I am pretty sure that, if can -- convincingly -- bring back Peter Cushing, they could do the same for Harold Ramis ... true, it won't be the same, just like it won't be after James Earl Jones, or Peter Cullen have gone, but still ...
There literally would be no purpose for a sane person to stack books like that in that location. So yeah, Peter's sarcasm really doesn't pay off here. Ray had a good point.
CGI ruined the creativity of film makers. You don't get the sensation of something actually being there anymore. Take the ending chase from Terminator 1 for example. Heart-pounding stuff. Trick shots like in this scene are much better. :)
I remember watching a short interview with Harold Ramis and for that specific scene, they had a heavy air blower and an electrician waving a paper plate to cue their reaction time... all I could think was “paper plate of DOOM!”
Really sad. The actress who played the library ghost died shortly after this film was made. Ruth Oliver was a famous astrologer.She was also a writer. You can see behind the scene pictures,of her having makeup put on while she is smiling and laughing. She seemed like a great lady.
This was one of the first VHS cassettes we had. My grandmother paused the film right as the ghost jumped out. I was about 7 and was terrified. (I latter did that to a friend a bit later on.)
If you haven't seen the original, you should watch it and then you'll see why people are so upset, the whole movie is classic! The lines are hilarious as well.
I know right. He was the best to me. He pretty much made the equipment so they could catch ghosts. Now its some one else doing his job?! No, no no no no no no.
Pretty cool apparently @1:35 the book case wasn't supposed to fall, but these comic legends just rolled with it.. thats how ya know you've got real talent working on a film! :)
And this is why this version is superior to the remake. The original focused on ghosts, a horror element and added comedy to it. The remake is grounded in comedy and adds a ghost paint job, in fact from the trailers I don't any sense of suspense at all. Rematch the whole movie and it's shot like a horror film.
you are grossly incorrect. you just dont understand excellence, and the only reason you dont like the vastly improved ghostbusters is because you dont like strong female characters.
I have no idea! I guess maybe they think they could be better writers than Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, they are so wrong. Some of the lines in the remake are stupid funny like..."I don't know if it's a race thing, or a woman thing, but I'm mad as hell right now!" I didn't see that stupid thing though, just from the trailers.
I'm an 80's baby...and the part where the library ghost jumps at them was TERRIFYING to me! The anticipation used to have me peeking through my fingers lol :D
Fun Fact: The falling bookcase was unintentional. It's not know if it fell by itself or if it was caused by disturbance from the crew. The lines are ad-libbed and the scene was left in as an additional element of mystery for the ghost.
You can tell Bill was desperately trying to think of a decent line and looking for Dan Aykroyd to give him a prompt. In the end neither could think of something so Dan left it to Murray to ab-lib with what he had :P. It's great all three actors stayed in character and then tried together to tie the accident into the film.
From a Fun 'Fact' to a less fun truth... the falling bookshelf was in the script to begin with. But the symmetrically stacked tower of books was an idea that director Ivan Reitman had on the way to the set that morning (shot in the basement of a library in LA), and the scene where Venkman first encounters ectoplasm was also added to the scripted scenes as well. This is all detailed on page 28 of the 1985 book Making Ghostbusters by Don Shay, in the margin notes of the script page which details the crashing bookcase. A PDF version can be found at the website SpookCentral. www.theraffon.net/~spookcentral/gb1_book_makinggb.pdf
Yeah, that can't be true. Reason being, cause there was a close up two-shot of Murray and Awkroyd reacting to it. If it all happened in a single shot, I'd be more inclined to believe/agree with you.
thumbs up if u used to cover your face at that demonic looking figure when u were little.Seriously tho that ghost is more scary than most of the horror garbage we get now a days.
+Treena Woods Like the Wheeler’s in Return to Oz, as a kid I could never prepare myself for the Library Ghost scene in Ghostbusters. I used to look away when I knew it was coming.
+Agent1W He's the only one who doesn't have any device with him like Egon has the P.K.E. Meter and Ray has cameras but, they told him to come even though he wasn't interested. Although, Egon told Peter to help by collecting a sample of the ghost slime.
Just found out today that the actress that plays this terrific ghost, Ruth Oliver, is the mother of actress Susan Oliver (who is perhaps most famous for playing 'Vina", the green Orion Slave Girl in the original Star Trek Pilot, "The Cage". Thought that was interesting...
I'm not sure if this is true, but I think I read somewhere that the bookcase falling over was an accident, that one of the crew members accidentally knocked it over and Murray and Aykroyd ad-libbed those lines. Such a funny scene.
Yeah, I read that too. It does seem plausible, which only further shows their acting talents because it was so seamless and actually looked like it was planned for the movie.
+Tony Miller Lol no kidding! He would have gone on a 3 hour rant, swearing at everyone on the set from the director and DP to the delivery guy bringing sandwiches.
Shouldn't the books fall off the shelf as the shelf is falling? It looks as if they're glued in. Somebody call mythbusters. If it had been staged, surely the effect guys would've used real books that would fall off the shelf as the shelf is falling. Just my thought on why I believe it actually was a real accident.
This is why I hate this generation, you're all utter fucking morons. Those are real books and that is a real shelf. They are all glued in place because it's a film prop. It has to be easy to move and quick to set up.
"Listen!...You smell somethin'?" Lol! Everytime I watch this movie, there's always something I've never picked up on before. They don't make comedies like they used to.
Elmer Bernstein wrote such great music for this scene, as well as the rest of the movie! It's a shame that his score for Ghostbusters often gets overlooked because the Ray Parker Jr. theme was so popular...Would not have been the same great film without Elmer's contribution.
You know you’re a hardcore fan when you’re watching this, and quoting the lines even before they’re actually spoken. Harold, I still recall everything that happened the day we lost you, from that morning right up until we got home that afternoon, and I hopped online, only to learn you were gone...it’s been five years now, and it still hurts-honestly, I don’t think there’ll ever be a point where it won’t. I never knew you, never even met you, yet I love and miss you so much it’s insane...rest easy, Spengs-thanks for everything.
The small screen does not do this justice, and this was a kid's movie at a time that effects like this were state of the art. On a big screen, with that build-up, to a kid, this was unbelievably terrifying. What an awesome scene. I still remember having a serious conniption! Also, the filmmakers' craft here was great. They cut immediately to slapstick comedy after the ghost reveal, so that in a theater, you can barely remember what you just saw, and you feel totally whipsawed emotionally. It set the tone for the whole rest of the film: you felt like something terrifying might happen at any moment, but that it would be very brief, which meant both that you could survive it (you wouldn't be too scared for too long) but you needed to pay very close attention so you wouldn't miss details. Very good film making.
1:35 what makes the part special with The book case falling over it was actually not in the script a few crew members knock it over and the line Peter said to Ray and Ray shaking his head was all ad-libs they kept the scene in because it added an extra element of mystery to the atmosphere as to whether it was a natural occurrence, or a malicious act on the part of the ghost for which the soon-to-be Ghostbusters were looking.
"Couldn't have scripted it better".... except it was clearly described in the October 7 1983 final shooting script, which has been in print as part of the book Making Ghostbusters by Don Shay, since 1985. Here's an except from upstairs until they see the ghost for themselves. Notice the ironic part? The symmetrical book stacking and Venkman encountering ectoplasm WERE on-set improvisations thought up by Reitman and the cast, but the falling bookcase was a planned stunt specified in the script: VENKMAN (snaps) Back off, man! I'm a scientist! THE DOOR Spengler sticks his head in. SPENGLER (excited) It's moving! Stantz and Venkman rush out. INT. DEEP IN THE STACKS -- DAY They come slowly down the dark aisle with Spengler leading, taking constant readings. Their faces are lit mainly by the light of their own monitoring and recording equipment. HIGH POV Looking down on them from the spectral point of view. A SPIRAL STAIRCASE One by one, Venkman, Stantz and Spengler come down the tightly winding, old iron staircase. They are scared. Books are strewn all over the floor. [b]A BOOKSHELF The books start to slide forward then the whole shelving unit topples over and almost crushes the team under a ton of books. They jump to safety.[/b] VENKMAN Nice. (out loud) Hello... Spengler looks at his meters and silently points at a dark aisle intersecting the one they're in. The team inches toward it. SPENGLER It's here.
The really odd thing is a year before this Annie Potts was in an episode of Remington Steele, and in once scene she is in a basement library with a ghost.
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2:26-2:46
The comedic timing in this moment is BRILLIANT!
Exactly! Probably won't see brilliance of comedic timing like this in the remake.
@@sportsygirl8 nope.
RIP Harold Ramis your greatly missed!
+Aimee Adesso +1
amen to that
I just recently found out he was the co writer of the Ghostbusters films, so sad he passed away before he could return.
RIP Harold 🙏🏻
I am pretty sure that, if can -- convincingly -- bring back Peter Cushing, they could do the same for Harold Ramis ... true, it won't be the same, just like it won't be after James Earl Jones, or Peter Cullen have gone, but still ...
"You're right. No human being would stack books like this."
Lol one of the best quotes in the movie
me the very next time I enter or volunteer at a library
There literally would be no purpose for a sane person to stack books like that in that location. So yeah, Peter's sarcasm really doesn't pay off here. Ray had a good point.
Rithrius But let's face it; if we saw that in the real world, we'd probably be more inclined to assume first that a living person was responsible
Rithrius LISTEN. do you smell that
2:45; When someone is texting and driving.
Lol
Little late but good man. We need more ppl like you
@@vegasfam little late you mean VERY LATE
@@Miles_Rizzalesz indeed you are right
@@vegasfam yes I knew I was right am always right AND YOUR 5 YEARS LATE lol
Timeless movie, timeless scene. Never gets old! God bless, RIP Harold Ramis!
CGI ruined the creativity of film makers. You don't get the sensation of something actually being there anymore. Take the ending chase from Terminator 1 for example. Heart-pounding stuff. Trick shots like in this scene are much better. :)
Love Egon's expression and how he runs backwards all stiffy when he is running away in terror! 😂😂😂
His first emotion.
The way egon was running backwards was too much lol..lol
Ikr! Never gets old 😂😂😂
it's brilliant
I don’t see egon walking backwards
It looks like Egon is doing the river dance
I remember watching a short interview with Harold Ramis and for that specific scene, they had a heavy air blower and an electrician waving a paper plate to cue their reaction time... all I could think was “paper plate of DOOM!”
"Grab her, that was your master plan Ray?"
Really sad. The actress who played the library ghost died shortly after this film was made. Ruth Oliver was a famous astrologer.She was also a writer. You can see behind the scene pictures,of her having makeup put on while she is smiling and laughing. She seemed like a great lady.
Right... and her only child died two years later...
so now she is a real library ghost...
She saw the script then had a heart attack.
rip harold ramis
You can see her act this scene out in an audition on UA-cam
This Scared The Shit Out Of Me When I Was Little
Tyminatorsongs same
You guys ain't the only ones!!!👻👻💀💀
same
Me too
fr!!
This scared the crap out of me when I was little!
Englishsea24 Me too
+Englishsea24 Yeah me too I used to watch this movie so many times and still makes me love this even the music adds to the effect
The librarian: “Shhhhhh”
You and me both have to watch this movie few times his kids I need a new pair of underwear😨
This was one of the first VHS cassettes we had. My grandmother paused the film right as the ghost jumped out. I was about 7 and was terrified.
(I latter did that to a friend a bit later on.)
0:37 listen.....you smell something? dang it ray
One of the best unnoticed line in the movie!
Unnoticed?! Are you kidding?? We ALL heard it first time dude! :D We're geeks!!
Pissed myself silly when I first watched this as a kid, STILL have to pause it now for the laughter!
That line comes back in the video game. In the kitchen during the 6th level, Winston says that line.
@@assburger6680 look, do you hear something
"Listen.. You smell something?" Has always been one of my favorite lines. So simple and hilarious.
there are gems like that all over the place in the original
Just based on this clip alone, I know why people are so upset with the reboot.
If you haven't seen the original, you should watch it and then you'll see why people are so upset, the whole movie is classic! The lines are hilarious as well.
Yes :(
Alvin Del Rey that and the best one who pretty much made everything died
Cookie Poptarts Yes! Egon is my favorite Ghostbuster and it's sad that Harold Ramis passed away.
I know right. He was the best to me. He pretty much made the equipment so they could catch ghosts. Now its some one else doing his job?! No, no no no no no no.
this movie is my childhood. classic...constantly in movie rotation at home :)
Mine too. I've seen this movie more times than I've seen the sun & I feel no qualms about watching it again and again. It never gets old.
"Come here, Francene." Haha. Love it.
2:36 "would you just come over here for a second, please?" and ear pulling LOL!
Stop that!
The scariness of the librarian ghost adds to the humor. You feel scared and Venkman screwing around is twice as funny.
GET HER!!!
lol
Still funny after decades.
Pretty cool apparently @1:35 the book case wasn't supposed to fall, but these comic legends just rolled with it.. thats how ya know you've got real talent working on a film! :)
Wait? One of the biggest jump scares of the whole movie was an on screen ACCIDENT?
Talk about timing.
sonrouge,
GHOSTS!!!!!
Brother that scene at 1:36 was real the producer didn't planned. Believe it that was real and they don't know why that happens.
"This happened to you before" and rays shake and nod to "first time" was completely improvised? That's pretty damn good.
@@DoubleO88 yes that was real.
And this is why this version is superior to the remake. The original focused on ghosts, a horror element and added comedy to it. The remake is grounded in comedy and adds a ghost paint job, in fact from the trailers I don't any sense of suspense at all.
Rematch the whole movie and it's shot like a horror film.
Agree! this is GBs, accept no substitutes
you are grossly incorrect. you just dont understand excellence, and the only reason you dont like the vastly improved ghostbusters is because you dont like strong female characters.
no human being would stack books like this....why would you reboot this
I use that line even today when talking about boxes at work
I have no idea! I guess maybe they think they could be better writers than Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, they are so wrong. Some of the lines in the remake are stupid funny like..."I don't know if it's a race thing, or a woman thing, but I'm mad as hell right now!" I didn't see that stupid thing though, just from the trailers.
Because money.
No one alive
I'm an 80's baby...and the part where the library ghost jumps at them was TERRIFYING to me! The anticipation used to have me peeking through my fingers lol :D
I wasn't scared.
"GET HER!" XD
Best plan ever :p
Ghost: Raaaaaaaaaargghh!
Mushroom Head AAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHH!!!!D:
@@kimmolaine8069 it's like what did you think was gonna happen??? Lol
Get her? That was your whole plan?
Take a good long look at Murray's face when Ray says "listen... you smell something?.."
Best reaction ever 😂😂😂👍
Fun Fact: The falling bookcase was unintentional. It's not know if it fell by itself or if it was caused by disturbance from the crew. The lines are ad-libbed and the scene was left in as an additional element of mystery for the ghost.
You can tell Bill was desperately trying to think of a decent line and looking for Dan Aykroyd to give him a prompt. In the end neither could think of something so Dan left it to Murray to ab-lib with what he had :P. It's great all three actors stayed in character and then tried together to tie the accident into the film.
From a Fun 'Fact' to a less fun truth... the falling bookshelf was in the script to begin with. But the symmetrically stacked tower of books was an idea that director Ivan Reitman had on the way to the set that morning (shot in the basement of a library in LA), and the scene where Venkman first encounters ectoplasm was also added to the scripted scenes as well. This is all detailed on page 28 of the 1985 book Making Ghostbusters by Don Shay, in the margin notes of the script page which details the crashing bookcase. A PDF version can be found at the website SpookCentral. www.theraffon.net/~spookcentral/gb1_book_makinggb.pdf
Yeah, that can't be true. Reason being, cause there was a close up two-shot of Murray and Awkroyd reacting to it. If it all happened in a single shot, I'd be more inclined to believe/agree with you.
Your unintentional falling bookcase was debunked so stop spreading fake entertainment news!
Here's a fun fact- I farted 5 minutes before writing this.
3:36 - Everyones' reaction if they see the new Ghostbusters movie in the theater.
xD
More like 2:25
Vergil the legendary dark slayer agreed
Runnnnnnn
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I love 2:26 'So whada we do?' Sounds totally clueless haha.
Bill Murray is the greatest!
Talking Donkey
RIP Harold Ramis
1944-2014 gonna miss you egon ;(
Talking Donkey YAS
Serg10 WUT?!😭😭😭
...when hes riding a golfcar in Stockholm on DUI. :D Epic!
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"LISTEN!.... Do you smell something?" lol
thumbs up if u used to cover your face at that demonic looking figure when u were little.Seriously tho that ghost is more scary than most of the horror garbage we get now a days.
+Treena Woods i ran out of the room
+Treena Woods Like the Wheeler’s in Return to Oz, as a kid I could never prepare myself for the Library Ghost scene in Ghostbusters. I used to look away when I knew it was coming.
+Treena Woods yeh I think I actually remember crying at that part.
+Treena Woods I was shocked and a bit scared my first time.
+Treena Woods stop trying to get likes
i was born in 1983, when I was 3-4 this scene always scared the shit outta me lol
+ConcreteSurfer420 But this wasn't a movie made for kids. It's bad enough my dumb big brother allowed me to watch it when i was a kid the first time.
on the big screen in the dark theater is pretty scary. if you notice they set it up perfectly by having them all try to sneak right up to it
Lol...same! The anticipation had me covering my eyes in terror when I was a kid ;-)
Did you at least play The Ghostbusters Video Game and catch the Librarian Ghost?
You was 1 year old at that time. This movie is from 1984.
2:32 I like how Peter's the only one who's not really enthralled as the other two.
+Agent1W He's the only one who doesn't have any device with him like Egon has the P.K.E. Meter and Ray has cameras but, they told him to come even though he wasn't interested. Although, Egon told Peter to help by collecting a sample of the ghost slime.
One of those scenes that i was too scared to watch again as a kid.
...busts into one of the geatest, funkiest, jazziest songs on the soundtrack!!!
I love how you can see the look on Venkman's face at how he really doesn't want to be there:)
best scene and the end with mr. stay puft ready ready get her rahhhhh.
"LISTEN! Do you smell something?"
Crazy good effects for the 80's man.
"Go get her Ray!"
Yep. His sweet revenge. Of course Ray's attempt bore a much more severe response then "Shhhh."
Holy shit, I just realized that. LOL.
Dan at 3:48 makes me hit the floor laughing every freaking time! The facial reaction and way he's holding the camera is priceless! Hahahaha!
one of the best scenes of the movie
"Back off man .. I'm a scientist".
That book case apparently fell of its own accord, they put in their own lines, & they decided to keep it in, worked well with the place being haunted
"LISTEN! Do you smell something?" That line gets me every time.
"LISTEN! You smell something...?"
“Somebody blows their nose and you want to keep it?!?”
I want to analyze it.
I
Eagan, your mucus
If that ghost said "Shh" to me, I'd run the hell out of there or just walk away fast and quietly. LOL.
" Listen. Do you smell something?" Lol. I love this movie.
3:40 Actual footage of me leaving the theatre 10 minutes into the Ghosbusters reboot
Just found out today that the actress that plays this terrific ghost, Ruth Oliver, is the mother of actress Susan Oliver (who is perhaps most famous for playing 'Vina", the green Orion Slave Girl in the original Star Trek Pilot, "The Cage".
Thought that was interesting...
Ghost Trek? I'd watch it.
“Somebody blows their nose and you wanna keep it?”
I'm not sure if this is true, but I think I read somewhere that the bookcase falling over was an accident, that one of the crew members accidentally knocked it over and Murray and Aykroyd ad-libbed those lines. Such a funny scene.
Yeah, I read that too. It does seem plausible, which only further shows their acting talents because it was so seamless and actually looked like it was planned for the movie.
+ct92404 I'd hate to be that crew member if Christain Bale was in this movie
+Tony Miller Lol no kidding! He would have gone on a 3 hour rant, swearing at everyone on the set from the director and DP to the delivery guy bringing sandwiches.
Shouldn't the books fall off the shelf as the shelf is falling? It looks as if they're glued in. Somebody call mythbusters. If it had been staged, surely the effect guys would've used real books that would fall off the shelf as the shelf is falling. Just my thought on why I believe it actually was a real accident.
This is why I hate this generation, you're all utter fucking morons. Those are real books and that is a real shelf. They are all glued in place because it's a film prop. It has to be easy to move and quick to set up.
"Where are you from... originally..."
🤣
"Shhhhh"
Love how Egon and Ray are scared shitless and Peter just keeps a straight face while running away
egon running backwards screaming is hilarious
The ghost transforming and screaming used to scare the crap out of me when i was a kid
"Listen!...You smell somethin'?"
Lol! Everytime I watch this movie, there's always something I've never picked up on before. They don't make comedies like they used to.
Elmer Bernstein wrote such great music for this scene, as well as the rest of the movie! It's a shame that his score for Ghostbusters often gets overlooked because the Ray Parker Jr. theme was so popular...Would not have been the same great film without Elmer's contribution.
Can't say I blame the lady for losing it - I'd be mad enough being interrupted while reading, but if everybody kept calling me "IT," I'd just explode.
Lmao! She scared this shit out of them in return lol
William Craig id see her and walk away....probably crying.
Nah. Is because you have to be quiet in libraries. XD
from what my dad told me, this scene scared me so much that. I ran away screaming. Still kinda scares me.
Were you like 03:36
Edmonton Boy Yes.
Dammit MacCready.
+Mariah B. 3:36 - my reaction to seeing the ghost busters 3 trailer.
+dloverise it's a remake stop calling it 3
dloverise XD
Mariah lol
Who?
i love the "now stay close, stay close, i know it, ready GET HERRR!" :D her face gave me nightmares after that :P
Them terrors from childhood :)
Kimmo Laine Yup, unfortunately Gremlins was also one of them :D
+Kimmo Laine do poltergeists get weak
Jack Hawkins
Im not sure i never asked one :/
somebody blows their nose and you wanna keep it lol
'GET HER!' LOL always gets me
You know you’re a hardcore fan when you’re watching this, and quoting the lines even before they’re actually spoken.
Harold, I still recall everything that happened the day we lost you, from that morning right up until we got home that afternoon, and I hopped online, only to learn you were gone...it’s been five years now, and it still hurts-honestly, I don’t think there’ll ever be a point where it won’t. I never knew you, never even met you, yet I love and miss you so much it’s insane...rest easy, Spengs-thanks for everything.
2:45 When my sister picks up her phone during dinner
Was 24 when this hit the theatres. Paid to see it five times that summer. What a classic.
Bill Murray's performance is legendary.
Ya think, Einstein?
i disagree. ghostbusters 2016 is vastly superior
Just watched the trailer to the new Ghostbusters movie. I needed this to avoid losing faith in all that is good in this world.
"GET HER!" "RRRRRRAAAAAAAARRRRRR!!!" "AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"!
I too feel the effects have lived up pretty well for the time. I also remember seeing this in the cinema with my Dad the first time. Good old days :-D
The Librarian ghost was the only one that the Ghostbusters never captured
I was so terrified of this scene when I was little. I couldn't even watch the movie till the end xD. Ah memories.
3:44 - “Do you see it? What was it?”
Ray: “We’ll get back to you!”
“WHAT?!”
This is why Ghostbusters was always an extraordinary movie
"Listen! You smell something?...."
+juggernaught79
0:42
Watch Murray's face when Ackroyd says that.
+Captain_Hat lol!! Good eye!!
"So what do we do?" XD Peter is like "don't tell you drag me here hunting a ghost without a plan about how to deal with it"
Hehehehehe. "Get her!" That was your whole plan? Get her? ^^
Listen! . . . .you smell something? hahaha
No human being would stack book like this.....
The "listen, you smell something!" Line is always great!
RIP Egon
1:04
"somebody blows their nose and you wanna keep it"
😂😂😂😂
The small screen does not do this justice, and this was a kid's movie at a time that effects like this were state of the art. On a big screen, with that build-up, to a kid, this was unbelievably terrifying. What an awesome scene. I still remember having a serious conniption! Also, the filmmakers' craft here was great. They cut immediately to slapstick comedy after the ghost reveal, so that in a theater, you can barely remember what you just saw, and you feel totally whipsawed emotionally. It set the tone for the whole rest of the film: you felt like something terrifying might happen at any moment, but that it would be very brief, which meant both that you could survive it (you wouldn't be too scared for too long) but you needed to pay very close attention so you wouldn't miss details. Very good film making.
I was prolly 6 or 7 when I first saw this movie and I remember breaking my VCR rewinding this scene so many times
1:35 what makes the part special with
The book case falling over it was actually not in the script a few crew members knock it over and the line Peter said to Ray and Ray shaking his head was all ad-libs they kept the scene in because it added an extra element of mystery to the atmosphere as to whether it was a natural occurrence, or a malicious act on the part of the ghost for which the soon-to-be Ghostbusters were looking.
Lol the book stacking joke. This dry wit is totally lacking in the remake
Please tell me where it says that the remake is required to have dry wit or a sense of humor similar to the original. I eagerly await your answer.
Ghostbusters was always a black comedy, it was not some loud comedy movie with everyone telling jokes and acting stupid, it's subtle and dry.
Agree, this one relied on a script that is smart and well written while the remake's script is unfunny and badly written
@@TheBretchenShow Please tell me how 4 jokes about soup is funny. "I eagerly await your answer"...
"Somebody blows their nose and you want to keep it!?"
"Listen... do you smell something? The best lines are the ones you don't catch until you've seen it a million times.
@ 2:40 hahaha. Classic. Brings back memories as a kid. Never understood why he called him "Francine"
The wall at 1:37 minutes was real. The production didn't planned.
This part had me so weak! I like how Egon run backwards 😂😂💀
This scene made me superscary in 1984 when i was like 8-10 years old and was watching this at a cinema in Stockholm City.
1 of my top 5 childhood movies!!!
Apparently the bookcase fell over of its own accord (possibly disturbed by the crew). Couldn't have scripted it better.
I read that too! Very creepy!
"Couldn't have scripted it better".... except it was clearly described in the October 7 1983 final shooting script, which has been in print as part of the book Making Ghostbusters by Don Shay, since 1985. Here's an except from upstairs until they see the ghost for themselves. Notice the ironic part? The symmetrical book stacking and Venkman encountering ectoplasm WERE on-set improvisations thought up by Reitman and the cast, but the falling bookcase was a planned stunt specified in the script:
VENKMAN
(snaps)
Back off, man! I'm a scientist!
THE DOOR
Spengler sticks his head in.
SPENGLER
(excited)
It's moving!
Stantz and Venkman rush out.
INT. DEEP IN THE STACKS -- DAY
They come slowly down the dark aisle with Spengler leading, taking
constant readings. Their faces are lit mainly by the light of their own
monitoring and recording equipment.
HIGH POV
Looking down on them from the spectral point of view.
A SPIRAL STAIRCASE
One by one, Venkman, Stantz and Spengler come down the tightly winding,
old iron staircase. They are scared. Books are strewn all over the
floor.
[b]A BOOKSHELF
The books start to slide forward then the whole shelving unit topples over
and almost crushes the team under a ton of books. They jump to safety.[/b]
VENKMAN
Nice.
(out loud)
Hello...
Spengler looks at his meters and silently points at a dark aisle
intersecting the one they're in. The team inches toward it.
SPENGLER
It's here.
"This happen to you before? Oh...first time?" Loved Bill Murray's improvisation.
"Listen, you smell something?" Haha!!
OMG that ghost scared the living daylights outta me!
No reboot will ever compare to the original Ghostbusters. Bill Murray cracks me up in every scene.
One of our favorite ghostbusters scenes. Cant wait for the new movie and to see the connections it’s makes to the classic.
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The really odd thing is a year before this Annie Potts was in an episode of Remington Steele, and in once scene she is in a basement library with a ghost.
I love the "Listen! You smell something?" Line. So good.
Ever happen to you before? Oh, first time?