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

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Dec. 29	10:30 AM	AMC
Fri. Jan. 1	2:30 PM	COMEDY
Sat. Jan. 2	10:30 AM	COMEDY

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:

Originally, the producers planned on having the crashed Hindenburg appear as a ghostly blimp. They dumped this in favor of the apparitions coming off the Titanic.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: During the "We're Back" montage, as Ecto-1 pulls out of the firehouse with Louis Tully running behind, there are clearly piles of wood and metal leaning against the back wall. During the rest of the movie and in the first Ghostbusters movie when Ecto-1 is parked in the main level of the firehouse, Janine's desk and Peter Venkman's office are at the back of the building. But, given that we know there was probably a space of time between the initial movie, where there was a huge hole punched in the floor, and this one, it's likely they had those materials to rebuild the firehouse and expand it.

Quotes:

Peter Venkman: Hi, Egon. How's school? I bet those science chicks really dig that large cranium of yours, huh?
Egon: I think they're more interested in my epididymis.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The World of the End (2006)

Soundtrack:

Flesh 'N Blood

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.*****