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Ghostbusters II (1989)
Country
of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1989
Running Times: 102 mins
Format: colour 35mm Panavision
(anamorphic)
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby SR SELECTED
CREDITS
(Full Credits)
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Executive Producers: Bernie Brillstein, Joe Medjuck,
Michael C. Gross
Producer: Ivan Reitman
Associate Producers: Gordon Webb, Sheldon Kahn
SCRIPT
Script: Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis
DIRECTION
Director: Ivan Reitman
2nd Unit Director: Mickey Moore
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Michael Chapman
New York 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Rexford L.
Metz
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Donn Cambern, Sheldon Kahn
MUSIC
Music: Randy Edelman
SOUND
Sound Recordists: Joan Chamberlain, Larry Ellena
Production Sound Mixer: Gene Cantamessa
MAKE UP AND
COSTUMES
Make Up: John Elliott, Robert Arrollo, Stephen Abrums
New York Make Up: Michael Thomas
Hair: Marlene Williams, Frank Bianco, Peggy Semtob
Costume Designer: Gloria Gresham
SPECIAL MAKE UP
EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Mark Alfrey
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Dreamstate Effects; Industrial Light and
Magic; Chuck Gaspar, Connie Brink, Dick Wood, Joe Day
(uncredited), Dan Frye (uncredited)
VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Apogee; Industrial Light and Magic; VCE
Supervisor: Dennis Muren
Coordinator: Pamela Easley
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Bo Welch
Art Director: Tom Duffield
New York Art Director: Tom Warren
LOCATIONS
Locations: Columbia University, New York City, New York,
USA; New York City, New York, USA
STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Joel Kramer
Stunts: Anthony Schmidt, Bill Lane, Frank J. Sparks, J.
David Webster, Jophery Clifford Brown, Leah Louise Creed,
Mike Russo, Mike Vendrell, Steve Lambert, Bill Anagnos,
Billy D. Lucas, Bob Minor, Ceci Vendrell, Clifford Happy,
Danny Aiello III, Debbie Evans, Deborah Watkins, Donna
Garrett, Erik Cord, Frank Ferrara, Fred Lerner, Gene
Harrison, Jery Hewitt, John Robotham, Kerrie Cullen, Kurt
Bryant, Kym Washington, Lane Leavitt, Larry Holt, Leon
Delaney, Lori Estep, Marguerite Happy, Mary Peters, Mick
O'Rourke, Paula Wayton, Peter Bucossi, Phil Neilson,
Richard E. Butler, Roger Creed, Roydon Clark, Sandy
Richman, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Tony Brubaker, Vince Deadrick
Sr, Wally Crowder, Andy Gill
CASTING
Casting: Michael Chinich
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 (Janosz Poha)
Harris Yulin (Judge Stephen Wexler)
David Margulies (Mayor of New York)
Kurt Fuller (Hardemeyer)
Janet Margolin (prosecutor)
Wilhelm von Homburg (Vigo)
Will Deutschendorf, Hank Deutschendorf II (baby Oscar)
Michael P. Moran (Frank the doorman)
Olivia Ward (meter maid)
Mordecai Lawner (man with a ticket)
Susan Boehm (young woman on crutches)
Mary Ellen Trainor (brownstone mother)
Christopher Villaseñor (brownstone boy 1)
Jason Reitman (brownstone boy 2)
Aaron Lustig (Norman the producer)
Page Leong (Spengler's assistant)
Mark Schneider, Valery Pappas (arguing couple)
Catherine Reitman (girl with puppy)
Dave Florek (1st cop)
Richard Foronjy (Con Ed supervisor)
George Wilbur (bailiff)
Sharon Kramer (stenographer)
Walter Flanagan (Rudy) PLOT SUMMARY
Five years after saving
New York from Gozer, the Ghostbusters are in trouble - a
series of lawsuits and court orders have driven them to
bankruptcy and the group has disbanded to pursue other
interests. But when they discover a river of ectoplasmic
slime running beneath the streets of the city, their
investigations lead them to a ancient sorcerer who wants
to possess Dana's baby Oscar. Oscar's only hope is the
return of the Ghostbusters... CAPSULE REVIEW
A disappointing
follow-up, benefiting hugely from Bill Murray and some
great effects, but burdened with a lacklustre script that
never really gets going. Peter MacNicol never really gets
to grips with his role as the bad guy, robbing the film
of any real suspense or sense of menace. The jokes are,
at best, merely amusing and the whole thing - while still
watchable and occasionally fun, never really hits the
heights attained by the first film. AVAILABILITY
Argentina
Video Distributor: LK-TEL
Germany
Laserdisc Distributor: RCA / Columbia (11754)
DVD Distributor: Columbia / Tristar (11754)
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia / Tristar
Laserdisc Distributor: Columbia / Tristar (LD 13119)
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Video Distributor: RCA / Columbia
Laserdisc Distributor: RCA / Columbia (50166); Columbia /
Tristar (79076 - release cancelled)
DVD Distributor: Columbia / Tristar (04657 - on double
bill with Ghostbusters (1984); includes - commentary by
Ivan Reitman and Harold Ramis; storyboards with
split-screen compare; production stills; deleted scenes;
1999 star featurette; pecial effects team documentary;
special effects before and after feature); Columbia /
Tristar (50169)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Argentina
Rating: Atp
Australia
Rating: PG
Chile
Rating: TE
Finland
Rating: K-12/9
Germany
Rating: 12
Ireland
Rating: PG
Italy
Rating: T
Netherlands
Rating: AL
Norway
Rating: 11
Sweden
Rating: 11
UK
Rating: PG
USA
Rating: PG
West Germany
Rating: 12 AWARDS
1990
Young Artist Awards, USA
Best Family Motion Picture: Comedy - nominated TIMELINE
1989
June
16: USA - theatrical release
December
1: UK - theatrical release
15: Finland - theatrical release
1990
January
11: West Germany - theatrical release
February
Day Unknown: UK - laserdisc release (Columbia / Tristar
(LD 13119))
23: Sweden - theatrical release
1991
June
16: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies)
1992
January
Day Unknown: Germany - laserdisc release (RCA / Columbia
(11754))
1993
March
10: UK - television broadcast (on ITV (Carlton
Television))
1994
December
USA - proposed laserdisc release (Columbia / Tristar
(79076) - release cancelled)
1999
June
29: USA - DVD release (Columbia / Tristar (50169))
October
29: USA - DVD release (Columbia / Tristar (11754))
November
29: USA - DVD release (Columbia / Tristar (DC 06920))
2000
February
1: USA - DVD release (Columbia / Tristar (04657 - on
double bill with Ghostbusters (1984)))
2002
May
24: USA - television broadcast (on Comedy 249)
June
4: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4) POSTER TAGS
Be Ready To Believe Us.
Guess Who's Coming To Save The World
Again?
We're back!
The Superstars of the Supernatural are
back! ALTERNATIVE TITLES
The Last of the Ghostbusters -
working title
Cazafantasmas II - Spanish title
S.O.S. fantômes II - French title
Ghostbusters II - Acchiappafantasmi II -
Italian title
Pogromcy duchów II - Polish title
Os Caça-Fantasmas II - Portugese title LINKS
SEQUEL TO
Ghostbusters (1984)
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
(2001) REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
American Cinematographer
vol.70 no.12 (December 1989) pp.82-88 (USA)
illustrated article
Empire no.6 (December
1989) p.75 (UK)
illustrated review
Films and Filming no.422
(December 1989 pp.47-48 (UK)
illustrated review
Monthly Film Bulletin
vol.56 no.671 (December 1989) pp.366-368 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review
Première December 1989
p.19 (France)
review (by Jean-Jacques Bernard)
Premiere July 1989
pp.75-81 (UK)
review
Starburst no.136
(December 1989) pp.8-10; 25(UK)
illustrated production report; review
Studio December 1989 p.8
(France)
review (by Denis Parent)
NEWSPAPERS
Mail on Sunday 14
September 1982 p.29 (UK)
review
BOOKS
Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and
Fantasy Movies 1991-1992 p.154
credits, review KEYWORDS
sequels; ghosts;
scientists; the paranormal; the supernatural; museums;
paintings; slime; reincarnation; sorcerors; statue of
liberty; telekinesis; new york
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