling and snarling. And there were flames, and I heard a voice say "Zuul"! It was right here.::Dr. Peter Venkman: Well, I'm sorry, I'm just not getting any reading.::Dana Barrett: Well, are you sure you're using that thing correctly?::Dr. Peter Venkman: Well, I... I think so, but I'm sure there are no animals in there.::Dana Barrett: Well that's just great. Either I have a monster in my kitchen or I'm completely crazy.::Dr. Peter Venkman: [smiles] I don't think you're crazy.::Dana Barrett: [sarcastically] Oh, good, that makes me feel so much better.
Gozer: [after Ray orders her to re-locate] Are you a God? [Ray looks at Peter, who nods]::Dr Ray Stantz: No.::Gozer: Then... DIE!::[Lightning flies from her fingers, driving the Ghostbusters to the edge of the roof and almost off; people below scream]::Winston Zeddemore: Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say "YES"!::Dr. Peter Venkman: All right! This chick is TOAST!
Dr. Peter Venkman: [as the Ghostbusters approach Gozer] Grab your stick!::[the Ghostbusters draw their handsets]::Dr Ray Stantz, Dr. Egon Spengler, Winston Zeddemore: HOLDIN'!::Dr. Peter Venkman: Heat 'em up!::[they arm their packs]::Dr Ray Stantz, Dr. Egon Spengler, Winston Zeddemore: SMOKIN'!::Dr. Peter Venkman: Make 'em hard!::[they rack their handsets]::Dr Ray Stantz, Dr. Egon Spengler, Winston Zeddemore: READY!::Dr. Peter Venkman: Let's show this prehistoric bitch how we do things downtown... THROW IT!
Winston Zeddemore: Ray. If someone asks if you are a god, you say, "yes!"
[Dana is at home doing exercises as she watches the news on television]::Roger Grimsby: Good morning, I'm Roger Grimsby. Today, the entire Eastern Seaboard is alive with talk of incidents of paranormal activity. Alleged ghost sightings and related supernatural occurances have been reported across the entire Tri-State area.
Larry King: Hi, this is Larry King. The phone-in topic Today: "Ghosts and Ghostbusting." The controversy builds, more sightings are reported, some maintain that these professional paranormal eliminators in New York are the cause of it all.
Casey Kasem: Still making headlines all across the country, the Ghostbusters are at it again. This time, at the fashionable dance club, "The Rose." The boys in gray slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance. This is Casey Kasem. Now, on with the countdown.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Nimble little minx, in't she?::Dr. Egon Spengler: We're gonna go full stream.::Dr Ray Stantz: Aim for the flattop!::[Ghostbusters shoot at Gozer, but she disappears]::Dr. Peter Venkman: [uncertainly] Wasn't so hard.
Winston Zeddemore: Hey, wait a minute. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! Hold it! Now, are we actually gonna go before a federal judge, and tell him that some moldy Babylonian god is going to drop in on Central Park West, and start tearing up the city?::Dr. Egon Spengler: Sumerian, not Babylonian.::Dr. Peter Venkman: Yeah. Big difference.::Winston Zeddemore: No offense, guys, but I've gotta get my own lawyer.
Dr. Peter Venkman: This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.::Mayor: What do you mean, "biblical"?::Dr Ray Stantz: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath of God type stuff.::Dr. Peter Venkman: Exactly.::Dr Ray Stantz: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!::Dr. Egon Spengler: Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes...::Winston Zeddemore: The dead rising from the grave!::Dr. Peter Venkman: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!::Mayor: All right, all right! I get the point!