Ghostbusters II
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| German title | Ghostbusters II | ||
| Original title | Ghostbusters II | ||
| Country of production | United States | ||
| original language | English | ||
| Publishing year | 1989 | ||
| length | 104 minutes | ||
| Age rating | FSK 12 | ||
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| Director | Ivan Reitman | ||
| script |
Harold Ramis Dan Aykroyd |
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| production | Ivan Reitman | ||
| music | Randy Edelman | ||
| camera | Michael Chapman | ||
| cut |
Donn Cambern , Sheldon Kahn |
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Ghostbusters II is an American science fiction comedy directed by Ivan Reitman from 1989 and the sequel to the film Ghostbusters from 1984.
action
The action begins five years after the first part. The Ghostbusters were sued by the city for the destruction caused in the fight against evil and are now banned from doing any other ghost hunter activities. They only appear on children's birthdays, but are only laughed at there.
When the stroller with Dana Barrett's baby rolls uncontrollably across the streets and then suddenly stops on 1st Avenue, there is no logical explanation for it. So Dana turns to the former ghost hunters. Since they are not officially allowed to work, they secretly investigate the case and drill a hole in 1st Avenue disguised as road workers. There they come across an underground flow of slime in the old Van Horne tunnel. However, because they caused a power outage in New York , they end up in court. In the courtroom there is a sample of the slime that reacts to the insults of the judge and suddenly throws out two evil spirits that the judge had sent to the electric chair. In view of the ghosts' threat of vengeance, the judge gives the ghost hunters back their license to hunt ghosts, whereupon they can capture the two ghosts.
Over time, the ghost hunters find that the flow of slime flows directly towards the Museum of Art and is related to the paranormal image of a certain Vigo, an evil prince of the early modern period. Vigo himself controls the museum director who is supposed to steal Dana's child. Vigo needs his body to advance into the 20th century as a ruler. He almost seems to succeed - at New Year the slime closes the museum and wild ghosts chase through the city. The bad thoughts of New Yorkers keep heating up this slime.
In order to destroy Vigo, the ghost hunters develop a positively charged form of slime and use it to spray the Statue of Liberty , which then runs across the city to the Museum of Art in order to mobilize the good thoughts of the New York people. This succeeds, and so they can - with a few detours - ultimately defeat Vigo and save the world.
background
The budget was about US $ 30 million. Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ivan Reitman worked for a lower fee and were given a percentage of the profits of the film. Ghostbusters II opened in American cinemas on June 16, 1989 and set a record for the best three-day result with gross profits of US $ 29.4 million within the first three days, which was broken by Batman a week later . The worldwide box office income was US $ 215.5 million. After its German theatrical release on January 11, 1990, over 2 million viewers saw the film. Some of those involved later expressed their dissatisfaction with Ghostbusters II and the box office results.
development
Bill Murray was against the sequel, but joked that he ended up being waved too much money in the face. He suggested naming the movie "The Last of the Ghostbusters" to make sure there was no third part to follow.
occupation
The boy at the birthday party is Jason Reitman and the girl with the baby dog is Catherine Reitman, the children of the director Ivan Reitman. Dana's baby is portrayed in the film by identical twins William and Henry Deutschendorf, nephews of the singer John Denver . The figure of Vigo is represented by Norbert Grupe (under his pseudonym Wilhelm von Homburg ), but his voice is spoken by Max von Sydow . Cheech Marin plays a dock worker who watches the Titanic come in . Singer Bobby Brown makes a brief guest appearance as the bouncer at Gracie Mansion, the home of the Mayor of New York City. The psychiatrist is played by Bill Murray's older brother Brian Doyle-Murray . Jim Fye was dressed in the costumes of the ghost of Tony Scoleri, the ghost jogger and the Statue of Liberty.
Locations
Filming began on November 28, 1988 in New York . The courthouse is the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse and the museum is the Alexander Hamilton US Custom House . As with the first film, it was shot in Los Angeles . The fictional Van Horne tunnel is based on the Beach Pneumatic Transit . It was only partially installed in its original size on a soundstage in the Burbank Studios and supplemented by a miniature backdrop or matte painting . After 13 weeks (67 days of which in New York) the shooting ended.
mucus
The slime used for the film was non-toxic and edible. Around 150,000 liters were used in one scene, and around 400,000 liters of slime are said to have been used for the entire film. Sigourney Weaver joked at the premiere that Bill Murray didn't get slime because of a contract clause in the film.
music
“On Our Own” by Bobby Brown reached number 2 in the American charts as well as number 4 in Great Britain, 18 in Germany and 22 in Austria. Run-DMC recorded a rap version of the Ghostbusters song for the film .
synchronization
The German dubbing was based on a dubbing book by Arne Elsholtz under his dialogue direction on behalf of Berliner Synchron . In the German version, Dana's baby is called Donald instead of Oscar . Other terms and names have been changed, for example He-Man to Muscle-Man , Egon speaks of a soccer ball instead of a slinky and Peter mentions Michael Jackson instead of Emmylou Harris . In the English original Janosz Poha speaks with a German accent.
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Peter Venkman | Bill Murray | Arne Elsholtz |
| Dr. Raymond "Ray" Stantz | Dan Aykroyd | Thomas Danneberg |
| Dr. Egon Spengler | Harold Ramis | Hubertus Bengsch |
| Winston Zeddemore | Ernie Hudson | Jürgen Kluckert |
| Janine Melnitz | Annie Potts | Philine Peters-Arnolds |
| Dana Barrett | Sigourney Weaver | Hallgard Bruckhaus |
| Louis Tully | Rick Moranis | Michael Nowka |
| Vigo | Wilhelm von Homburg | Helmut Krauss |
| Dr. Janosz Poha | Peter MacNicol | Celso Adrian |
| Judge | Harris Yulin | Friedrich Schoenfelder |
Others
- The Scoleri brothers are based on Tony and Nunzio Scoleri, who once raided Harold Ramis' father Nate's shop.
- Vigo's full name in the film is Vigo von Homburg Deutschendorf , a mixture of the names of the Vigo actor (von Homburg) and the baby actor (Deutschendorf) .
- When Louis and Janine are in Peter's apartment, they see The Lady of Shanghai on TV.
- On the billboards of the cinema, from which the audience screams, is shown the film Cannibal Girls - The film with the warning bell , director Ivan Reitman's third feature film from 1973.
- Eugene Levy played Louis' cousin Sherman Tully, but his appearance was cut from the film.
- In the novels and the comic strip for the film, there are some scenes that were cut out because the authors used the script as a basis while the film was not yet finished.
- In the animated series Futurama (Episode Ghost - Message from Bender ) Fry wants to call the Ghostbusters, but according to the announcement, "the number dialed has been uncool since 1989."
- The film script is mentioned in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory (episode The Lords of the Ring ).
Reviews
"An unimaginative, humorless continuation of the popular anti-ghost story."
“Basically, this garish comic book adventure is a fairly accurate copy of the hugely successful first Ghostbusters film; Elaborate tricks, wit and speed still ensure the corresponding entertainment value. "
Sequels
The animated series The Real Ghostbusters makes reference to the film in some episodes, but plays in its own canon . The plot of Ghostbusters: The Video Game takes place in 1991 and explains, among other things, the origins of the slime and how it got into the subway tunnel. The third film, Ghostbusters: Legacy, will be released in cinemas in March 2021 and will deal with the legacy of Egon Spengler.
media
Blu-ray
Although it was announced by Sony at Comic-Con in 2008 and by Dan Aykroyd via Twitter in 2012 , Ghostbusters II was only released on Blu-ray in 2014 .
- Ghostbusters II Sony Pictures Home Entertainment , September 16, 2014 (USA) / October 16, 2014 (Germany)
DVD
- Ghostbusters 2 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, June 29, 1999 ( region code 1)
- Ghostbusters II Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, October 29, 1999 (region code 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 code 2)
- Ghostbusters 1 & 2. DVD Limited Edition Gift Set Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, October 6, 2009 (region code 1) Including Stay Puft Marshmallow man figure and slime
UMD
- Ghostbusters II Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, June 16, 2009
Laser disc
- Ghostbusters II RCA / Columbia Pictures Home Video, 1989 or 1990
movie theater
The cinema premiere in Germany was on January 11, 1990
VHS
The video premiere in Germany was on August 14, 1990.
TV
The premiere on Free TV was on December 27, 1992 at 9:00 p.m. on Sat.1
Games
- Main article: Ghostbusters games
MC
Carousel published a radio play on the film.
Soundtrack
literature
- Jason Dark / Ed Naha: Ghostbusters II: You're coming back to save the world! The novel for the film (Original title: Ghostbusters II ). German by Marcel Bieger. Bastei-Verlag , Bergisch Gladbach 1990, ISBN 3-404-13242-4
- BB Hiller: Ghostbusters II: The Movie. You're coming back to save the world! (Original title: Ghostbusters II ). German by Ute Thiemann. Bastei-Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 1990, ISBN 3-404-13247-5
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Ghostbusters II . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2011 (PDF; test number: 62 830 V).
- ↑ Record-Busting Opening for 'Ghostbusters II' nytimes.com, archive report from June 20, 1989
- ↑ 'Batman' Sets Record And So Does Hollywood nytimes.com, archive message dated June 27, 1989
- ↑ Ian Spelling: Bill Murray Ain't Afraid of No Ghosts! , in: Starlog magazine (Issue 140, March 1989)
- ↑ Ghostbusters II in the German synchronous file
- ^ Ghostbusters II. In: Lexicon of international films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Ghostbusters II on: cinema.de
- ^ Dan Aykroyd's tweet of March 21, 2012
Web links
- Ghostbusters II in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ghostbusters II at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Ghostbusters II at Metacritic (English)
- Ghostbusters II in the online film database
- Ghostbusters II in the German dubbing file
- Summer of '89 Part 3: The Hundred Million Dollar Disappointment ( Memento from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive )