Some of the dialog was originally written for the Ghostbusters TV commercial, where it would have been said by a troubled family. The boys in gray slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance. When a speeding express train passes by, the spirits hitch a collective ride uptown -- taking over the cars en masse and sending everyone from motormen to muggers fleeing before them. Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic? Winston Zeddemore: What happened? Dr. Egon Spengler charges his proton pack], [Chambermaid enters Hallway/corridor from Hotel Room], Dr. Raymond Stantz: [Dana Barrett has just transformed into a demon]. Sorry, this isn't your lucky day. Winston Zeddemore: Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here. Did you ever report it to anyone? Sleep here. Walter Peck: On Cover B of Ghostbusters Year One Issue #1, Winston's middle name Ramsey appears on the file. We should stay here, tonight. [Venkman snaps back] script may have started as a wild Aykroyd idea, but thanks to his creativity and Ramis and Reitman keeping it grounded, a unique and beloved franchise was born. "Get her!" And would this storage facility be located on these premises? Dr. Raymond Stantz: [becoming suave] Dr. Peter Venkman: Aside from the main premise, one thing that stays the same from script to screen in Ghostbusters are the characters. The wind HOWLS and the vane swivels with an EERIE SQUEAK. [Inspecting Dana's refrigerator for paranormal activity]. HEY, ANYBODY SEEN A GHOST? Remember that? Dr. Peter Venkman: I don't want my face burned off! I'll be in my office. Dr. Peter Venkman: What the HELL are you doing? Wait, wait, wait! Dr. Raymond Stantz: Dr. Peter Venkman: What is it? Ghostbusters by Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd Final Shooting Script October 7, 1983 FADE IN EXT. Dr. Raymond Stantz: Past-life experience intruding on present time. Tell him about the Twinkie. Einstein did his best stuff when he was working as a patent clerk! I gotta split. You're never going to regret this, Ray. The creep down the hall phoned the manager. He starred or was featured in a number of other movies for the next couple decades, including Ghostbusters II. So how can you break put from the pack and get your idea onto the small screen? What was it? So what? Don't move! See, I can get six hundred tablets of that for the same price as three hundred of a name brand. Dr. Peter Venkman: Dr. Egon Spengler: Personally, I liked the university. Dr. Raymond Stantz: Dr. Peter Venkman: Male Student: Dr. Peter Venkman: Dana Barrett: I don't either. I wanna talk to Dana. Dr. Egon Spengler: And you have no place in this department, or this university. Dr. Egon Spengler: Lie down there, relax. This is the sign! Dr. Peter Venkman: My friend, don't be a jerk. There was a space and there was a building or something with flames coming out of it, and there were creatures writhing around, and they were growling and snarling. Dr. Peter Venkman: No, you're being moved off campus. Walter Peck: The Keymaster, while trying to catch the Slimer, the Ghostbusters cause a lot of damage to the hotel with their energy streams, Venkman arrives at 55 Central Park West, a few minutes after Louis was chased out by the demon Vinz Clortho, the Ghostbusters are tiring as they climb twenty-two flights of stairs in their proton packs, Inspecting Dana's refrigerator for paranormal activity, to the library ghost, as Spengler analyzes her with the P.K.E. I don't think you're crazy. [training Winston] Sir, what you had there is what we refer to as a focused, non-terminal, repeating phantasm or a class-five full-roaming vapor. I'm gonna get my stuff. Hotel Manager: That makes good financial sense, good advice Louis: Is it just a mist, or does it have arms and legs? And this explosion is a direct result of it! A loaded trap here open, unlock the system insert the trap release close, lock the system. Try to understand, this a high voltage laser containment system. They gave us money and facilities - we didn't have to produce anything! I don't know where they get these guest conductors. Dr. Raymond Stantz: Are you a God? NOBODY steps on a church in my town. I think this building should be condemned. Dr. Raymond Stantz: Set your entry grid neutronize your field and [Ray pulls a lever and the green light comes on]. I'm gonna go for broke. Hotel Manager: [as he, Peter and Egon leave the hotel, Ray calls out to the witnesses]. As a result, the final film has dialogue that isnt actually in the script, a lot of which does come from Murray. So, what are we doing today, Zuul? This is where we store all the vapors and entities and slimers that we trap. Dr. Raymond Stantz: Interestingly,. Peter Venkman's love interest was an interdimensional woman posing as a beautiful woman. [shouting from the top of a fireman's pole upstairs] Do you know how much a patent clerk earns? Dana Barrett: [a pretty lady goes by. The ghostbusters are locked up but soon released, as the mayor doesnt know how to handle the freed ghosts situation. We certainly can, Dr. Venkman. Have you or your family actually seen a spook, specter or ghost? The ghost is incarcerated here in our custom-made storage facility. Dr. Raymond Stantz: Alleged ghost sightings and related supernatural occurances have been reported across the entire Tri-State area. Dr. Egon Spengler: [they 'stealthily' emerge from behind the bookcase]. Nobody *ever* made them like this! Harold Ramis was an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director. [to librarian Alice] The upcoming film will be a follow-up to 2021's Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which saw the returns of original stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Hudson, Annie Potts, and Sigourney Weaver, while also introducing Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, and Mckenna Grace to the franchise. Winston Zeddemore: Dr. Egon Spengler: [clearing away tables in the dining room to make room for the ghost trap]. Dean Yeager: Actually, it's more of a guideline than a rule [Louis has been possessed by Vinz Clortho a.k.a. Dr. Raymond Stantz: Dr. Raymond Stantz: Today, the entire Eastern Seaboard is alive with talk of incidents of paranormal activity. But most definately wrong. Dr. Raymond Stantz: [gets in Peter's way] They each have distinct personalities, ways of speaking, and approaches to things. These are the blueprints for structural ironwork of Dana Barret's apartment building, and they are very, very strange. While Venkman encounters a possessed Barrett, Egon talks to possessed Louis and realizes theyre both connected to whatever is going on with the apartment. Male Student: [smiles] Dr. Peter Venkman: Einstein did his best stuff when he was working as a patent clerk. Why worry? Dr. Raymond Stantz: Dr. Peter Venkman: Egon pinpointed a small community in northern New Jersey as the likely epicenter of major psychic activity, due to its central proximity to three nuclear power plants and a number of chemical waste storage areas. I want you inside me. Dr. Raymond Stantz: Police Captain: Dr. Peter Venkman: Dr. Raymond Stantz: Dr. Peter Venkman: Hotel Manager: Winston Zeddemore: I feel like the floor of a taxi cab. No, no, NO! Dr. Raymond Stantz: [Ghostbusters fire away at Slimer; chandelier falls to the floor]. I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. Dr. Raymond Stantz: Dr. Peter Venkman: Caption: "5 YEARS LATER". But as Lessons from the Screenplay explains in the video below, Ghostbusters managed to take that simple premise and do something unexpected with it: ground it in reality. Dr. Peter Venkman: I'm studying the effect on negative reinforcement on ESP ability. Louis: Mr. Stay Puft. Just ordered some more vitamins and stuff. Thanks very much, Ray. Dr. Peter Venkman: Master the art of visual storytelling with our FREE video series on directing and filmmaking techniques. Below are some framegrabs taken from the outtake reel found on the 2019 Ghostbusters 1 & 2 4K/Blu-ray set. Well yeah, you know what I did? Spengler is taking PKE readings along the baseboards. Can I talk to Dana? I'm gonna throw up. They gave us money and facilities. Two statues on Barretts apartment building come to life and take over the bodys of both Barrett and her nerdy neighbor, Louis Tully. Dr. Raymond Stantz: Janine, someone with your qualifications would have no trouble finding a top-flight job in either the food service or housekeeping industries. Dr. Peter Venkman: The Ghostbusters commentary and "Making Ghostbusters" explain this was a deleted scene recycled into a dream sequence. [Ray coughs in disbelief] Back off, man. Um, well, eh, I don't know. Venkman is the salesman type guy, Stantz is the enthusiastic one, and Spengler remains stoic and cool. Gozer the Traveler. [to the female student] Not necessarily. You know what it could be? Actually, it's more of a guideline than a rule. Gozer the Gozerian, good evening. I was born there. Dr. Peter Venkman: Dr. Peter Venkman: Dana Barrett: [to Peck] My friend, don't be a jerk! I guess so. I don't think he's human. Dana Barrett: Ray, pretend for a moment that I don't know anything about metallurgy, engineering, or physics, and just tell me what the hell is going on. Dana? Dr. Peter Venkman: Dr. Raymond Stantz: Peter Venkman "Just pick up the phone and call the professionals!" Egon Spengler "Call the." All "Ghostbusters!" Egon Spengler "Serving all your supernatural elimination needs 24 hours a day." All "Ghostbusters! [Aggravated] Dean Yeager: So be good, for goodness sake! We're the Ghostbusters. This is obviously more political in nature, but it ties back to the start a business element that keeps the movie grounded. [ the Ghostbusters draw their handsets ] Dr. Raymond Stantz , Dr. Egon Spengler , Winston Zeddemore : HOLDIN'! Shut these all off! I, I never seen anything like this before. Right. OK? Dr. Raymond Stantz: Hotel Manager: Dr. Peter Venkman: What has that got to do with anything? I did that, I did that That's my fault. Walter Peck: [the ghost transforms horrifically and snarls aggressively. [He pauses, glancing uneasily at the rest of the holding cell crowd]. [dejected; motions the others to move behind a bookcase] levels of organization in a coral reef overnight stocker wegmans pay. The usual stuff isn't working. I climbed on the ledge and tried to disconnect the cable, but I couldn't get in, so you know what I did? Dr. Peter Venkman: Boy, the superintendent's gonna be pissed! Dr. Egon Spengler: [Stops Ray] Before its cinematic release in 1984, the original script for Ghostbusters was written to be very different from the story that audiences are familiar with. That was two days ago and I haven't been back to my apartment. I've always wanted to do this [He yanks a tablecloth off of a table, overturning and shattering everything except the centerpiece in the middle]. Dr. Peter Venkman: [Venkman tries to wipe the slime off of his hand], [Dana, possessed by "The Gatekeeper," answers the door], [She slams the door in his face. It won't hurt you. Louis: We can just put it right back in there. Dr. Peter Venkman: Thanks, Egon. [Ray looks at Peter, who nonchalantly nods yes], [Lightning flies from her fingers, driving the Ghostbusters to the edge of the roof and almost off; people below scream]. Dr. Peter Venkman: Dr. Peter Venkman: You can't park right here! No, we're exterminators. Walter Peck: I'm excited it could work! Did you choose anything? Louis: Dr. Peter Venkman: Dr. Peter Venkman: [to the Mayor] [after being hit by fifty gallons worth of melted marshmallow, screams hysterically] Dr. Egon Spengler: [alone again] [the Ghostbusters are tiring as they climb twenty-two flights of stairs in their proton packs] Janine Melnitz: Some of the other fun quotes from the script include: Ive worked in the private sector. [Louis pants and sniffs, then notices a horse carriage; horse neighs]. We can take it. Just gimme the address Oh sure, they will be totally discreet. ,Dr. Egon Spengler Great, how's it going down there? Dr. Raymond Stantz: [impatiently slaps Peter on the forehead] Let's get ready. Aykroyd then pitched it to director Ivan Reitman, who . That oughta do it. Louis: And there were flames, and I heard a voice say "Zuul"! Dr. Egon Spengler: It just popped in there. Dr. Egon Spengler: Dr Ray Stantz: Female Student: Of course you forget, Peter. This ecto containment system that Spengler and I have in mind is gonna require a load of bread to capitalize. What I'm about to say may sound a little unusual. See ya on the other side, Ray. Okay; sticks? Come in. Just pick up the phone and call the professionals -- Ghostbusters. Dr. Peter Venkman: Dr. Egon Spengler: In the 1990s, Ghostbusters star Dan Aykroyd wrote a script for Ghostbusters 3: Hellbent, which would have seen the team transported to an alternate version of Manhattan calledwait for it . I come home from work to my place and all I have is my work. Hee hee hee! I've only been with the company for a couple of weeks, but these things are real. [interrupting] Woman at Party: How 'bout a little music? Egon, what do you think? There is definitely something here. Dr. Egon Spengler: Aw, don't leave yet. [possessed by Vinz Clortho] Needs some suspension work and shocks. I read a lot myself. What has that got to do with it? What a lovely singing voice you must have. [quickly] Dr. Peter Venkman: Once the Ghostbusters business starts booming, government intervention tries to come in and ruin everything. Dr. Peter Venkman: I won't pay it. Hey! The dead rising from the grave! Dr. Peter Venkman: Ray has gone bye-bye, Egon what've you got left? Dana Barrett: Look, this wasn't here! Walter Peck: Dr. Peter Venkman: We're gonna go full stream. Mother, Father and Kids wave goodbye to the Ghostbusters. Janine Melnitz: This is also a big reason why Ghostbusters was a big hit then and still a big hit now: relatable, down-to-earth characters and solutions going against paranormal and exaggerated problems. [to a policeman] Also new rings, mufflers, a little wiring.