Ghostbusters II

Ghostbusters II is an American science-fiction comedy from director Ivan Reitman in 1989 and the sequel to the film Ghostbusters - Ghostbusters of 1984.

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  • 6.2 DVD
  • 6.3 UMD
  • 6.4 Laser Disc
  • 6.5 Cinema
  • 6.6 VHS
  • 6.7 TV
  • 6.8 Games
  • 6.9 soundtrack
  • 6:10 Literature

Action

The story begins five years after the first part. The Ghostbusters were sued caused in the fight against evil destruction of the city, and now it is also forbidden to carry out other activities as ghost hunters. When the stroller with the baby of Dana Barrett rolls erratically on the streets and then stops abruptly, there is no logical explanation for it, so Dana applies the former Ghostbusters. Since officially no longer allowed to investigate the case it secretly and drill as road workers covered a hole in the 1st Avenue. There they encounter an underground mucus flow in the old Van Horne tunnel. However, since they thereby cause a blackout in New York, they end up only once in court. In the courtroom is a sample of mucus, which responds to the insults of the judge and suddenly two malignant spirits ejects, had sent to the electric chair of the judges. Given the threat of revenge by the ghost of the judges are the Ghostbusters license to ghost hunting, whereupon they can capture the two spirits.

Over time, determine the Ghostbusters that the mucus flow will flow directly to the Museum of Art and is related to the paranormal picture of a certain Vigo, an evil prince of the early modern period. Vigo itself has long been the director of the museum under control, which is to steal the child of Dana. Vigo takes the body to penetrate again as the ruler into the 21st century can. It almost seems to succeed - at New Year closes the mucus, the museum, and wild ghost chase through the city. Due to the bad thoughts of New York this mucus is always heated further.

To destroy Vigo, the Ghostbusters developing a positively charged form of mucus and thus spray the Statue of Liberty, which then cross runs through the city to the Museum of Art, in order to mobilize the good thoughts of the New York population. This they succeed, and thus they can - with a few detours - Defeat Vigo and ultimately save the world.

Background

The budget was about 30 million U.S. $. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ivan Reitman were working for a lower salary and have been for a percentage share of the profits of the film. Ghostbusters II was launched on 16 June 1989 in American cinema and provided with a box office earnings of 29.4 million U.S. dollars in the first three days, a record for the best result on three days, but this was a week later broken by Batman. The worldwide box office earnings amounted to 215.5 million U.S. $. After its theatrical release on January 11, 1990 saw more than 2 million viewers the film. Some of the participants expressed their dissatisfaction later on Ghostbusters II and the box office.

Development

Bill Murray was against the sequel, but joked it would waved him ultimately too much money in the face. He proposed to call the film "The Last of the Ghostbusters " to ensure that no third part longer follows.

Occupation

The boy at the birthday party is Jason Reitman and the girl with the puppy is Catherine Reitman, the children of director Ivan Reitman. Dana's baby is represented in the film by identical twins William and Henry Deutschendorf, nephew of singer John Denver. The figure of Vigo is represented by Norbert Grupe ( under the pseudonym Wilhelm von Homburg ), but his voice spoken by Max von Sydow. Cheech Marin plays the dockers who sees enter the Titanic. Singer Bobby Brown has a brief cameo as a bouncer of Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the mayor of New York City. The psychiatrist is played by Bill Murray's older brother Brian Doyle - Murray. Jim Fye stuck in the costume of the spirit of Tony Scoleri, the ghost jogger and the Statue of Liberty.

Locations

Filming began in New York on 28 November 1988. The courthouse is the United States Court House and the museum is the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House. As with the first film was shot in Los Angeles. The fictional Van Horne tunnel based on the Beach Pneumatic Transit. He was only partly built studios in original size on a soundstage in Burbank and supplemented by a miniature scenery or a matte painting. After 13 weeks ( including 67 days in New York) ended the shooting.

Mucus

The mucus used for the film was non-toxic and edible. In one scene, about 150,000 liters were used, for the entire film to approximately 400,000 liters of mucus have been used. Sigourney Weaver joked at the movie premiere that Bill Murray has gotten no mucus under a contractual clause in the movie.

Music

" On Our Own " by Bobby Brown reached # 2 in the U.S. charts, as well as the places 4 in the UK, 18 in Germany and 22 in Austria. Run - D.M.C. recorded a rap version of the Ghostbusters song for the film.

Synchronization

The German synchronization was created by a synchronous book by Arne Elsholtz meanwhile dialogue director on behalf of the Berliner Synchron. In the German version of Dana's baby is called Donald Oscar instead. Other terms and names were changed, for example, He-Man in Muscle -Man, Egon speaks of a football instead of a Slinky and Peter called Michael Jackson instead of Emmylou Harris. In the original English Janos Poha speaks with a German accent.

Others

  • The Scoleri brothers based on Tony and Nunzio Scoleri that once ' raided the shop of Harold Ramis father Nate.
  • Vigo's full name in the film is Vigo von Homburg Deutschendorf, a blend of the name of Vigo Starring ( Homburg ) and the Baby Actor ( Poprad ).
  • When Louis and Janine are flat in Danas, see The Lady from Shanghai on television.
  • The display boards of cinema, from the run out screaming spectators, the movie Cannibal Girls is - the film with the warning bell displayed, director Ivan Reitman's third feature film from the year 1973.
  • Eugene Levy played Louis ' cousin Sherman Tully, but his performance was cut from the film.
  • In the novels and the comic to film some scenes cut out can be read because the authors took the screenplay as the basis, while the film was not finished yet.
  • The film script is mentioned in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory ( episode " The Lords of the Rings" ).

Reviews

" A poor idea, humorless sequel of the popular anti - ghost story."

" The basic elements of the plot of this garish comic adventure is a pretty accurate copy of the highly successful first Ghostbusters film; elaborate tricks, humor and pace nevertheless provide appropriate entertainment value. "

Continuations

The animated series The Real Ghostbusters takes in some episodes related to the film, but plays in their own canon. Direct sequel is thus only Ghostbusters: The Video Game, whose action two years after the film begins and including the origins of the mucus and explains how this came into the subway tunnel. Etan Cohen is working on the script of a third film, which was about half finished already according to Dan Aykroyd in April 2013.

Media

Blu-ray

Although as early as 2008 by Sony at Comic -Con and 2012 announced by Dan Aykroyd via Twitter, Ghostbusters II has not yet been released on Blu -ray.

DVD

  • Ghostbusters 2 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, June 29, 1999 ( Region Code 1)
  • Ghostbusters II Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, October 29, 1999 ( Region 2 )
  • Ghostbusters 1 & 2 Double Feature Gift Set Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, August 2, 2005 ( Region Code 1)
  • Ghostbusters I & II Deluxe Edition Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, October 11, 2005 ( Region 2 )
  • Ghostbusters 1 & 2 DVD Limited Edition Gift Set Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 6 October 2009 ( Region Code 1 ) Includes Stay Puft Marshmallow Man figure and mucus

UMD

  • Ghostbusters II Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 16 June, 2009

LaserDisc

  • Ghostbusters II RCA / Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1989 or 1990

Cinema

The Theatrical Premiere in Germany was on January 11, 1990

VHS

The video premiere was in Germany on 14 August 1990.

TV

The premiere in the Free TV was on December 27, 1992 at 21:00 clock on Sat.1

Games

Soundtrack

  • Ghostbusters II MCA Records
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