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Ghostbusters
DELETED SCENES

Here are some deleted scenes from Ghostbusters along with script excerpts of the scenes. The written scenes below were taken from the final shooting script. What is written may vary from what is spoken by the actors. In some cases the scene still appears in the film, but I have some still photos of shots that were not used. In other cases, footage from the scene was used in the film in a completely different way (such as during the end credits). The list of scenes below is in order of how they would have appeared in the movie. Following that are some odds and ends that aren't full scenes, but were deleted from the film nonetheless.

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Egon working on a Ghost Trap (above) and on other equipment (below)

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An unused photo of the Ghostbusters busting
the Chinatown ghost for use on the New York
Post front page.

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Peter flaps his arms outside of Lincoln Center

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Peter has Dana up against a wall as he talks to her outside Lincoln Center

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As she's being interviewed by the Ghostbusters, Dana illustrates the size of something

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Peter
(to the crowd outside Shandor Building)
"How are ya? We're the Ghostbusters!"

(original source: Theatrical Teaser on Criterion Collection laserdisc)

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The Complete "Ghostbusters" Teaser (high-quality audio)

(contains a song that never made it into the film - the original theme song.)
The Theatrical Teaser video is available elsewhere on this site.

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Alternate Footage
Alternate Version (A), then Original Version (B)

All alternate footage comes from the January 29, 1989 ABC broadcast, except for the Biblical Proportion clip which comes from the Theatrical Teaser. The original versions come from the DVD, but have been cropped by me to fill as much of a 4:3 ratio as possible, so as to better compare to the 4:3 alternate footage. Some higher quality (with low audio) copies of the alternate footage, but different recordings, can be downloaded here (12.5 Mb).

Here are two screen captures of the new shot that was inserted to cover up the removal of the "It's pissing me off!" line: