Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters is an American feature film of the comedy and supernatural fantasy genres. It was directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, who also star in the picture. Another actor, Rick Moranis, was also a contributing writer, but was uncredited in this capacity. The film was produced by Columbia Pictures and released theatrically in the United States on June 8th, 1984.

Ghostbusters stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis as Doctors Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz and Egon Spengler (respectively, three parapsychology students who suddenly have their funding pulled and now seek a way to garner further income. Through their experiences and skill sets, they open up their own business as professional ghost hunters. They are joined by Winston Zeddmore (played by Ernie Hudson) and a secretary named Janine Melnitz (played by Annie Potts). Their first client is a woman named Dana Barrett, whom Doctor Venkman develops an attachment for. Though initially dismissive of Miss Barrett's ghostly troubles, the team must pull together to prevent the Sumerian God of Destruction, Gozer the Gozerian, from entering the world and ruining everyone's day.

Ghostbusters was an instant runaway hit and smash success, earning several Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. It is considered a pinnacle of 1980s comedic cinema and has been immortalized through it's memorable title soundtrack score, "Ghostbusters", by Ray Parker, Jr., which introduced the world to now-iconic phrases such as "Who you gonna call?", and, "I ain't afraid of no ghosts".

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