Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters is a 1984 comedy movie directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, and Sigourney Weaver. It is widely regarded as one of the best comedies ever made, and made "Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!" a joking universal response to the phrase "Who are you going to call?"

Synopsis

The film centers on Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Dr. Raymond Stantz (Dan Aykroyd), and Dr. Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), three retired university parnormal professors who set up a professional ghost removal service in Manhattan. In the film, the Ghostbusters discover that the refrigerator in the apartment room of one Dana Barrett has become a portal to hell. After that incident, they discover the fictional Sumerian god Gozer is planning on destroying the world, similar to a passage in the Book of Revelation, Chapter 7, Verse 16. With the help of a new recruit, Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson) the Ghostbusters work to save New York City and the world from an apocalypse.

Legacy

The film was followed by a sequel in 1989, and had a cartoon series that premiered in 1987 called The Real Ghostbusters. A new Ghostbusters video game is coming to the Wii in late 2008.