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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Watch With Your Kids, Slapstick Violence, Suitable for Teens Movie Release: 1989 DVD Release: 06/29/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, Spanish Subtitles: English, Korean, Mandarin, Spanish, Thai SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 48 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Total Copies: 1 Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Action Comedy, Fantasy Comedy See Also: 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, All Movie Guide

Bill Murray - Peter Venkman
Dan Aykroyd - Raymond Stantz
Sigourney Weaver - Dana Barrett
Harold Ramis - Egon Spengler
Rick Moranis - Louis Tully

The sequel to the massively successful Ghostbusters comes to DVD with two image transfers. The widescreen 2.35:1 picture is preferable to the 1.33:1 standard full-frame image. An English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, a Spanish soundtrack can be heard in Dolby Digital Stereo, and a Portuguese soundtrack can be accessed in Dolby Digital Mono. English, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Korean, Cantonese, and Thai subtitles are available. Extra features include talent filmographies, production notes, and the theatrical trailers. Sadly, little has been done to make this disappointing title any more impressive to the average movie lover, but fans of the film will not be disappointed. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide