Ghostbusters (1984)
Release: June 8, 1984 | Runtime: 1h 47m | Rating: 7.5
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.
They're here to save the world.
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Main cast
- Bill Murray as Peter Venkman
- Dan Aykroyd as Ray Stantz
- Sigourney Weaver as Dana Barrett
- Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler
- Rick Moranis as Louis Tully
- Annie Potts as Janine Melnitz
- William Atherton as Walter Peck
- Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore
- Slavitza Jovan as Gozer
- David Margulies as Mayor
- Steven Tash as Male Student
- Jennifer Runyon as Female Student
- Michael Ensign as Hotel Manager
- Alice Drummond as Librarian
- Jordan Charney as Dean Yager
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What is Ghostbusters about?
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.
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