Ghostbusters II (1989) on Netflix
PG19891h 48mComedyFantasySci-Fi
The Ghostbusters are sued, barred from investigating the supernatural and out of work. When Dana Barrett's baby stroller rolls into traffic, she turns to Peter Venkman and his old team.
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The Ghostbusters' battle with Gozer left them sued rather than celebrated, barred from investigating the supernatural and forced into other work. Ray Stantz runs an occult bookstore and entertains at children's parties with Winston Zeddemore, Egon Spengler experiments in a laboratory, and Peter Venkman hosts a television show about psychics. Dana Barrett, Peter's former girlfriend, is divorced and raising her infant son Oscar while restoring artwork at a museum. After Oscar's stroller rolls on its own into a busy intersection, she contacts the team. At the museum where Dana works, a portrait of Vigo the Carpathian, a tyrant and magician from the 16th century, stirs into life and takes control of her boss, Janosz Poha.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Ghostbusters II (1989)
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- David Puttnam announced in April 1987 that Ghostbusters II would go into production that November without telling Ivan Reitman, who had not read the unfinished script. Puttnam was removed from his job that September, partly for alienating Bill Murray, whom he had publicly called "a taker", and Murray's agent Michael Ovitz.
- Following test screenings, Reitman realized the final 25 minutes "just died a horrible death", so he spent four days filming a new 25-minute ending to replace it. Audiences had liked the film but felt Vigo did not present a real challenge and that the victory was too easy.
- Max von Sydow provided the voice of Vigo, completing his recordings in a single day. Von Homburg reportedly only learned his voice had been dubbed while watching the premiere and stormed out; he later said his slurred voice, caused by a split lip, had hindered his acting work.
- The Scoleri brother ghosts, Tony and Nunzio, were inspired by a real pair of brothers who robbed the store belonging to Ramis' father.
- The song "Flesh 'n Blood" by Danny Elfman and Oingo Boingo was written for the film, but Elfman was disappointed that only four musical bars of it were used. He thought the small usage was an excuse to release it on the soundtrack, and said that had he known, he would have pulled the song.
- The Washington Square monster was animated in stop motion by Phil Tippett, who took the job only on condition the effect ran no longer than 160 frames, used an existing model and could be done in one take. He was seriously injured in a car accident during development but kept working and finished on time.
- New York City authorities were so supportive that they let the crew film on Manhattan's Second Avenue during a period when access for forty city blocks was restricted because of the visit of Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union.
