Ghostbusters II (1989)

Director:

Ivan Reitman

Writers (WGA):

Dan Aykroyd (characters) and
Harold Ramis (characters) ...

Release Date:

16 June 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Be ready to believe us.

Plot:

The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.

Plot Keywords:

Ghostbuster | Baby | Ghost | Slime | Painting

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Bill Murray	...	Dr. Peter Venkman
Dan Aykroyd	...	Dr. Raymond Stantz
Sigourney Weaver	...	Dana Barrett
Harold Ramis	...	Dr. Egon Spengler
Rick Moranis	...	Louis Tully
Ernie Hudson	...	Winston Zeddemore
Annie Potts	...	Janine Melnitz
Peter MacNicol	...	Dr. Janosz Poha
Harris Yulin	...	Judge Stephen 'The Hammer' Wexler
David Margulies	...	Mayor Lenny
Kurt Fuller	...	Jack Hardemeyer
Janet Margolin	...	The Prosecutor
Wilhelm von Homburg	...	Vigo
William T. Deutschendorf	...	Baby Oscar (as Will Deutschendorf)
Henry J. Deutschendorf II	...	Baby Oscar (as Hank Deutschendorf)

Also Known As:

Ghostbusters 2 (USA) (video box title)
Ghostbusters II: River of Slime (USA) (working title)
The Last of the Ghostbusters (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:10 | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | South Korea:All | Netherlands:6 (re-release) | New Zealand:PG | USA:TV-PG (cable rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12/9 | Ireland:PG | Italy:T | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Columbia University - Broadway & 116th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The Ghostbusters TV Commercial, in which Louis and Janine are in bed when a ghost attacks is a rehash of scene from the first movie that was filmed but not used. Originally, before the Ghostbusters go on their first call at the Sedgwick Hotel, there was a scene with a honeymooning couple in the hotel who encounter Slimer in their bedroom and call the manager, who in turn calls the Ghostbusters.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When the Con Edison Supervisor and the police man arrive where Egon, Peter, and Ray dug the whole on First Avenue, there is a subway station exit with red lights atop it. There is only one subway station on First avenue, which is the First avenue station on the L train, and all of the exits to that station have green lights atop it.

Quotes:

Peter Venkman: You know, I have met some dumb blondes in my life, but you take the taco, pal! Only a *Carpathian* would come back to life now and choose New York! Tasty pick, bonehead! If you had brain one in that huge melon on top of your neck, you would be living the sweet life out in Southern California's beautiful San Fernando Valley!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The World of the End (2006)

Soundtrack:

Higher And Higher

Brilliant movie, but not as good as the first movie.

Ghostbusters II is an absolut ely brilliant movie, it really does pick up where the first movie left off and Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd and Harold Ramis are brilliant in their old roles, Peter Venkmen, Ray Stantz and Egon Spangler. Sigourney Weaver is back as Dana Barrett and this time she has a baby name Oscar. Rick Moranis is also back as Luis Tully (but now he doesn't get turned in a dog). Annie Potts is back as Janine Melnitz (the Ghostbusters' secretary). Ernie Hudson is back as Winston Zeddemore. Peter MacNicol (Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie, Ally McBeal) is really funny as the museum owner. If you haven't seen this movie, then heres a summary of it. Five years have past since the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man stomped through the streets of New York and the Ghostbusters have gone of business. But when they find some purple mood slime in the sewers of the Big Apple, that has been developed by the negative attitudes of the New Yorkers, they have to get back in to business and save New York again. Then they discover that it is all leading to one place, the museum where Dana works. The museum contains a picture that is haunted by the ghost of an evil magician that wants to take over the world and needs a body to do it in, so he chooses Dana's baby. This is a must for the fans of the first movie, I loved it.*****