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In this epsiode Jim is joined by Phil and Paul Higginson from Ghostbusters Ireland as they chatted about Ivan Reitman's 1984 orginal along with the various sequels and reboots within the series and pretty much anything else Ghostbuster-related.

This episode was recorded ahead of their special screening at the Strand Arts Centre in East-Belfast on Sunday 29 October to help raise money for  Heart Children Ireland.

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To close out the year, we are remembering some of those whom we lost in 2022. We've each chosen one person to remember by discussing a project they were associated with. First up, Brad chose Ivan Reitman, producer and director of some of the all-time classic comedies.

We've already covered Ghostbusters, so we're discussing something a little more recent, the Ivan Reitman-produced platonic romantic comedy I Love You, Man starring Paul Rudd, Jason Segal, Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, JK Simmons, Jane Curtin, Jon Favreau, and a host of others! Maybe a somewhat overlooked stone cold classic, are all three hosts in agreement of this movie's brilliance?

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Ghostbusters         (im starting to hate the swedish translation of movies. Now in swedish Ghostbusters is called Ghostleague)

Director: Ivan Riteman

Writers: Dan Aykroyd. Harold Ramis. Rick Moranis(uncredited)

Starring:  

Bill Murrey

Dan Aykroyd

Sigourney Weaver

Harold Ramis

Rick Moranis

Ernie Hudson

Released: June 8, 1984

Budget: $30M ($85,700,096.25M in 2022)

Gross US & Canada $243,578,797M   ($695,824,211.55M in 2022)

Opening weekend US & Canada $13,578,151M in JUN 10, 1984 ($38,788,294.92M in 2022)

Gross worldwide $296,578,797M ($847,227,714.92M in 2022)

Ratings:   IMDb 7.8/10 Rotten Tomatoes 63% 

Metacritic 71% Google Users 86% 

Here cometh thine shiny awards Sire. My Lord Tucker the Wanker second Earl of Wessex. Lord of the Furries. Heir of Lord baldy the one eyed snake wrestler. Protector of Freedom units. Step Sibling with funny feelings down stairs. Entertainer of uncles. Jailor of innocent. Spanker of innocent milk maids and stable boys. The toxic wanker. Big Cheif sitting doughnut. Teepee giver to the great Cornholio. Edgar Allan Poe's shaved muse.

Academy Awards, USA 1985

Nominee

Oscar

Best Effects, Visual Effects

Richard Edlund

John Bruno

Mark Vargo

Chuck Gaspar

Best Music, Original Song

Ray Parker Jr.

For the song "Ghostbusters".

BAFTA Awards 1985

Winner

BAFTA Film Award

Best Original Song

Ray Parker Jr.

For the song "Ghostbusters".

Nominee

BAFTA Film Award

Best Special Visual Effects

Richard Edlund

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 1985

Winner

Saturn Award

Best Fantasy Film

Golden Globes, USA 1985

Nominee

Golden Globe

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical

Bill Murray

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

Ray Parker Jr.

Song: "Ghostbusters"

Golden Screen, Germany 1985

Winner

Golden Screen

Grammy Awards 1985

Nominee

Grammy

Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special

Ray Parker Jr.

Kevin O'Neal

Bobby Alessi

Tom Bailey

Graham Russell

David Foster

Jay Graydon

Diane Warren

Mick Smiley

Elmer Bernstein

Hugo Awards 1985

Nominee

Hugo

Best Dramatic Presentation

Ivan Reitman (director)

Dan Aykroyd (written by)

Harold Ramis (written by)

National Film Preservation Board, USA 2015

Winner

National Film Registry

National Film Preservation Board

Online Film & Television Association 2021

Winner

OFTA Film Hall of Fame

Song

"Ghostbusters"

Online Film & Television Association 2016

Winner

OFTA Film Hall of Fame

Motion Picture

Young Artist Awards 1985

Winner

Young Artist Award

Best Family Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

First Time you saw the movie?

Plot:

After Columbia University parapsychology professors Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler experience their first encounter with a ghost at the New York Public Library, the university dean dismisses the credibility of their paranormal-focused research and fires them. The trio responds by establishing "Ghostbusters", a paranormal investigation and elimination service operating out of a disused firehouse. They develop high-tech nuclear-powered equipment to capture and contain ghosts, although business is initially slow.

After a paranormal encounter in her apartment, cellist Dana Barrett calls the Ghostbusters. She recounts witnessing a demonic dog-like creature in her refrigerator utter a single word: "Zuul". Ray and Egon research Zuul and details of Dana's building while Peter inspects her apartment and unsuccessfully attempts to seduce her. The Ghostbusters are hired to remove a gluttonous ghost, Slimer, from the Sedgewick Hotel. Having failed to properly test their equipment, Egon warns the group that crossing the energy streams of their proton pack weapons could cause a catastrophic explosion. They capture the ghost and deposit it in an ecto-containment unit under the firehouse. Supernatural activity rapidly increases across the city and the Ghostbusters become famous; they hire a fourth member, Winston Zeddemore, to cope with the growing demand.

Suspicious of the Ghostbusters, Environmental Protection Agency inspector Walter Peck asks to evaluate their equipment but Peter rebuffs him. Egon warns that the containment unit is nearing capacity and supernatural energy is surging across the city. Peter meets with Dana and informs her Zuul was a demigod worshipped as a servant to "Gozer the Gozerian", a shapeshifting god of destruction. Upon returning home, she is possessed by Zuul; a similar entity possesses her neighbor, Louis Tully. Peter arrives and finds the possessed Dana/Zuul claiming to be "the Gatekeeper". Louis is brought to Egon by police officers and claims he is "Vinz Clortho, the Keymaster". The Ghostbusters agree to keep the pair separated.

Peck returns with law enforcement and city workers to have the Ghostbusters arrested and their containment unit deactivated, causing an explosion that releases the captured ghosts. Louis/Vinz escapes in the confusion and makes his way to the apartment building to join Dana/Zuul. In jail, Ray and Egon reveal Ivo Shandor, leader of a Gozer-worshipping cult, designed Dana's building to function as an antenna to attract and concentrate spiritual energy to summon Gozer and bring about the apocalypse. Faced with supernatural chaos across the city, the Ghostbusters convince the mayor to release them.

The Ghostbusters travel to the apartment building roof as Dana/Zuul and Louis/Vinz open the gate between dimensions and transform into demonic dogs. Gozer appears as a woman and attacks the Ghostbusters then disappears when they attempt to retaliate. Her disembodied voice demands the Ghostbusters "choose the form of the destructor". Ray inadvertently recalls a beloved corporate mascot from his childhood, and Gozer reappears as a gigantic Stay Puft Marshmallow Man that begins destroying the city. Against his earlier advice, Egon instructs the team to cross their proton energy streams at the dimensional gate. The resulting explosion destroys Gozer's avatar, banishing it back to its dimension, and closes the gateway. The Ghostbusters rescue Dana and Louis from the wreckage and are welcomed on the street as heroes.

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Before the Ghostbusters become established in New York City, they release a commercial to advertise their services. The three original members — Peter Venkman (Bill Murrey), Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd), and Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) — appear on television, with the number 555-2368. During the film’s theatrical release in 1984, Ivan Reritman ran that very same commercial, which allowed people to call in. Callers would hear a pre-recorded message from Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd, who announced that they were unable to answer as they were busy busting ghosts! The number received 1,000 calls every hour, 24 hours a day, for several weeks! Sadly, the line is no longer operational, so if you’re being troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night, or you’re experiencing feelings of dread in your basement or attic, we don’t know what to tell you!

“Ghostbusters” is such an iconic title — so much so, that many fans still haven’t noticed that, following the opening scene in the New York Public Library in the original 1984 film, the title that appears on the screen is actually two words and not one, reading “Ghost Busters”! Before the filmmakers settled on the now iconic title, Dan Aykroyd originally considered the title “Ghost Smashers”, while “Ghostbreakers” was also an option. The sign outside the Ghostbusters fire station in New York even had variations of these titles during production. “Ghostbusters” wasn’t available because of Filmation’s Ghostbusters (1975), an unrelated TV series (there’s also a 1986 cartoon). In the end, Columbia Pictures obtained the rights, while The Real Ghostbusters (1986 — 1991) was so named to distinguish it from the Filmation version.

Despite becoming one of the most iconic characters in the entire Ghostbusters franchise, Slimer is never actually name-dropped in either of the two movies, Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II (1989). However, he was referred to as “Onionhead” by the crew of the original film. The “ugly little spud” wasn’t actually named “Slimer” until the animated show, The Real Ghostbusters, in which he’s part of the team. It’s this that inspired his more friendly cameo in Ghostbusters II, in which he offers Louis Tully (Rick Moranis) a ride in a town car. Slimer isn’t the only ghost in the original movie who isn’t referred to by the name we now know him by Gozer's two minions, Vinz Clortho/the keymaster and Zuul/the gatekeeper are never referred to as "terror dogs", despite the hellhounds now being synonymous with the name.

As well as being called “Onionhead” by the crew members of the original 1984 film, Slimer also went by another name — “The Ghost of John Belushi”, something Dan Aykroyd started. Aykroyd has since confirmed that Slimer was heavily inspired by the late John Belushi. For starters, the green spook’s hankering for food was based on Belushi’s cafeteria scene in National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978). The role of Peter Venkman was originally written for the actor, however, he passed away while Aykroyd was working on the script in early 1984. While there are no direct references to the actor in the film, there are plenty throughout IDW’s Ghostbusters comic book series, some of which even feature Belushi’s character, “Joliet” Jake Blues, from The Blues Brothers (1980), which also stars Dan Aykroyd as Elwood Blues.

Once the Ghostbusters cross the streams, the rift between the two dimensions causes the Marshmallow Man to explode, raining down marshmallow on the unsuspecting New Yorkers below. But getting that amount of actual marshmallows to dump on the film’s extras was implausible. Instead, Edlund’s team collected 500-gallon batches of shaving cream to substitute for the remnants of Mr. Stay-Puft. William Atherton, who played EPA villain Walter Peck, was skeptical about having such a large amount of heavy cream dropped on him, so they tested the idea on a stuntman using only 75 pounds, and it knocked him to the ground. The stuntman was okay, and another smaller batch was collected to dump on Atherton for the final take in the film.

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2 T2

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5 Color out of space

Chris:

1. sandlots

2. T2

3. trick r treat

4. rocky horror picture show

5. hubie halloween

Trey:

1) Boondocks Saints

2) Mail Order Brides

3) Tombstone

4) Very bad things

5) She out of my league

Tucker:

1. T2

2: Tombstone

3: My Cousin Vinny

4: Ghostbusters

5: Scream

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Episode 21 - Ghostbusters was the movie that created a revolution, the song, the merchandise, it was just a complete juggernaut. Three scientists start the very first paranormal investigation agency, The Ghostbusters after being kicked out of their University. They proceed to take New York City by storm capturing ghosts as well as the hearts of the public, but something sinister is brewing and our heroes are the only people that can save the city.
With an all star cast including - Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis this is ad lib film making at its finest.
The BTW team have been looking forward to discussing this movie since the start of the podcast and the boys don't hold back. Dan is back from his trip to the USA to push for admission to the Academy, will he have some travel stories that exactly no one will be excited to hear.
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From GHOSTBUSTERS to the movie Willow, actress and character performer ROBIN SHELBY has been a part of some of the largest franchises in cinema history. She is best known for her role as "Slimer" in Ghostbusters 2 and was the voice of "Lady Slimer" in Ghostbusters 3.  This is a fun episode where we learn what it takes to be a character performer at the most famous visual effects studio in the world. George Lucas (Star Wars) very own Industrial Light & Magic.  And what it was like to work on a movie directed by the late great Ivan Reitman, as well as a cool Bill Murray story.  For all the ghostbusters fans out there we also talk about a little known deleted scene between Slimer and Rick Moranis character "Louis Tully".

In this week's episode of SIDEBOOB CINEMA the gang review the Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy "Junior" [1994]. It's the last film in their "Baby Boom" series. Has Jon's soon to be lactating wife Katie learned anything from seeing a man go through pregnancy? Tune in to find out!

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FILM REVIEW: JUNIOR; A Sex-Defying 'What If,' Taken to Full Term – New York Times:

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In this week's episode of SIDEBOOB CINEMA the gang review two classic Bill Murray films "Stripes" [1981] and "Meatballs" [1979].

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Who ya gonna call? J.J. Hodges! We discuss an underrated '80s movie sequel, Ghostbusters II.  We cover behind-the-scenes stories, pros, cons, and, of course, the sequel test.

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In this week’s episode of the AIPT Movies podcast, Alex, Tim, and Matt discuss the latest attempt to capture a new audience while simultaneously feeding on the nostalgia of an older audience, Ghostbusters: Afterlife! Is this the “Force Awakens” of the Ghostbusters franchise? Exactly how much time do we spend gushing over Paul Rudd? Also, Alex insisted on playing the lead in his movie Ninja 4: Into the NinjaVerse, but is he capable of meeting the physical demands of the role? Listen now to find out!

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Today in our Disney Detective, Inspiring Black Youth through Imagineering plus Disney is in the community building business again

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And as always we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week

Episode 206 For Ivan: This week we pay tribute to Ivan Reitman, his work and how he influenced our lives growing up.  We have the fabulous Papa's Pilar 24 and talk about missing last week's episode due to dental work.  

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