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Ghostbusters II

Ghostbusters II movie poster
Directed by Ivan Reitman
Produced by Ivan Reitman
Written by Dan Aykroyd
Harold Ramis
Starring Bill Murray
Dan Aykroyd
Sigourney Weaver
Harold Ramis
Rick Moranis
Ernie Hudson
Annie Potts
Peter MacNicol
Wilhelm von Homburg
Music by Randy Edelman
Cinematography Michael Chapman
Editing by Donn Cambern
Sheldon Kahn
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) June 16, 1989
Running time 102 min. Ivan Reitman (born October 27, 1946) is a Canadian film producer and director Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy Award -winning Canadian-American Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an American actor director and writer specializing in comedy For the British actor see Billy Murray (actor. William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy Award -winning Canadian-American Sigourney Weaver (born October 8, 1949) is an Academy Award -nominated American actress, best known for her roles as Lt Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an American actor director and writer specializing in comedy Frederick Alan "Rick" Moranis (born April 18, 1953) is a retired Canadian Actor, Comedian and Musician, Ernest Lee Hudson (born December 17 1945) is an American Actor. Annie Potts (born October 28 1952 is an American television and film actress. Peter MacNicol (born April 10, 1954 in Dallas Texas) is an Emmy Award winning American actor Wilhelm von Homburg (born Norbert Grupe; August 25, 1940 &ndash March 10, 2004) was a German Wrestler, Randy Edelman (born June 10, 1947) is an American film and TV score Composer. Michael Chapman (born November 21, 1935) is an acclaimed American cinematographer whose prominence owes most to his innovative work of the 1970s and 1980s Donn Cambern (born October 29 1929) is an Academy Award nominated film editor Sheldon Kahn is a BAFTA Award winning Film editor and producer. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar)
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
Preceded by Ghostbusters (1984)
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Ghostbusters II is the 1989 sequel to Ghostbusters (1984) produced and directed by Ivan Reitman. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Zuul redirects here For the videogame see Zool. Ghostbusters (titled on-screen as Ghost Busters) is Events Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton Georgia for $20 million A sequel is a work in Literature, Film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work Zuul redirects here For the videogame see Zool. Ghostbusters (titled on-screen as Ghost Busters) is Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Ivan Reitman (born October 27, 1946) is a Canadian film producer and director The sci-fi comedy film is about the further adventures of a group of parapsychologists and their organization which combats paranormal activities ("ghostbusting"). Science fiction Film is a Film genre that uses speculative, Science -based depictions of imaginary phenomena such as extra-terrestrial Comedy film is a genre of Film in which the main emphasis is on humor. Parapsychology is a discipline that seeks to demonstrate the existence and causes of Psychic abilities and life after death using the Scientific method Paranormal is an Umbrella term used to describe unusual Phenomena or experiences that lack an obvious Scientific explanation The sequel had what was, at the time, the biggest three-day opening weekend gross in history ($29,472,894), a record that was broken precisely one week later by Batman ($40,505,884)[1]. Batman is a 1989 Superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Although the film was popular and was generally well received by fans, it received mixed reviews from critics.

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Plot

Five years after the events of Ghostbusters, the guys are out of business after being sued by the city over property damages and a restraining order that they may not do any paranormal research as Ghostbusters. Zuul redirects here For the videogame see Zool. Ghostbusters (titled on-screen as Ghost Busters) is Zuul redirects here For the videogame see Zool. Ghostbusters (titled on-screen as Ghost Busters) is Ray Stantz now owns an book shop in New York and along with Winston Zeddemore puts on special Ghostbusters appearances at children's birthday parties. Raymond "Ray" Stantz, is a fictional Scientist and member of the Ghostbusters appearing in the films Ghostbusters, Winston Zeddemore is a Fictional character appearing in the Ghostbusters films and TV series Peter Venkman has his own TV series. Peter Venkman, PhD is a fictional Scientist and member of the Ghostbusters appearing in the films Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters Egon Spengler is a paranormal researcher. Egon Spengler, PhD is a fictional Scientist appearing in the films Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II, and Dana Barrett now has a baby named Oscar and restores old paintings for a living. Her boss, Dr. Janosz Poha, is at work restoring a painting of Vigo the Carpathian, a cruel 16th-century Moldavian ruler.

One day, while Dana pushes Oscar's carriage, slime emerges from a street crack and touches the stroller, causing it to roll completely by itself into the middle of a busy street. SLIME, the Superior Lisp Interaction Mode for Emacs, is an Emacs mode for developing Common Lisp applications Dana, frightened, consults Egon. Venkman and Ray also help investigate. Posing as workmen, the Ghostbusters go under a city street and discover a river of slime flowing through an abandoned subway station. "Riverine" redirects here For the use of that term in Maritime geography, see there While taking a sample of the slime, the Ghostbusters are confronted by a policeman. A police officer (also known as a policeman or policewoman) is a warranted employee of a Police force. Suddenly, Ray is attacked by the slime and screams to be pulled up. On the way back to the surface, Ray inadvertently damages a power line, causing a black out. Electric power transmission, a process in the delivery of Electricity to consumers is the bulk transfer of electrical power The Ghostbusters are arrested for fraud. Zuul redirects here For the videogame see Zool. Ghostbusters (titled on-screen as Ghost Busters) is Meanwhile, at the museum, Janosz is working on Vigo's portrait when it comes to life, being inhabited by Vigo's spirit. He commands Janosz to bring Dana's child, so that he can possess him.

In court, the three Ghostbusters are tried by Judge Wexler (Harris Yulin) and defended by their old friend Louis Tully (Rick Moranis). A court is a forum used by a power base to adjudicate disputes and dispense civil, labour administrative and criminal Justice under its Harris Yulin (born November 5, 1937) is an American Actor who has appeared in dozens of Hollywood and television films Frederick Alan "Rick" Moranis (born April 18, 1953) is a retired Canadian Actor, Comedian and Musician, The Ghostbusters' equipment and the slime are admitted as evidence. As the case goes on the slime reacts oddly to the judge's negative comments. The Ghostbusters lose the case and are sentenced to prison. Judge Wexler then goes into a rant against the Ghostbusters, and the slime feeds on his negative emotions, boiling and eventually exploding, releasing angry ghosts called the Scoleri Brothers that Wexler himself sentenced for murder and gave them the chair. Wexler pleads with the Ghostbusters to intervene and cancels their sentencing and the restraining order against them. The Ghostbusters learn that the slime is "mood slime" that feeds off people's emotions. While negative energy causes it to grow, positive gives it kinetic abilities.

Peter visits Dana at the museum one day where he sees the painting of Vigo. Peter tells Ray and Egon about the painting, who discover that Vigo was a very powerful sorcerer and madman who ruled his country with an iron fist, and lived for 105 years until he was executed. The Ghostbusters continue researching the painting of Vigo; they learn that there is a river of slime in the picture just like the one in the subway tunnel. The Ghostbusters return to the subway tunnels, trying to trace the source of the slime flow. They realize there must be a lot of negative energy to generate such a flow, which New York has in excess. While studying it, the men fall in and are covered in slime. They begin fighting and regain self-control by taking off their suits. They learn the slime is pure evil flowing into Vigo's painting. They try to warn the mayor, but instead are committed to an asylum by his assistant. It soon becomes clear that as soon as Vigo posesses Oscar, he plans to enslave the world into his own, corrupt regime.

Janosz then kidnaps Oscar and takes him to the museum, followed by Dana. When she enters the museum Vigo encases it in slime trapping everyone inside. SLIME, the Superior Lisp Interaction Mode for Emacs, is an Emacs mode for developing Common Lisp applications The mayor frees the Ghostbusters and they head to the museum. The Ghostbusters realize that there is so much negative energy in the city that the slime can only be destroyed by an equal amount of positive energy. The Ghostbusters then pour slime on the Statue of Liberty and use music to bring it to life. Liberty Enlightening the World (La liberté éclairant le monde commonly known as the Statue of Liberty (Statue de la Liberté was presented Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. This causes a wave of positive energy from the people and allows the statue to break through the slime in the museum. The Ghostbusters arrive to save Dana and Oscar, but Vigo suddenly appears in person and begins to possess Oscar. Then the new wave of positive energy from the people neutralizes the slime and weakens him. He returns to his painting where the Ghostbusters destroy him. When they return to the painting it appears to have changed and shows what to be the four of them and Oscar in the center. Zuul redirects here For the videogame see Zool. Ghostbusters (titled on-screen as Ghost Busters) is

Cast

Development

After the success of the first film and the animated series, The Real Ghostbusters, Columbia Pictures pressured the producers to make a sequel. This article is about the animated spin-off of the 1984 film Ghostbusters. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company However, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ivan Reitman were uncomfortable with this as the original film was intended to be conclusive and they wished to work on other projects. Ivan Reitman (born October 27, 1946) is a Canadian film producer and director Eventually, they agreed and created a script. Annie Potts was also working on her TV series, Designing Women, at the same time. Annie Potts (born October 28 1952 is an American television and film actress. Designing Women was an American television Sitcom that centered around the working and personal lives of four Southern women and one man in an Interior Reportedly, some of the cast and crew were ultimately dissatisfied with the film as well as its box office reception. Though there was initially talk of doing a third movie, it turns out that, instead, the video game, slated to be released in 2008, will basically be considered the third movie. In an interview with the video game magazine Game Informer Aykroyd is quoted as saying that he tells people "If you have an appetite for the third movie, then the video game is it. Game Informer (often abbreviated to GI) is an American -based monthly magazine featuring articles news strategy and reviews of " [2]

The Scoleri Brothers are played (uncredited) by Tim Lawrence and Jim Fyfe in latex suits with animatronic masks. Ostensibly, Tony and Nunzio are based on the real-life Scoleri Brothers, who once robbed Harold Ramis' father Nate Ramis' store. Ghostbusters II is the 1989 Sequel to Ghostbusters (1984 produced and directed by Ivan Reitman. Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an American actor director and writer specializing in comedy "The ghosts themselves were very loosely based on the fact that my father was a storekeeper who was once robbed and assaulted by the Scoleri Brothers. " Some however have suggested that they might be based instead on Tony and Eddie Scoleri, who were convicted of robbing and killing a store owner in Philadelphia in the 1960s. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə None of this is known for certain however. What is known, though, is that Tim Lawrence, the special effects supervisor who also played Nunzio in the film, designed the overall look of the two brothers on The Blues Brothers: "In the first draft of the script that I saw, the description of the characters was quite vague--as is often the case with fantasy characters that have not yet been fully designed. The Blues Brothers are a Grammy Award -nominated American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd I believe the script read something like, 'Big in life, even bigger in death, the Scoleri brothers sweep into the courtroom. ' Knowing that Dan Aykroyd had written this bit, one of the first images that came to me was the Blues Brothers--and it was this idea of a tall thin guy and a short fat guy that colored my thinking as I developed the characters. Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award -nominated and Emmy Award -winning Canadian-American "

Production notes

Comic book adaptation

During this period, The Real Ghostbusters comic book produced by NOW Comics ran a three-part adaptation of the film, using the cartoon character designs instead of the likenesses of the actors. This article is about the animated spin-off of the 1984 film Ghostbusters. NOW Comics was a Comic book publisher founded in 1985 as a sole-proprietorship The overall story received minor alterations to run as a three-parter, and includes several scenes that were in the shooting script but were not included in the released movie.

Most notable is a scene set after their first visit at the museum (and Ray's first encounter with Vigo). In this scene, Ray is momentarily possessed while driving the Ecto-1A, and as a result tries to crash the car and kill the Ghostbusters. They soon bring Ray around to his senses after speeding through New York streets, and he apologises, unable to account for his actions. They never connect it to Vigo since, while possessed, Ray never mentions him. The comic panels further reinforce the movie's scene where Ray is briefly hypnotised by Vigo (leading to him being chosen as a host at the end).

Novelization

In a novelization of the movie by Ed Naha, Hardemeyer rushes at the museum's slime shell, which sucks him in and engulfs him; the book does not mention him again. (In the end credits of the film, he is shown in the crowd outside the museum, singing along with the rest of them).

Soundtrack

  1. (original version), performed by Jackie Wilson
  2. (updated version), performed by Howard Huntsberry

The soundtrack album of the film also contains several songs that do not appear in the film itself (although, ironically, it does not feature the original Ray Parker Jr. Oingo Boingo was an American New Wave band They are better known for their influence soundtrack contributions and high energy Halloween concerts Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American Musician, who is famous for composing scores and songs for Tim Burton version of "Ghostbusters", even though it appears in the film, or any of Randy Edelman's score). Randy Edelman (born June 10, 1947) is an American film and TV score Composer.

References

  1. ^ All Time Box Office Records
  2. ^ "Ghostbuster the Video Game: The 'Real' Ghostbusters. " Game Informer. December 2007. Page 81

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