Ghostbusters II Page #16

STANTZ:

This is it. boys. It's starting. Sh*t-storm

2000.

Venkman is doing occupational therapy, weaving on a little hand-loom.

VENKMAN:

It better not start yet. I'm trying to

finish my potholder before lunch.

WINSTON:

You think all those predictions about the

world coming to an end in the 1990s are true?

A PATIENT at the next table joins the discussion.

PATIENT:

(with certainty)

1997. My dog told me.

VENKMAN:

What kind of dog?

PATIENT:

Labrador.

VENKMAN:

(shakes his head)

Habitual liars. They can't help it. It's

in the breed.

CUT TO:

INT. PARKVIEW HOSPITAL - EXAMINING ROOM - DAY (SAME TIME)

Louis is pleading with his cousin, SHERMAN TULLY, a doctor on the staff

at Parkview. He looks and sounds just like Louis.

LOUIS:

Come on, Sherm. You're my cousin. Do this

for me. I'm begging you.

SHERMAN:

I can't do it, Louis. It isn't ethical. I

could lose my license.

LOUIS:

Why can't you just have them released?

You're a doctor.

SHERMAN:

I'm a dermatologist. I can't write orders

on the psych ward.

LOUIS:

Sherman, I've done lots of favors for you.

SHERMAN:

Like what?

LOUIS:

I got you out of those bad tax shelters.

SHERMAN:

You were the one who got me in.

LOUIS:

I fixed you up with Diane Troxler and she

put out, didn't she?

SHERMAN:

Yeah, I had to give her free dermabrasion

for a year. Forget it, Louis. I could get

in a lot of trouble.

LOUIS:

I'm telling you, we're all going to be in

big trouble if we don't do something fast.

That ghost guy came and took my friend's

baby and we got to get it back. It's just

a scared little baby, Sherm.

SHERMAN:

Then you should go to the police. I don't

believe in any of that stuff.

Sherman looks out the window.

EXT. SKY - SHERMAN'S POV

The sky begins to go dark as the sun is magically eclipsed.

INT. EXAMINING ROOM - CONTINUOUS ACTION - DAY

The room goes dark. Louis switches on a lamp which casts an eerie light

on his face.

LOUIS:

(spooky)

Do you believe it now, Sherm?

CUT TO:

EXT. HUDSON RIVER PIER - NIGHT (ECLIPSE)

A drainpipe starts dripping slime into the river near the Cunard Line

docks.

CUT TO:

EXT. PUBLIC FOUNTAIN (59TH AND FIFTH) - NIGHT (ECLIPSE)

With the Plaza Hotel in the background, the fountain starts to spout

psycho-reactive slime.

HOTEL ENTRANCE:

A well-heeled MAN and WOMAN step out of a limousine and walk up the steps

toward the revolving door. She looks up at the sky and frowns.

WOMAN:

(shrewish)

I told you we should have stayed in Palm

Beach. The weather here gets stranger every

year.

MAN:

Yes, dear.

She doesn't notice it, but a small amount of slime falls on the back of

her luxurious, full-length, white mink coat. The doorman nods

courteously and extends a hand to help her up the stairs.

WOMAN:

She yelps in pain.

WOMAN:

(to the doorman)

Something just bit me!

The doorman looks curiously at her, then recoils in shock as her coat

comes alive. MINK HEADS pop out of the thick fur, SNARLING, BARKING and

YAPPING, their sharp, little teeth biting the air. Reacting quickly, the

doorman yanks the coat off the woman's back, throws it to the ground and

starts stomping on it as the Woman and her husband look on in horror.

The coat scuttles down the steps and runs off down the street.

CUT TO:

INT. MIDTOWN CENTRAL POLICE PRECINCT - NIGHT (ECLIPSE)

The squad room is busy as DETECTIVES try to answer the flood of calls

regarding the wave of supernatural events sweeping the city.

DETECTIVE ONE:

(on the phone)

Look, lady, of course there are dead people

there. It's a cemetery ...

(his face falls)

They were asking you for directions?

DETECTIVE TWO:

(on another phone)

Was this a big dinosaur or a little dinosaur?

... Oh, just the skeleton, huh? Well, where

is it now?

DETECTIVE THREE:

(on the phone)

Wait a second -- the park bench was chasing

you? You mean, someone was chasing you in

the park ... No, the bench itself was chasing

you. I see --

A weary SERGEANT answers a RINGING PHONE.

SERGEANT:

Manhattan Central, Flaherty speaking ...

Yeah ... yeah? ... What? Who is this? ...

Wait a second.

He puts the caller on "Hold" and turns the LIEUTENANT.

SERGEANT:

Lieutenant, I think you better talk to this

guy.

LIEUTENANT:

(on another call)

What is it? I'm talkin' here!

SERGEANT:

It's some dock supervisor down at Pier 34

on the Hudson. The guy's going nuts.

LIEUTENANT:

What's the problem?

SERGEANT:

(takes a deep breath)

He says the Titanic just arrived.

INT. PORT AUTHORITY OFFICE - NIGHT (ECLIPSE)

The dock supervisor stands there with the phone in his hand, an assistant

beside him, both staring out the window at the ocean liner tied up at the

pier.

EXT. PIER 34 - THEIR POV - NIGHT (ECLIPSE)

The name "R.M.S. Titanic" is clearly visible on the side of the huge

ship. The gangplank is down and dozens of drowned passengers, sopping

wet and festooned with seaweed, are disembarking while drowned porters

off-load their waterlogged baggage.

CUT TO:

EXT. PARKVIEW HOSPITAL - NIGHT (MOMENTS LATER)(ECLIPSE)

Ecto-2 is parked outside as Louis and Sherman come out of the hospital

with the Ghostbusters, now wearing their standard uniforms.

STANTZ:

Good work, Louis. How did you get us out?

LOUIS:

Oh, I pulled a few strings. I wouldn't want

to say any more than that.

Louis winks conspiratorially at Sherman.

LOUIS:

This is my cousin Sherman. Sherm, say hello

to the Ghostbusters.

(sotto voce to Stantz)

I promised him a ride in the car if he got

you out.

SHERMAN:

(to the Ghostbusters)

Hi, it's really great to meet you guys. I

know this sounds weird but once I had a

dream that my grandfather was standing at

the foot of my bed, but I knew it was

impossible because he died and he started

to tell me that --

While he's talking, the Ghostbusters jump in the Ectomobile and drive

off, leaving him and Louis standing at the curb.

LOUIS:

Hey! Wait! Okay, I'll meet you there.

SHERMAN:

I thought you were like the fifth Ghostbuster.

LOUIS:

I let them handle all the little stuff. I

just come in on the big ones.

CUT TO:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

(original version of the above scene - 11/27/88)

(TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES: These two versions of this scene were put in my

copy of the script, so I have included both of them here)

LOUIS:

Actually, they still think you're crazy, but

I convinced them you're not dangerous.

VENKMAN:

(determined)

Yeah, well guess again.

EXT. BELLEVUE HOSPITAL - NIGHT (ECLIPSE)(MOMENTS LATER)

Ecto-2 is parked outside and the Ghostbusters are hastily donning their

standard uniforms.

LOUIS:

I brought everything you asked for and I

gassed up the car with Super Unleaded. It

cost twenty cents more than Regular Unleaded

but you get much better performance and in

an old car like this that'll end up saving

you money in the long run. I put it on my

credit card, so you can either reimburse me

or I can take it out of petty cash --

Rate this script:4.7 / 3 votes