22 Interesting Facts About The Ghost Busters
A few things you might not have known about the film.
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1. Bill Murray only agreed to star in Ghostbusters because they offered to remake The Razor’s Edge with him as the star.
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2. Bill Murray’s Role was originally written for John Belushi, but he died while the script was being written.
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3. Ghostbusters was Larry King’s film debut.
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4. Both Chevy Chase and Michael Keaton turned down the role of Dr. Peter Venkman, which was played by Bill Murray.
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5. John Candy and Eddie Murphy also turned down starring roles.
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6. The film was originally titled Ghost Smashers. Director Ivan Reitman called it “the telephone book” because of how long the first draft was.
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7. The Ghostbusters firehouse headquarters was remodeled as the mechanic shop in The Mask.
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8. To show its massive size, the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man was originally supposed to come out of the water next to the Statue of Liberty, but the scene was too difficult to shoot.
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9. The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man suits cost $20,000, and all 3 of them were destroyed during filming.
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10. The marshmallow goo that explodes onto William Atherton is actually 50 pounds of shaving cream.
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11. The theme song for the film by Ray Parker Jr. was a No. 1 hit for 3 weeks. Huey Lewis later sued Ray Parker Jr. for plagiarism, since there were similarities between the song and Lewis’ “I Want a New Drug.”
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12. The jail scene was filmed in a real prison, and Dan Aykroyd was convinced it was haunted.
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13. The term ‘proton pack’ was never actually used until the middle of Ghostbusters II when Spengler said, “Before we go any further I think we should get our proton packs.”
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14. The script originally took place in the future, but Harold Ramis rewrote it to take place in modern times. As a result, the budget was cut from a projected $300 million to a little over $30 million.
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15. On set, Dan Aykroyd referred to Slimer as the ghost of John Belushi.
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16. The cast and crew referred to Slimer as “Onion Head” because of how bad the prop smelled.
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17. The party scene with Rick Moraines is almost entirely improvised.
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18. The original trailer featured a 1-800 number that led to a prerecording of Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd. The number reportedly received 1,000 calls an hour, 24 hours a day for 6 weeks straight.
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19. Ron Jeremy was an extra in the film and later starred in a porn parody titled This Ain’t Ghostbusters XXX.
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20. The guns for proton packs were originally wands.They were changed to laser guns to make it more believable that the Ghostbusters created their gear from practical equipment.
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21. There was a second version of the Librarian Puppet, but it was rejected because it “looked too disgusting.”
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22. Most of Bill Murray’s lines were ad-libs.
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Bill Murray only agreed to star in Ghostbusters because they offered to remake The Razor’s Edge with him as the star.
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