Ghostbusters (1984 film)

[Official British & Irish DVD release]

Brand NEW and factory SEALED (within clear film 'shrink-wrap').

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Details:

Aspect Ratio : 16:9 - 2.40:1

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No

Language : English

Product Dimensions : 13.5 x 1.5 x 19 cm; 100 Grams

Manufacturer reference : 5035822048836

Director : Ivan Reitman

Media Format : Subtitled, PAL

Run time : 1 hour and 41 minutes

Release date : 22 Sept. 2008

Actors : Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis

Dubbed : French, German, Italian, Spanish

Subtitle Options : English, German, Hindi, Swedish, Turkish, Danish, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Icelandic, Finnish, Czech, Greek

Language Options : German (Dolby Digital 2.0), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)

Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE)

Number of discs : 1

Customer reviews: 4.7 out of 5 stars    (2,537 ratings)

Description:

Suit up for classic comedy! When kooky, spooky college profs Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) and Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) lose their university jobs, they decide to go freelance, de-haunting houses in a new ghost removal service. As soon as they open their doors, their first order of business becomes saving beautiful cellist Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) and nerdy Louis Tully (Rick Moranis), who’ve inadvertently opened the gates of hell…right in their own apartment building! UHD Synopsis: When kooky, spooky college profs Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) and Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) lose their university jobs, they decide to go freelance, de-haunting New York City with a new ghost removal service. As soon as they open their doors, their first order of business becomes saving beautiful cellist Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) and nerdy Louis Tuilly (Rick Moranis), who've inadvertently opened the gates of hell...right in their own apartment!!

Additional Info (copied from rear of case):

Gaggles of little green ghosts, spooks and a host of paranormal occurrences are on the rampage in New York. Can anyone save the world from these supernatural creatures' Only three unemployed and enterprising university parapsychologists when they go into the GHOSTBUSTERS business. Armed with ectoplasmic swats and patented booby traps, they walk a fine line between scientific ingenuity and lunacy in their quest to rid the city of the slimy, haunting monsters. You don't need extrasensory perception to see why GHOSTBUSTERS is the world's most hilarious comedy, loved by critics, adults and kids alike!

SPECIAL FEATURES / BONUS MATERIAL

- Video Commentary with Ivan Reitman and Harold Ramis

- Storyboard Split-screen Comparison

- Still Storyboards

- Meet The SFX Team

- SFX Before And After

- Ghostly Photo Gallery

- Behind The Scenes

- Featurette and Interviews

- Concept Drawings

- Deleted Scenes

- Theatrical Trailer

Review:

Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis wrote the script, but Bill Murray gets all the best lines and moments in this 1984 comedy directed by Ivan Reitman (Meatballs). The three comics, plus Ernie Hudson, play the New York City-based team that provides supernatural pest control, and Sigourney Weaver is the love interest possessed by an ancient demon. Reitman and company are full of original ideas about hobgoblins--who knew they could "slime" people with green plasma goo?--but hovering above the plot is Murray's patented ironic view of all the action. Still a lot of fun, and an obvious model for sci-fi comedies such as Men in Black. - Tom Keogh

Additional info from fan site that describes the extras in more detail:

R2 United Kingdom – Sony Pictures / Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Commentaries:Audio/Video Commentary by director Ivan Reitman, actor & writer Harold Ramis and producer Joe Medjuck

Extras: U.S. Theatrical Trailer (2:14)

Scene Cemetary

- Stake (0:58)

- Dana (0:42)

- Honeymooners (1:13)

- Winston (0:50)

- Bums (0:44)

- Promotion (0:37)

- Puft Hat (0:28)

- "No Louis!" (0:36)

- Leaving City Hall (1:25)

- "Your Arrest Them" (0:18)

Original Featurette (9:29)

Special Effects

- "Meet the Special Effects Team" Featurette (15:24)

- "Special Effects Before and After" Multi-Angle Feature

    - Spook Central Exploding (2:31)

    - She's a Dog (1:41)

    - Crossing the Steams (1:04)

- Concept Drawings

     - Library Ghost (8 images)

     - Dog (31 images)

     - Slimer and Stay-Puft (17)

     - Sets (13 images)

     - Logos (9 images)

Storyboards

- Still Storyboards

     - Librarian (14 images)

     - Ghostbusters at the Library (25 images)

     - Bums in Park (7 images)

     - Louis Looking for the Gatekeeper (21 images)

     - Louis Leaving the Apartment (26 images)

     - Molester Ghost (Not in Movie) (13 images)

     - Mink Ghost (Not in Movie) (14 images)

- Split Screen Comparisons

     - Slimer (2:00)

     - Gozer (1:47)

     - Becoming the Gatekeeper (1:52)

Ghostly Gallery

- Stay Puft (15 images)

- Slimer (21 images)

- Building (12 images)

- Dog (18 images)

- Library Ghost (7 images)

- Levitation (6 images)

Bonus Trailer for "Ghostbusters II"

Subtitles: Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hindi, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Swedish & Turkish

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

Picture Format: Anamorphic

TV System: PAL

Soundtrack(s): English Dolby Digital 5.1; German Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround

Case type: Keep Case

Notes: R2. About the audio commentary: You can watch the film with the audio-only portion of the commentary, or you can watch the three participants in silhouette (If you have a widescreen television you have to set your DVD-player to "letterbox/4:3" mode so that it thinks it's playing on a 4:3 TV).