Ghostbusters II

EXT. MANHATTAN ISLAND - DAY

A high AERIAL SHOT of the island features the Statue of Liberty

prominently in the foreground then TRAVELS ACROSS the harbor, OVER the

Battery and Lower Manhattan to Greenwich Village.

EXT. EAST 77TH STREET - DAY

A car is being hoisted up by a municipal tow truck while its owner is

having a terrible screaming arguement with a parking enforcement officer.

DANA BARRETT comes home pushing a baby buggy, struggling with two full

bags of groceries, and trying to dig her keys out of her purse. The

building superintendent FRANK, sees her struggling but pretends not to

notice.

DANA:

(exasperated)

Frank, do you think you could give me a hand

with these bags?

FRANK:

I'm not a doorman, Miss Barrett. I'm a

building superintendent.

DANA:

You're also a human being, Frank.

FRANK:

(reluctantly going to help)

Okay, okay. It's not my job, but what the

hell. I'll do you a favor. He takes the

grocery bags from her.

DANA:

(setting the wheel brakes on

the buggy)

Thank you, Frank. I'll get the hang of this

eventually.

She continues digging in her purse while Frank leans over the buggy and

makes funny faces at the baby, OSCAR, a very cute nine-month old boy.

FRANK:

(to the baby)

Hiya, Oscar. What do you say, slugger?

FRANK:

(to Dana)

That's a good-looking kid you got there, Ms.

Barrett.

DANA:

(finding her keys)

Thank you, Frank. Oh, are you ever going to

fix the radiator in my bedroom? I asked you

last week.

FRANK:

Didn't I do it?

BABY BUGGY:

It starts to vibrate as if shaken by an unseen hand.

EXT. EAST 77TH STREET - BABY - DAY

He GURGLES with delight at the movement.

EXT. EAST 77TH STREET - DANA AND FRANK - DAY

Neither of them notice the movement of the carriage.

DANA:

No, you didn't, Frank.

FRANK:

Okay, that's no problem.

DANA:

That's exactly what you said last week.

BUGGY WHEELS:

The brakes unlock themselves.

DANA:

She reaches for the handlebar of the buggy, but the buggy rolls forward

just out of her reach and stops. Surprised by the movement, she reaches

for the handlebar again, but this time the buggy rolls away even

further. Alarmed now, Dana hurries after it, but the buggy keeps

rolling down the street at ever increasing speed.

SIDEWALK:

Dana chases the buggy down the street, shouting to passing pedestrians

for help, but every time someone reaches out to stop it, the buggy

swerves and continues unchecked.

INTERSECTION:

Cars, trucks, and buses speed by in both directions as the buggy races

toward the corner.

DANA:

She puts her head down and sprints after the buggy like an Olympian.

EXT. EAST 77TH STREET - INTERSECTION - DAY

A city bus is on a collision course with the speeding baby buggy.

BUGGY:

It careens toward the corner.

EXT. EAST 77TH STREET - BABY - DAY

Its eyes are wide open with excitement.

EXT. EAST 77TH STREET - INTERSECTION - DAY

Bus and buggy are closing fast as the buggy bounces over the curb and

into the crosswalk.

BUS:

The bus driver reacts in helpless horror as he sees the buggy enter the

intersection at high speed.

BUGGY:

It comes to a dead stop right in the middle of the street. The bus

continues missing the buggy by inches.

INTERSECTION:

Cars and trucks swerve and hit their brakes as Dana runs into the

intersection and snatches up the baby. She hugs it close, deeply

relieved, then looks at the buggy with the dawning awareness that the

supernatural has re-entered her life.

CUT TO:

EXT. UPPER WEST SIDE - NEW YORK CITY STREET - GHOSTBUSTERS LOGO - DAY

THEME MUSIC kicks in strongly as we see the familiar "No Ghosts" symbol

and PULL BACK to reveal that it's painted on the side of Ecto-1, the

Ghostbusters' emergency vehicle, which is speeding up Broadway on the

Upper West Side. RAY STANTZ is driving and WINSTON ZEDDEMORE is riding

shotgun.

EXT. WEST 77TH STREET - DAY (MOMENTS LATER)

The Ectomobile pulls up in front of a carefully-restored brownstone.

Stantz and Winston, wearing their official Ghostbuster uniforms, jump

out of the old ambulance, shoulder their proton packs and enter the

house.

INT. BROWNSTONE - DAY (CONTINUOUS ACTION)

A WOMAN greets them and leads them through the expensively-furnished

house.

STANTZ:

(all business)

How many of them are there, ma'am?

WOMAN:

Fourteen. They're in the back. I hope you can

handle them. It's been like a nightmare.

WINSTON:

How big are they?

She holds her hand out indicating about four feet.

WINSTON:

(resolute)

We'll do our best, ma'am.

WOMAN:

They're right out here.

She leads them to a set of French doors that open into another room.

Stantz and Winston pause to make final adjustments to their equipment.

STANTZ:

Ready?

WINSTON:

I'm ready.

STANTZ:

Then let's do it.

He pushes through the French doors and they step into the room.

INT. BROWNSTONE - DAY (CONTINUOUS ACTION)

They are immediately attacked by fourteen or fifteen screaming KIDS

between the ages of seven and ten.

KIDS:

(disappointed)

Ghostbusters!! Boooo!!

Tables are set with party favors, ice cream and birthday cake and the

room is strewn with discarded toys and games. A couple of weary parents

sink onto lawn chairs as Stantz and Winston take over the party.

WINSTON:

(trying his best)

How you doin', kids?

LITTLE BOY:

(nasty)

I though we were having He-Man.

STANTZ:

He-Man couldn't make it today. That's why

we're here.

BOY:

My dad says you're full of crap.

STANTZ:

(stopped cold)

Well, a lot of people have trouble believing

in the paranormal.

BOY:

No, he just says you're full of crap and that's

why you went out of business.

He kicks Stantz in the leg. Stantz grabs him by the shirtfront.

STANTZ:

(low and menacing)

I'm watching you.

(to Winston)

Song.

Winston switches on a tiny TAPE RECORDER which starts PLAYING the

Ghostbusters THEME SONG. Stantz and WInston start singing

STANTZ AND WINSTON

'There's something wrong in the neighborhood.

Who you gonna call?'

KIDS:

(all together)

He-Man!!

CUT TO:

EXT. WEST 77TH STREET - DAY (LATER)

Stantz and Winston wearily load their equipment into the Ectomobile.

WINSTON:

That's it, Ray. I've had it. No more parties.

I'm tired of taking abuse from over-privileged

nine-year-olds.

STANTZ:

Come on, Winston. We can't quit now. The

holidays are coming up. It's our best season.

They get in the car

INT. ECTO-1 - DAY (CONTINUOUS ACTION)

Stantz tries to start the car, but the engine won't turn over.

WINSTON:

Give it up, Ray. You're living in the past.

Ghostbusters doesn't exist anymore. In a year

these kids won't even remember who we are.

STANTZ:

(tries to start the car again)

Ungrateful little Yuppie larvae. After all we

did for this city.

WINSTON:

Yeah, what did we do, Ray? The last real job

we had we bubbled up a hundred foot marshmallow

man and blew the top three floors off an uptown

highrise.

STANTZ:

Yeah, but what a ride. You can't make a

hamburger without chopping up a cow.

He turns the key again, the ENGING TURNS OVER, then starts GRINDING and

CLUNKING disastrously, chewing up vital parts and dropping twisted bits

of metal onto the pavement. Finally, with a BLAST of black sooty

exhaust from the tailpipe, Ecto-1 shudders and dies. Frustrated, Stantz

bangs his head lightly on the steering wheel

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