| | | An Ivan Reitman Film.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.40:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, English, Subtitled, French
A trio of university parasychologists lose their research grant and decide to open their own business, "Ghostbusters," and almost at once are summoned to investigate the strange happenings in a Central Park West apartment. What they discover is that all Manhattan is being besieged by other worldly demons.System Requirements:Run Time: 105 min.Format: DVD MOVIE
"The casting couldn't be better." Jenn Dlugos, Classic-Horror Review
"Ghostbusters wasn't just a movie: it was a phenomenon." Stella Papamichael, BBC DVD Reviews
Editor's Note
When Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murrary) and his Columbia University colleagues (Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson) are kicked out of their prestigious academic posts, they start a private practice as professional ghost-catchers. Although the three parascientists are idle for awhile, their television advertisements finally pay off when beautiful Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) contracts them. It seems her apartment has become the entryway for ghastly ghosts and goofy ghouls hellbent on terrorizing New York City. Soon they're going to her rescue, trying to rid the city of the slimy creatures. GHOSTBUSTERS hit US screens in June of 1984 and went on to become one of the most successful comedy films of all time, spawning a sequel and a popular animated series.
| Features | "Production Photos, Conceptual Drawings" | | "Storyboards, Split-Screen Compare" | | "Subtitles: English, Portugese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, French, Spanish" | | 1999 Star Featurette | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Deleted Scenes | | Digitally Remastered | | DVD-ROM & Web Link | | Interactive Menus | | Original Featurette & Trailers | | Scene Selection | | SFX Before & After (Multi-Angle) | | SFX Team Documentary | | Subtitled Production Notes | | World Premiere Live Video Commentary By Ivan Reitman & Harold Ramis |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Sony Pictures |
| Release Date: 3/14/2006 |
| Running Time: 105 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1984 | | Catalog ID: 14122 | | UPC: 00043396141223 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Bill Murray | | Dan Aykroyd | | Rick Moranis | | Sigourney Weaver | | Bernie Brillstein - Executive Producer | | Dan Aykroyd - Writer | | David E. Blewitt - Editor | | Elmer Bernstein - Original Music By | | Harold Ramis - Writer | | Ivan Reitman - Director | | Ivan Reitman - Producer | | Laszlo Kovacs - Cinematographer | | Ray Parker, Jr. - Original Music By | | Sheldon Kahn - Editor |
| Awards |
Winner (1985) | | | British Academy Awards, "Ray Parker, Jr.", Best Original Song | |
Nominee (1985) | | | British Academy Awards, Richard Edlund, Best Special Visual Effects | | | Golden Globe, Ghostbusters, Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical | | | Golden Globe, "Ray Parker, Jr.", Best Original Song - Motion Picture | | | Golden Globe, Bill Murray, Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical | | | Oscar, "John Bruno, Richard Edlund, Chuck Gaspar, Mark Vargo", Best Visual Effects | | | Oscar, "Ray Parker, Jr.", Best Music - Song |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...It's Murray's picture, as the popular comedian deadpans, ad libs and does an endearing array of physical schtick....Weaver is deliciously sexy..." 06/06/1984Premiere
"GHOSTBUSTERS is still a rounded, rousing entertainment." 12/01/2004 p.168 Entertainment Weekly
"What turned GHOSTBUSTERS into a classic was director Ivan Reitman's ability to stir genuine ghoulish scares into the clever dialogue and funny bits." 08/05/2005 p.52 Premiere
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "An 80s phenomenon and classic comedy, with Bill Murray upstaging everything in his path..." 06/17/2009 Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
This movie is an exception to the general rule that big special effects can wreck a comedy. Special effects require painstaking detail work. Comedy requires spontaneity and improvisation„or at least that's what it should feel like, no matter how much work has gone into it. In movies like Steven Spielberg's 1941, the awesome scale of the special effects dominated everything else; we couldn't laugh because we were holding our breath. Not this time. "Ghostbusters" has a lot of neat effects, some of them mind-boggling, others just quick little throwaways, as when a transparent green-slime monster gobbles up a mouthful of hot dogs. No matter what effects are being used, they're placed at the service of the actors; instead of feeling as if the characters have been carefully posed in front of special effects, we feel they're winging this adventure as they go along. - Roger Ebert
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