Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters (titled on-screen as Ghost Busters) is a 1984 Sci-fi-comedy film about three eccentric New York City parapsychologists-turned-ghost exterminators. The film was released in the United States on June 8, 1984. more...

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It was produced and directed by Ivan Reitman and stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts, and Ernie Hudson. The film's original release grossed nearly USD $230 million in the U.S., more than the second Indiana Jones installment, and over $50 million abroad during its theatrical run, making it the second best grossing film in 1984, only $5 million behind Beverly Hills Cop.

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. 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). In 2005, IGN voted Ghostbusters the greatest comedy ever. In 2006, Bravo ranked Ghostbusters 76 on their \"100 Funniest Movies\" list.

Plot

Three misfit parapsychology professors are booted out of their paranormal studies research jobs at New York City's Columbia University. Despite their relative lack of funding, they start an enterprise called Ghostbusters, a spectral investigation and removal service. One of the men has a plan to catch and contain supernatural entities, though it has never been properly tested. Undeterred, they obtain a former fire station as a base and a 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor Ambulance dubbed Ecto-1, and begin advertising on local television.

At first, their clients are few and far between, and the Ghostbusters have to depend on their individual talents to keep the business alive: Dr. Egon Spengler is a scientific genius, Dr. Raymond \"Ray\" Stantz is an expert on paranormal history and metallurgy, and Dr. Peter Venkman has charm and business savvy, although he is in some ways a charlatan. Although he initially comes off as a bit of a wise guy, Venkman eventually finds a subtly heroic side to himself when he learns that a creature called \"Zuul\" is haunting the apartment of Dana Barrett, a client who has become the object of his lustful (and possibly deeper) intentions.

The business is teetering on the verge of bankruptcy until one night, when Janine Melnitz, the Ghostbusters' personal secretary, answers a desperate call from the Sedgewick Hotel about a ghost (named Slimer in the animated series) that needs to be removed quickly and quietly. Although the Ghostbusters have no practical experience and their equipment has never been tested -- each man uses a nuclear accelerator (also referred to as a proton pack) which produces a powerful and destructive energy stream -- they successfully catch the ghost after a destructively clumsy hunt. It is also during this first real test for the team, that Egon makes mention that crossing the energy streams would be, in his words, \"bad\" (he further explained that doing so would cause the instant annihilation of anything in the vicinity by changing the proton streams to antiprotons). Peter thanks him for this \"important safety tip\".

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