Movies / Ghostbusters II (1989)
Runtime: 108 min
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi
Languages: English
Countries: USA
Ivan Reitman's sequel to the phenomenally successful Ghostbusters is looser and more self-assured than the original. The film opens with a title reading "Five Years Later" and finds the ghostbusters living in hard times. A restraining order has forbidden the boys to partake in paranormal warfare, and as a result they have had to seek other lines of work. Ray (Dan Aykroyd) and Winston (Ernie Hudson) spend their time performing at children's' birthday parties, and Egon (Harold Ramis) is busy conducting experiments investigating the effect of human emotions on the environment, leaving ghostbusting behind. Venkman (Bill Murray) and Dana (Sigourney Weaver) have split up. Venkman now hosts a local cable show called "The World of the Psychic." Dana, now divorced and the mother of a little baby named Oscar, works as an art restorer in a museum -- and this is where the plot kicks in. While Dana is restoring a portrait of a 16th-century tyrant by the name of Vigo the Carpathian, the portrait becomes hexed. The evil Vigo wants to return to life by taking over the body of Dana's little child. Vigo has enlisted Dana's boss, Janosz Poha (Peter MacNicol), to compel Dana to cooperate. Soon dirty sludge and slime flow through the streets of Manhattan, and the ghostbusters have to reunite to save the city from a funky paranormal evil. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
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Directors (1) | Credit |
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Ivan Reitman | ... |
Writers (2) | Credit |
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Dan Aykroyd | (written by) |
Harold Ramis | (written by) and |
Composers (1) | Credit |
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Randy Edelman | ... |
Editors (2) | Credit |
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Donn Cambern | ... |
Sheldon Kahn | ... |
Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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Michael Chapman | ... |
Actors (63) | Credit |
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Aaron Lustig | Norman the Producer |
Alex Zimmerman | Detective #3 |
Angelo Dimascio | Restaurant Cop #2 (as Angelo Di Mascio) |
Annie Potts | Janine Melnitz |
Ben Stein | Public Works Official |
Bill Murray | Dr. Peter Venkman |
Bobby Brown | Mayor's Doorman (as Bobby Baresford Brown) |
Brian Doyle-Murray | Psychiatrist (as Brian Doyle Murray) |
Catherine Reitman | Girl with Puppy |
Cheech Marin | Dock Supervisor |
Chloe Webb | Elaine (uncredited) |
Christopher Neame | Maitre D' |
Christopher VillaseƱor | Brownstone Boy #1 |
Cibby Danyla | Jason's Mom (uncredited) |
Dan Aykroyd | Dr. Raymond Stantz |
Dave Florek | First Cop |
David Margulies | Mayor Lenny |
Donna Guidry | Art Restoration Student (uncredited) |
Douglas Seale | Plaza Hotel Man |
Erik Holland | Fire Commissioner |
Ernie Hudson | Winston Zeddemore |
Eugene Levy | Sherman Tully (scenes deleted) |
George G. Colucci | Man in Cab (uncredited) |
George P. Wilbur | Bailiff (as George Wilbur) |
Harold Ramis | Dr. Egon Spengler |
Harris Yulin | Judge Stephen 'The Hammer' Wexler |
Henry J. Deutschendorf II | Baby Oscar (as Hank Deutschendorf) |
Ira S. Rosenstein | Stage Manager (uncredited) |
Ivan Reitman | Man Walking Outside Firehouse / Slimer (voice) (uncredited) |
Janet Margolin | The Prosecutor |
Jason Reitman | Brownstone Boy #2 |
John Hammil | Detective #1 |
Judy Ovitz | Slimed Restaurant Patron |
Kariim Ratcliff | Crowd Member (uncredited) |
Kevin Dunn | Milton Angland (uncredited) |
Kurt Fuller | Jack Hardemeyer |
Louise Troy | Woman with Fur Coat |
Mark Schneider | Arguing Couple |
Mary Ellen Trainor | Brownstone Mother |
Max von Sydow | Vigo (voice) (uncredited) |
Michael P. Moran | Frank, the Doorman |
Mordecai Lawner | Man with a Ticket |
Olivia Ward | Meter Maid |
Page Leong | Spengler's Assistant |
Peter MacNicol | Dr. Janosz Poha |
Peter Papageorgiou | Spectator (uncredited) |
Philip Baker Hall | Police Commissioner |
Ralph Monaco | Police Sergeant |
Ray Glanzmann | Detective #2 |
Richard Foronjy | Con Ed Supervisor Fianella |
Rick Moranis | Louis Tully |
Robert Alan Beuth | Store Manager |
Ron Cummins | Police Lieutenant |
Sharon Kramer | Stenographer |
Sigourney Weaver | Dana Barrett |
Steve Baker | Telephone Man (uncredited) |
Susan Boehm | Young Woman on Crutches |
Tom Dugan | Restaurant Cop #1 |
Valery Pappas | Arguing Couple |
Walter Flanagan | Rudy, the Museum Guard |
Wilhelm von Homburg | Vigo |
William T. Deutschendorf | Baby Oscar (as Will Deutschendorf) |
Yvette Cruise | Maria, Dana's Maid |