Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
- Starring:
- Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, (more)
- Director(s):
- Ivan Reitman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
Synopsis of Ghostbusters 2
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
Complete Cast of Ghostbusters 2
- Bill Murray - Peter Venkman
- Sigourney Weaver - Dana Barrett
- Rick Moranis - Louis Tully
- Peter MacNicol - Janosz Poha
- Wilhelm von Homburg - Vigo
- Kurt Fuller - Hardemeyer
- Christopher Neame - Maitre d'
- Judy Ovitz - Slimed Restaurant Patron
- Robert Alan Beuth - Store Manager
- Peter Papageorgiou - Spectator
- Ron Cummins - Police Lieutenant
- Valery Pappas - Arguing Couple
- Yvette Cruise - Maria, Dana's Maid
- Mark Schneider - Arguing Couple
- Olivia Ward - Meter Maid
- Douglas Seale - Plaza Hotel Man
- Erik Holland - Fire Commissioner
- Susan Boehm - Young Woman on Crutches
- Brian Doyle-Murray - Psychiatrist
- Catherine Reitman - Girl with Puppy
- Chloe Webb - Venkman's Talk Show Guest (uncredited)
- Aaron Lustig - Norman, the Producer
- Walter Flanagan - Rudy, the Museum Guard
- Henry J. Deutschendorf II - Baby Oscar
- Richard Foronjy - Con Ed Supervisor
- Ralph Monaco - Police Sergeant
- Robert Ditillio - Spectator
- Louise Troy - Woman with Fur Coat
- Dan Aykroyd - Raymond Stantz
- Harold Ramis - Egon Spengler
- Ernie Hudson - Winston Zeddmore
- David Margulies - Mayor of New York
- Harris Yulin - Judge
- Janet Margolin - Prosecutor
- Cheech Marin - Dock Supervisor
- Christopher Neame - Maitre d'
- John Hammil - Detective
- Dave Florek - 1st Cop
- Bobby Brown - Mayor's Doorman
- Angelo di Mascio - Restaurant Cop
- Tom Dugan - Restaurant Cop
- Alex Zimmerman - Detective
- Christopher Villasenor - Brownstone Boy
- Jason Reitman - Brownstone Boy
- Kevin Dunn - Venkman's Talk Show Guest (uncredited)
- Page Leong - Spengler's Assistant
- Ben Stein - Public Works Official
- George Wilbur - Bailiff
- Annie Potts - Janine Melnitz
- Philip Baker Hall - Police Commissioner
- William T. Deutschendorf - Baby Oscar
- Mordecai Lawner - Man with a Ticket
- Mary Ellen Trainor - Brownstone Mother
- Ray Glanzmann - Detective
- Sharon Kramer - Stenographer
- Michael P. Moran - Frank, the Doorman
- Director(s):
- Ivan Reitman
- Writer(s):
- Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis
- Producer(s):
- Ivan Reitman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Watch With Your Kids, Adult Language, Slapstick Violence, Suitable for Teens, Adult Situations)
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