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A trio of scientists become a team of ghostbusters when New York City starts to become infested with ghosts.
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Characters/Groups
Dr. Peter Venkman - Bill Murray
Dr. Raymond Stantz - Dan Aykroyd
Dana Barrett - Sigourney Weaver
Dr. Egon Spengler - Harold Ramis
Walter Peck - William Atherton
Winston Zeddmore - Ernie Hudson
Female Student - Jennifer Runyon
Hotel Manager - Michael Ensign
Library Administrator - John Rothman
Police Commissioner - Norman Matlock
Jail Guard - Reggie Vel Johnson
Real Estate Woman - Rhoda Gemignani
Man at Elevator - Murray Rubin
Woman at Party - Patty Dworkin
Tall Woman at Party - Jean Kasem
Chambermaid - Frances E. Nealy
TV Reporter - Christopher Wynkoop
Businessman in Cab - Winston May
Louis's Neighbor - Eda Reis Merin
Policeman at Apartment - Rick Mancini
Mrs. Van Hoffman - Kathryn Janssen
Reporters - Stanley Grover, Carol Ann Henry, James Hardy, Frances Turner, and Nancy Kelly
Annette Fleming - Cheryl Birchenfield
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Detailed Synopsis
At the New York Public Library, a Librarian is collecting books to re-shelf. She goes down into the basement and as she passes bookcases, books float from one bookcase to another. The card catalog drawers open by themselves and the cards go flying into the air and the Librarian starts to run away. As she turns a corner she sees Library Ghost and screams. Dr. Peter Venkman is conducting a research project with a Male Student and a Female Student. The Students take turns guessing the designs on the back of a set of cards Peter holds up and he zaps them if they guess incorrectly. While the Male Student gets zapped even if he guesses correctly, the Female Student is never zapped by Peter. The Male Student finally gets tired of being zapped and walks out. As Peter is flirting with the Female Student, Dr. Raymond Stantz runs excitedly into the office and tells Peter a ghost was spotted at the New York library and they have to go investigate it. They meet up with Dr. Egon Spengler and then speak with the Library Administrator. They interview the Librarian and then go down into the basement. They find the card catalog drawers full of ectoplasmic residue, which Egon has Peter collect a sample of. They find the Library Ghost and there initial plan is to talk with the ghost, but it shushes Peter. They then decide to charge at it, but it transforms into an even scarier form and they run away. They return to the university and Egon tells the others he thinks they may be able to build a device that catches ghosts. They find their office being cleaned out and Dean Yeager tells them they are all fired. Peter tells Raymond that he thinks they should go into the business of catching ghosts and Raymond takes a third mortgage out on his inherited home. They look for an office and buy and old firehouse shown to them by a Real Estate Woman. As Dana Barrett is walking to her apartment, Louis Tully invites her to his apartment to have some low sodium mineral water. She goes into her apartment and sees a commercial for the Ghostbusters. As she is putting her groceries away, her egg carton lid pops open and the eggs start to cook on the counter. She hears a growling noise from her fridge and opens it up and a large dog like creature says Zuul and Vinz Clortho|Zuul. Raymond drives an old hearse he bought used to the office. Peter asks Janine Melnitz if they have had any customers and then insults her in frustration when she repeatedly tells him no. Dana walks into their office and Peter interviews her about the incident at her apartment, while Egon and Raymond scan her with machines. Raymond offers to go to the Hall of Records to check on construction plans for the building, Egon offers to look up the name Zuul in Tobin's Spirit Guide, while Peter offers to take Dana to her apartment to check it out. Peter and Dana go to her apartment and he uses a portable sniffer as they walk around the apartment. They go into the kitchen, but the fridge is normal. Peter tries to ask Dana, but she rejects him. The Ghostbusters get a call and Janine presses the emergency button. They drive to the Sedgewick Hotel and the Hotel Manager tells them about the ghost|Slimer on the 12th floor.