Ghostbusters

Synopsis

At first, the clients are few and far between, and the Ghostbusters must depend on their individual talents to keep the business alive: Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) is a scientific genius, Raymond "Ray" Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) is an expert on paranormal history, and Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), although in some ways a scientific charlatan, has charm and business savvy. Soon, business starts to pick up, due not only to the Ghostbusters building a reputation for themselves, but also due to increased supernatural activity, which turns out to be a direct result of the rise of Gozer, the ghost of a possibly demonic ruler from ancient times. The Ghostbusters add a fourth member to their team -- the blue-collar Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson) to deal with the rapidly increasing workload, but it soon becomes apparent to the Ghostbusters that they are headed toward a climactic confrontation with Gozer. Although he initially comes off as a bit of a goof and sleaze, Venkman eventually finds a (subtly) heroic side to himself when he learns that Gozer and his minions are haunting the apartment of Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver), a client who has become the object of Venkman's lustful (and possibly deeper) intentions.

This was taken from the May 2005 version of the original Wikipedia article.

Cast

Character's name	Portrayed by
Egon Spengler	Harold Ramis
Raymond "Ray" Stantz	Dan Aykroyd
Peter Venkman	Bill Murray
Winston Zeddemore	Ernie Hudson
Dana Barrett	Sigourney Weaver

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Production timeline

Release timeline

Format	Country of origin	Date
Original theatrical	USA	June 8, 1984
VHS	USA	October 31, 1985
VHS	South Korea	December 1, 1988
VHS (re-release)	USA	December 7, 1992
DVD	USA	June 29, 1999
DVD	South Korea	January 2000
DVD (2-Pack)	USA	August 2, 2005
Blu-ray Disc	USA	June 16, 2009
Blu-ray Disc (re-release)	USA	September 16, 2014

Home video timeline

Main article: Home video timeline for the Ghostbusters series

Weblinks

http://sonypictures.com/homevideo/ghostbusters2-pack/index.html (2005-2008)

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Movies
Walt Disney/Buena Vista	Mary Poppins (1964) • Beauty and the Beast (1991) • Aladdin (1992) • The Lion King (1994) • Pocahontas (1995) • Toy Story (1995) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) • Hercules (1997) • Mulan (1998) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Spirited Away (2002) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) • The Incredibles (2004) • Cars (2006) • Ratatouille (2007) • WALL-E (2008) • Up (2009) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Tangled (2010) • Cars 2 (2011) • Brave (2012) • Wreck-It Ralph (2012) • Monsters University (2013) • Frozen (2013) • Big Hero 6 (2014) • Inside Out (2015) • The Good Dinosaur (2015) • Zootopia (2016) • Finding Dory (2016) • Moana (2016) • Cars 3 (2017) • Coco (2017) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) • Toy Story 4 (2019) • Frozen II (2019)
Paramount/Lionsgate	My Little Pony: The Movie (1986) • Charlotte's Web (2006) • Rango (2011) • Monster Trucks (2016/2017) • My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) • Sherlock Gnomes (2018) • Wonder Park (2019)
Universal/DreamWorks	How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) • Shrek (2001) • The Cat in the Hat (2003) • Shrek 2 (2004) • Shrek the Third (2007) • Shrek Forever After (2010) • Despicable Me (2010) • Hop (2011) • The Lorax (2012) • Despicable Me 2 (2013) • Minions (2015) • The Secret Life of Pets (2016) • Sing (2016) • Despicable Me 3 (2017) • The Grinch (2018) • The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
Columbia/Sony Pictures	Ghostbusters (1984) • Ghostbusters II (1989) • Hook (1991) • Matilda (1996) • Open Season (2006) • Surf's Up (2007) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) • The Smurfs (2011) • Arthur Christmas (2011) • The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) • Hotel Transylvania (2012) • The Smurfs 2 (2013) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) • Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) • The Angry Birds Movie (2016) • Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) • The Emoji Movie (2017) • The Star (2017) • Peter Rabbit (2018) • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) • The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)
20th Century Fox	Star Wars (1977) • The Empire Strikes Back (1980) • Return of the Jedi (1983) • Home Alone (1990) • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) • Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) • Ice Age (2002) • Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) • Robots (2005) • Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) • Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) • Horton Hears a Who! (2008) • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) • Rio (2011) • Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) • Epic (2013) • Rio 2 (2014) • The Peanuts Movie (2015) • Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) • Ferdinand (2017)
Warner Bros./New Line Cinema	The Wizard of Oz (1939) • The Goonies (1985) • The Mask (1994) • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) • Happy Feet (2006) • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) • Happy Feet Two (2011) • The Lego Movie (2014) • Storks (2016) • The Lego Batman Movie (2017) • The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) • Smallfoot (2018) • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)

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