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

Colour:

Colour

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 scene involving a woman's mink coat coming to life was originally written & storyboarded to be in the first film.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Where upon arriving at Peter's rendezvous with Dana, Raymond and Egon proceed to inform Peter of their intentions of going underground. During this dialogue and an over the shoulder shot of Egon, we can clearly hear Ray speak to Peter while the only mouth that is moving in the shot is Egon’s.

Quotes:

Egon: Vigo the Carpathian. Born 1505, died 1610.
Peter Venkman: 105 years old, he hung in there, didn't he?
Ray: He didn't die of old age, either. He was poisoned, stabbed, shot, hung, stretched, disembowled, drawn and quartered.
Peter Venkman: Ouch.
Winston: Guess he wasn't too popular at the end, huh?
Egon: No, not exactly a man of the people. Also known as Vigo the Cruel, Vigo the Torturer, Vigo the Despised, and Vigo the Unholy.
Peter Venkman: Wasn't he also Vigo the Butch?
Ray: And dig this, there was a prophecy. Just before his head died, his last words were "Death is but a door. Time is but a window. I'll be back."

Movie Connections:

References "Bassmasters" (1985)

Soundtrack:

Flesh 'N Blood

I'm still ready to call them.

I guess that usually, we have to wonder why they make sequels. If nothing else, as long as the sequels aren't boring, obnoxious, pathetic, embarrassing, insulting, or otherwise bad, then they're acceptable. "Ghostbusters II" passes. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts and Rick Moranis reprise their roles from the original. This one has the title characters battling a river of hostility-based slime that's possessing a painting. Peter MacNicol plays the man who brought the painting to New York, and subsequently gets possessed by it. "Ghostbusters II" is pretty ridiculous, often gross, but never unpleasant. So who you gonna call?