Ghostbusters Page #8

COACHMAN:

What an a**hole.

Outside Ghostbusters HQ

POLICE CAPTAIN knocks on door. JANINE answers.

JANINE:

Dropping off or picking up?

POLICE CAPTAIN:

Dropping off.

JANINE:

Just a moment.

EGON comes out with JANINE

POLICE CAPTAIN:

You a Ghostbuster?

EGON:

Yes.

POLICE CAPTAIN:

We picked up this guy, now we don't know what to do with him. Bellevue doesn't want him and I'm afraid to put him in the lock-up. And I know you guys are into this stuff, so I figured we'd check with you.

EGON:

All right.

LOUIS is in the van in a straight jacket.

LOUIS:

Are you the Gatekeeper?

EGON runs a PKE meter over LOUIS and watches the readings climb

EGON:

You'd better bring him inside.

JANINE:

You are so kind to take care of that poor man. You know, you're a real humanitarian.

EGON:

I don't think he's human.

Ghostbusters HQ lab

EGON:

What'd you say your name was?

LOUIS:

Vinz Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer.

JANINE:

looking at LOUIS's wallet

Well, according to this, his name's Louis Tully. Lives on Central Park West. Do you want some coffee, Mr. Tully?

LOUIS:

Do I?

EGON:

Yes, have some.

LOUIS:

Yes, have some.

EGON:

Vinz, you said before you were waiting for a sign. What sign are you waiting for?

LOUIS:

Gozer the Traveler! He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the Rectification of the Vuldronaii, the Traveler came as a large and moving Torb! Then, during the Third Reconciliation of the Last of the Meketrex Supplicants, they chose a new form for him, that of a giant Sloar! Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of a Sloar that day, I can tell you!

JANINE:

Egon?

EGON:

going to JANINE, talking to LOUIS

Excuse me.

JANINE:

There's something very strange about that man...

LOUIS is sniffing a jar of popcorn

Listen, I'm usually very psychic, and I'm have a terrible feeling that something awful is going to happen to you. I'm afraid you're going to die.

EGON holds JANINE in his arms. Phone rings. LOUIS jumps.

EGON:

I'll get it!

Picks up. LOUIS drags the rest of the phone over to him.

Hello? Thanks, I've got it.

DANA's apartment

PETER:

Egon, it's Peter. I have some news from the world of Gozer.

EGON:

over phone

What is it, Peter?

PETER:

I'm here with Dana Barrett. It seems that the Goz' has been putting some moves on my would-be girlfriend!

EGON:

How is she?

PETER:

I think we can get her a guest shot on Wild Kingdom. I just whacked her up with about 300 cc's of thorozine. She's going to take a little nap now. She says she's the Gatekeeper, does that make any sense to you?

Ghostbusters HQ

EGON:

Some. I've just met the Keymaster. He's here with me now.

PETER:

over phone

Oh, wonderful, we have to get these two together.

LOUIS takes a slice of pizza, sniffs it and sticks it on his cheek

EGON:

I think that would be extraordinarily dangerous.

PETER:

Okay, well, hold on to him. I'll be over there in a little while.

EGON:

Good.

LOUIS takes phone from EGON.

Thank you, Vinz.

to JANINE

We have to find Ray. I need him here immediately.

DANA's apartment

DANA lies on her bed, asleep.

PETER:

Bad news, honey. I gotta go to work. Hey, will you stay here in bed until I get back?

kisses her

Brooklyn Bridge

Ecto-1 drives across the bridge. WINSTON drives. RAY is studying blueprints.

WINSTON:

Hey, Ray, do you believe in God?

RAY:

Never met him.

WINSTON:

Yeah, well I do. And I love Jesus's style, you know.

RAY:

... this roof cap is made of a magnesium-tungsten alloy...

WINSTON:

What are you so involved in there?

RAY:

These are the blueprints for the structural ironwork for Dana's apartment building, and they're very, very strange.

WINSTON:

Hey, Ray. Do you remember something in the Bible about the last days, when the dead would rise from the grave?

RAY:

I remember Revelation 7:12. And I looked, as he opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became as black as sackcloth. And the moon became as blood.

WINSTON:

And the seas boiled and the skies fell.

RAY:

Judgment Day.

WINSTON:

Judgment Day.

RAY:

Every ancient religion has its own myth about the end of the world.

WINSTON:

Myth? Ray, has it ever occurred to you that maybe the reason we've been so busy lately is because the dead have been rising from the grave?

long pause

RAY:

shivering

How about a little music?

WINSTON:

Yeah.

Ecto-1 drives onward.

Outside Ghostbusters HQ

Police cars drive up. A man gives PECK a manila folder.

Inside Ghostbusters HQ

PECK enters, with POLICE CAPTAIN and CON EDISON MAN.

PECK:

This way.

JANINE:

Excuse me. Excuse me! Just where do you think you're going?

PECK:

Stand aside, miss, or I'll have you arrested for interfering with a police -

JANINE:

Oh no, hold on! I've seen TV, I know you can't come in here without a writ or warrant or something!

PECK:

brandishing manila folder

Cease and desist all commerce order, seizure of premises and chattels, ban on use of public utilities for unauthorized waste handlers, and a federal entry and inspection order.

he continues on

Basement

EGON:

Vinz, there's one more test I'd like to perform -

JANINE runs down. PECK, POLICE CAPTAIN and CON EDISON MAN follow.

JANINE:

Egon, I tried to stop them! He says they have a warrant.

EGON:

Excuse me, this is private property!

PECK:

pointing out ecto-containment unit

Shut this off. Shut these all off.

EGON:

I'm warning you, turning off these machines would be extremely hazardous.

PECK:

I'll tell you what's hazardous. You're facing federal prosecution for at least half a dozen environmental violations. Now either you shut these beams off or we shut them off for you.

Outside Ghostbusters HQ

A taxi drops PETER off.

Ghostbusters HQ; basement

EGON:

Try to understand. This is a high voltage laser containment system. Simply turning it off would be like dropping a bomb on the city.

PECK:

Don't patronize me! I'm not grotesquely stupid like the people you bilk!

PETER:

coming down stairs

At ease, officer. I'm Peter Venkman. I think there's just been a slight misunderstanding and I wanna to cooperate in any way that I can.

PECK:

Forget it, Venkman! You had your chance to cooperate, but you thought it'd be more fun to insult me. Well, now it is my turn, wise ass.

EGON:

He wants to shut down the protection grid, Peter.

PETER:

You shut that thing down and we are not going to be held responsible for whatever happens.

PECK:

On the contrary! You're going to be held responsible.

PETER:

No! We won't be held responsible!

PECK:

Shut it off!

PETER:

Don't shut it off. I'm warning you.

CON EDISON MAN:

I - I've never seen anything like this before.

PECK:

I'm not interested in your opinion, just shut it off.

PETER:

stopping CON EDISON MAN

My friend, don't be a jerk.

POLICE CAPTAIN:

Step aside!

PECK:

If he does that again, you can shoot him.

POLICE CAPTAIN:

You do your job, pencil neck! Don't tell me how to do mine!

PETER:

Thank you, officer.

PECK:

Shut it off!

PETER starts up stairs. EGON makes an explosion with his fingers in POLICE CAPTAIN's face, mouthing "Boom".

CON ED MAN pulls red lever. Alarms goes off. Lights flash.

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