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FREE GHOSTBUSTERS: WHO YOU GONNA CALL? PDF John Sazaklis,Alan Batson | 24 pages | 26 Sep 2016 | Random House USA Inc | 9781524714918 | English | New York, United States A Guide to the Ghostbusters - Who Are We Gonna Call? - Comic Years From Coraline to ParaNorman check out some of our favorite family-friendly movie picks to watch this Halloween. See the full gallery. Paranormal researcher Abby Yates and physicist Erin Gilbert are trying to prove that ghosts exist in modern society. When strange apparitions appear in Manhattan, Gilbert and Yates turn to engineer Jillian Holtzmann for help. Also joining the team is Patty Tolan, a lifelong New Yorker who knows the city inside and out. Armed with proton packs and plenty of attitude, the four women prepare for an epic battle as more than 1, mischievous ghouls descend on Times Square. They want me to buy styrofoam popcorn and chemical detergent orange juice. But they refuse to come up with anything new! So, why don't you take the money I paid you for the original and reuse it for this one?? Oh, not a single laugh I don't mean gross out stupidity I mean actually funny scene or a single pretty babe yes I am a heterosexual man. Conclusion: I reject the studios and this film. Looking for some great streaming picks? Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Visit our What to Watch page. Sign In. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Full Cast and Crew. Release Dates. Official Sites. Company Credits. Technical Specs. Plot Summary. Plot Keywords. Parents Guide. External Sites. User Reviews. User Ratings. External Reviews. Metacritic Reviews. Photo Gallery. Trailers and Videos. Crazy Credits. Alternate Versions. Rate This. Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat. Director: Paul Feig. Watch on Prime Video included with Prime. Added to Watchlist. From metacritic. Halloween Movies for the Whole Family. Top 10 Movies of Top 25 Highest-Grossing Horror Comedies. Top Ghostbusters: Who You Gonna Call? Box Office of Trending Titles on Amazon Video. Holes in my Collection. Seen in Theater. Halloween movies. Remake the 80th. Two Star Movies. Share this Rating Title: Ghostbusters 6. Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. User Polls Favorite series' starter from Which movie genre matches your own resolution for ? Edit Cast Cast overview, first billed only: Zach Woods Tour Guide Garrett Kristen Wiig Erin Gilbert Ed Begley Jr. Ed Mulgrave Charles Dance Harold Filmore John Milhiser Higgins Student Ben Harris Higgins Student Melissa McCarthy Abby Yates Karan Soni Bennie Kate McKinnon Jillian Holtzmann Bess Rous Gertrude Aldridge Ghost Steve Higgins Dean Leslie Jones Patty Tolan Neil Casey Rowan North Dave Allen Edit Storyline Paranormal researcher Abby Yates and physicist Erin Gilbert are trying to prove that ghosts Ghostbusters: Who You Gonna Call? in modern society. Taglines: Who you gonna call? Edit Did You Know? Goofs Holtzmann, a tech elite, refers to the shape of a Pringles chip as a parabola which is a curved linebut technically such a chip has the shape of hyperbolic paraboloid which is a Ghostbusters: Who You Gonna Call? plane which has parabolic cross-sections in two of three dimensions. At the time of its construction, it was one of the most elegant homes in existence featuring every luxury including a face bidet and an anti-Irish security fence. Alternate Versions Extended BluRay version is 2hs 13 mins long. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report this. Add the first question. Country: USA Australia. Language: English. Runtime: min min Extended Edition. Color: Color. Edit page. October Streaming Picks. Back Ghostbusters: Who You Gonna Call? School Picks. Clear your history. Tour Guide Garrett. Erin Ghostbusters: Who You Gonna Call?. Harold Filmore. Jillian Holtzmann. Gertrude Aldridge Ghost. Electrocuted Ghost as Dave Gruber Allen. Ghostbusters (song) - Wikipedia Based on his own fascination with spirituality, Aykroyd conceived Ghostbusters as a project for himself and John Belushi. The protagonists would travel through time and space to combat a host of demonic and supernatural threats. Following Belushi's death, and with Aykroyd's concept deemed financially impractical, he was paired with Ramis to rewrite the script to set it in New York City and make it more realistic. Ghostbusters was the first comedy film to employ expensive special effects. There was concern about the budget it Ghostbusters: Who You Gonna Call? require, and little faith in its potential for box office success. Competition for special effects studios Ghostbusters: Who You Gonna Call? various movies in development at the time meant that part of the budget was used to co-found a new studio under Richard Edlund. He used a combination of practical effects, miniatures, and puppets to deliver the ghoulish visuals. Ghostbusters was released on June 8,to critical acclaim and became a cultural phenomenon. It was well received for its deft blend of comedy, action, and horror, and Murray's performance was repeatedly singled out for praise. Inthe Library of Congress selected it for preservation in the National Film Registryfinding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Its theme song, " Ghostbusters " by Ray Parker Jr. With its effect on popular culture, and a dedicated fan following, the success of Ghostbusters launched a multi-billion dollar multimedia franchise. This includes the Ghostbusters: Who You Gonna Call? animated television series The Real Ghostbusters which itself spawned a media franchiseits sequel series Extreme Ghostbustersvideo gamesboard games, comic booksclothing, music, books, food, toys, collectables, and haunted attractions. Ghostbusters was followed in by a sequel, Ghostbusters IIwhich fared less well financially and critically. Repeated attempts to develop a further sequel had ended following Ramis's death in A reboot, also called Ghostbusterswas released to mixed reviews and financial failure. A second, direct sequel, Ghostbusters: Afterlifeis scheduled for release in Following their first encounter with a ghost manifesting at the New York Public Librarythe dean Ghostbusters: Who You Gonna Call? them and dismisses the credibility of their research. In response, they create "Ghostbusters", a paranormal investigation and elimination service. They convert a disused firehouse, develop high-tech equipment to capture and contain ghosts, and convert a combination car into the "Ectomobile" to support their business. Ghostbusters: Who You Gonna Call? their television ad, a skeptical cellist, Dana Barrett, is initially dismissive but reluctantly calls them after a paranormal encounter in her kitchen. Recounting the event, she describes opening her refrigerator and seeing a creature that utters a single word: "Zuul. Business is slow until they are hired to remove a ghost from the Sedgewick Hotel. There, Egon warns the group never to cross the energy streams of their proton pack weapons, as this could cause a catastrophic explosion. They capture their first ghost and deposit it in a special containment unit in the firehouse. Soon their business booms Ghostbusters: Who You Gonna Call? paranormal activity increases across New York City. To cope with demand, they hire a fourth member, Winston Zeddemore. Suspicious of their operation, Walter Peck, an Environmental Protection Agency inspector, asks to evaluate their equipment but leaves after Venkman insults him. Privately, Egon warns the team the increase in supernatural activity is becoming dangerous and their equipment is at risk of failing under the stress. Venkman meets with Dana. He shares that Zuul was a demigod worshiped as a servant to "Gozer the Gozerian," a shape-shifting god of destruction. He convinces Dana to discuss her case further over dinner. However, when Dana returns home, she is supernaturally assaulted and possessed by Zuul. In a nearby apartment, a nearly identical entity manifests, then chases and possesses her neighbor, Louis Tully. Peck returns with law-enforcement and city workers to have the Ghostbusters arrested and orders the deactivation of their ghost containment system. Stressed beyond capacity, the shutdown causes an explosion that releases the captured ghosts, and the Ghostbusters are detained. In jail, Ray and Egon reveal that Dana's building is the true source of the supernatural increase. The architect, Ivo Shandor, a genius and leader of a Gozer-worshipping cult, designed it to channel ghosts for the purpose of ending the world. Faced with chaos in the city, the Ghostbusters convince the mayor to release them despite Ghostbusters: Who You Gonna Call? protests. Gozer, in the form of a woman, arrives, and Ray attempts to reason with her first. When this fails, Gozer attacks, forcing the Ghostbusters to attempt to trap her, but she disappears. Her disembodied voice demands the Ghostbusters "choose the form of the destructor. Egon tells the team to ignore his earlier advice and cross their proton energy streams at Gozer's portal. The resulting explosion destroys Gozer's marshmallow man form, banishes it from this dimension, and closes the portal. The Ghostbusters rescue Dana and Louis from the wreckage and are welcomed on the street as heroes. Kasem's wife Jean appears in the film as the tall guest at Louis' party. The film also features appearances by porn star Ron Jeremyand a young Debbie Gibson. Ghostbusters was inspired by Dan Aykroyd 's fascination with and belief in the paranormal. Inhe read an article on quantum physics and parapsychology in The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Researchwhich gave him the idea of trapping ghosts. He likened them to normal pest control workers, saying that "calling a Ghostbuster was just like getting rats removed. After his successes with Animal HouseMeatballsand StripesAykroyd felt Ivan Reitman was the logical choice for Ghostbusters: Who You Gonna Call?.
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