Ghostbusters II Page #17

Synopsis: After saving New York City from a ghost attack, the Ghostbusters -- a team of spirit exterminators -- is disbanded for demolishing parts of the city during the battle. But when Ghostbuster Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) learns that spirits have taken an interest in his son, the men launch a rogue ghost-chasing mission. The quest quickly goes awry, landing them in court. But when the ghosts turn on the judge, he issues an order allowing the Ghostbusters to get back to work.
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
56
Rotten Tomatoes:
53%
PG
Year:
1989
108 min
688 Views


While he's talking, the Ghostbusters jump in the Ecto-2 and drive

off without him.

LOUIS:

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

CUT TO:

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EXT. MUSEUM - NIGHT (ECLIPSE)(LATER)

ECTO-2 pulls to the curb across the street from the museum. Hundreds of

spectators are already there gawking at the building as the Ghostbusters

jump out and gape at the sight that greets them.

EXT. MUSEUM THEIR POV - BUILDING

The building is now totally covered in a shell of psycho-reactive slime.

CITY WORKMEN and FIREMEN are trying to cut their way in with blowtorches,

jackhammers, power tools and the "jaws of life," but they can't even make

a dent.

GHOSTBUSTERS:

They size up the situation as they don their proton packs.

STANTZ:

It looks like a giant Jello mold.

VENKMAN:

I hate Jello.

They stride manfully across the street and approach the main entrance to

the museum.

STANTZ:

(to the Fire Captain)

Okay, give it a rest, Captain. We'll take

it from here.

FIRE CAPTAIN:

(skeptical)

Be my guest. We been cutting here for three

hours. What the hell's going on? You know

the Titanic arrived this morning?

VENKMAN:

Well, better late than never.

The workmen and firemen put down their tools and fall back as the

Ghostbusters draw their particle throwers.

SPENGLER:

(monitoring valences)

Full neutronas, maser assist.

They adjust their settings and prepare to fire.

STANTZ:

Throw 'em!

They trigger their throwers and spray the front doors of the building

with bolts of proton energy, but it has no effect on the hardened slime.

VENKMAN:

(to the firemen)

Okay, who knows "Cumbaya?"

A few of the firemen and workmen tentatively raise their hands. Venkman

grabs them and lines them up at the entrance of the museum.

VENKMAN:

All right. Nice and sweet --

(starts singing)

Cumbaya, milord, cumbaya --

Stantz, Spengler, Winston and the firemen sing along, reluctantly holding

hands and swaying to the music.

ALL:

(singing)

Cumbaya, milord, cumbaya, Cumbaya, milord,

cumbaya, Oh, Lord, cumbaya.

Stantz inspects the wall of slime with his infra-goggles and finds that

they have only managed to open a hole the size of a dime.

STANTZ:

Forget it. The Vienna Boys Choir couldn't

get through this stuff.

VENKMAN:

Good effort. Now what? Should we say

supportive, nurturing things to it, Ray?

SPENGLER:

It won't work. There's no way we could

generate enough positive energy to crack

that shell.

STANTZ:

I can't believe things have gotten so bad

in this city that there's no way back.

Sure, it's crowded, it's dirty, it's noisy.

And there are too many people who'd just as

soon step on your face as look at you. But

there've got to be a few sparks of sweet

humanity left in this burned-out burg. We

just have to mobilize it.

SPENGLER:

We need something that everyone can get

behind, a symbol --

His eyes fall on ECTO-2's New York State license plate which features a

line drawing of the Statue of Liberty.

STANTZ:

(he sees it, too)

Something that appeals to the best in each

and every one of us --

SPENGLER:

Something good --

VENKMAN:

And pure --

WINSTON:

And decent.

EXT. THE STREET - NIGHT (SAME TIME)

There is a commotion among the crowd as the Mayor's limousine arrives

with a police escort. Jack Hardemeyer steps out followed by the Mayor

himself and they cross to the museum entrance.

Hardemeyer, his ASSISTANT and several police BODYGUARDS confront the

Ghostbusters.

HARDEMEYER:

Look, I've had it with you. Get your stuff

together, get back in that clown car and get

out of here. This is a city matter and

everything's under control.

VENKMAN:

Oh, you think so? Well, I've got news for

you. You've got Dracula's brother-in-law

in there and he's got my girlfriend and her

kid. Around about midnight tonight, when

you're partying uptown, this guy's going to

come to life and start doing amateur head

transplants. And that's just round one.

MAYOR:

Are you telling me there're people trapped

in there?

HARDEMEYER:

(to his assistant)

This is dynamite. Call A.P., U.P.I., and

C.N.N. and get them down here right away.

When the police bring this kid out I want

them to hand it right to the mayor and I

want it all on camera.

STANTZ:

Mr. Mayor, if we don't do something by

midnight, you're going to go down in history

as the man who let New York get sucked down

into the tenth level of hell.

The Mayor stops to consider the situation.

MAYOR:

(to the Fire Captain)

Can you get into that museum?

FIRE CAPTAIN:

If I had a nuclear warhead, maybe.

The Mayor turns to Venkman.

MAYOR:

You know why all these things are happening?

VENKMAN:

We tried to tell you last night, but Mr.

Hard-On over here packed us off to the loony

bin.

Hardemeyer flips out.

HARDEMEYER:

This is preposterous! You can't seriously

believe all this mumbo-jumbo! It's the

Twentieth Century, for crying out loud!

(viciously, to Venkman)

Look, mister, I don't know what this stuff

is or how you got it all over the museum,

but you better get it off and I mean right

now!

He pounds the wall of slime with his fist, and they all watch in

amazement as his fist goes through the wall and he is sucked bodily

through the slime curtain. Only his shoes can be seen, embedded in the

slime.

MAYOR:

(to Venkman)

Okay, just tell me what you need.

CUT TO:

EXT. LIBERTY ISLAND (NEW YORK HARBOR) - NIGHT

With the city skyline in the b.g., the Ghostbusters prepare their

equipment. Each of them dons a makeshift backpack consisting of tanks,

hoses, nozzles and an abundance of gauges, valves and regulators.

Venkman looks up at the Statue of Liberty looming above them.

VENKMAN:

Kind of makes you wonder, doesn't it?

WINSTON:

Wonder what?

VENKMAN:

If she's naked under that toga. She's

French, you know.

SPENGLER:

There's nothing under that toga but 300 tons

of iron and steel.

Stantz is looking worried.

STANTZ:

I hope we have enough stuff to do the job.

VENKMAN:

Only one way to find out.

(to Stantz)

Ready, Teddy?

They enter the statue.

CUT TO:

INT. STATUE OF LIBERTY - MOMENTS LATER

The Ghostbusters are working from the iron staircase that spirals

straight up 100 feet inside the hollow super-structure of the statue.

Spengler and Winston are busy assembling hundreds of wires connected to

various relays on the interior surface of the statue. Venkman and Stantz

are mounting large auditorium loudspeakers near the top of the staircase.

They finish the installation, then Stantz dons one of the new backpacks

and gives the order.

STANTZ:

Okay, boys. Let's frost it.

They begin hosing the inside of the statue with the psycho-reactive

slime.

CUT TO:

INT. FIREHOUSE - NIGHT (SAME TIME)

Janine watches as Louis, wearing a Ghostbuster uniform, slings a heavy

proton pack onto his back.

JANINE:

I'm not sure this is such a good idea? Do

they know you're doing this?

LOUIS:

Oh, yeah, sure -- no. But there's really

not much to do here and they might need

some back-up at the museum.

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Harold Ramis

Harold Allen Ramis (November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014) was an American actor, director, writer, and comedian. His best-known film acting roles were as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989) and Russell Ziskey in Stripes (1981); he also co-wrote those films. As a writer-director, his films include the comedies Caddyshack (1980), National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Groundhog Day (1993), and Analyze This (1999). Ramis was the original head writer of the television series SCTV, on which he also performed, and he was one of three screenwriters of the film National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). more…

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