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These are screen captures from the film itself taken digitally from the 1999 DVD. With some exception, they have all been left at their original unsquished size of 786x328 (black bars cropped out) in the film's original widescreen aspect ratio of 2.35:1. (Original squished base image size is 720x480, so anything larger than 800x600 reduces the image quality.)

These are photos taken by Columbia Pictures (presumably by photographer Virgil Mirano). They have appeared in officially produced publications (novel and storybooks), as well as magazines and newspapers.

Onionhead/Slimer
Mr. Stay-Puft
The guys pose on the rooftop altar
The guys walk up to the altar [slightly different images than the GB1 laserdisc cover]
The three guys covered in marshmallow standing triumphant outside the apartment building
Alternate photo of the three guys standing in front of the firehouse (notice Ray's head blocks the sign)

Movie Posters

These images come from a variety of different sources.

AUDIO

Except where otherwise noted, all audio files were recorded from the film itself taken digitally from the 1999 DVD. For the highest quality possible, these stereo files have been sampled at 44100 Hz and use a high MP3 bitrate of 192 kbps.

Male Student: What are you trying to prove here, anyway?
Peter: I'm studying the effect of negative reinforcement on ESP ability.
Male Student: The effect? I'll tell you what the effect is, IT'S PISSING ME OFF!

Peter: Back off man, I'm a scientist.

Ray: Listen! [musical sting] You smell something?

Ray: If the ionization rate is constant for all ectoplasmic entities, we could really bust some heads! In a spiritual sense, of course.

Peter: Will you guys relax? We are on the threshold of establishing THE indispensable defense science of the next decade - Professional Paranormal Investigations and Eliminations. The franchise rights alone will make us rich beyond our wildest dreams.

Ray: Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night?
Egon: Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic?
Peter: Have you or any of your family ever seen a spook, specter or ghost?
Ray: If the answer is yes, then don't wait another minute. Pick up your phone and call the professionals ...
All: Ghostbusters!
Ray: Our courteous and efficient staff is on call 24 hours a day to serve all your supernatural elimination needs.
All: We're ready to believe you!

Janine: We got one!
[alarm]

Ray: I think we better split up.
Egon: Good idea.
Peter: Yeah, we can do more damage that way.

Peter: It's right here, Ray. It's looking at me.

Ray: Venkman, what happened? Are you OK?
Peter: He slimed me.
Ray: That's great! Actual, physical contact.

Peter: I feel so funky!

Peter: OK, alright, alright, hold it, hold it, whoa, whoa, nice shootin' Tex.

Ray: Well, that wasn't such a chore, now was it?

Peter: We came, we saw, we kicked its ass!

Casey Kasem: Still making headlines all across the country, the Ghostbusters are at it again. This time, at the fashionable dance club, The Rose. The Boys In Grey slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance. This is Casey Kasem, now on with the countdown.

Peter: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. No job is too big, no fee is too big.

Janine: Do you believe in UFOs, astral projections, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full transmediums, the Loch Ness monster and the theory of Atlantis?
Winston: Ahh ... if there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe anything you say.

Ray: When the light is green, the trap is clean.

Janine: Ghostbusters, what do you want?!

Walter Peck: Now you either show me what is down there or I come back with a court order.
Peter: You go get a court order, and I'll sue your ass for wrongful prosecution.
Walter Peck: You can have it your way, Mr. Venkman.

Dana: Are you the Keymaster?

Dana/Zuul: Do you want this body?
Peter: Is this a trick question?

Dana/Zuul: Take me now, subcreature.

Peter: I make it a rule never to get involved with possessed people.
[Dana kisses him passionately]
Peter: Actually it's more of a guideline than a rule.

Dana/Zuul: I want you inside me.
Peter: [laughs] Go ahead. No, I can't. Sounds like you got at least two people in there already. Might be a little crowded.

Dana/Zuul: There is no Dana, only Zuul.
Peter: What a lovely singing voice you must have.

Peter: I have some news from the world of Gozer.

Ray: Your girlfriend ... lives in the corner penthouse ... of spook central.

Ray: Everything was fine with our system, until the power grid was shut off by dickless here.
Walter Peck: They caused an explosion!
Mayor: Is this true?
Peter: Yes, it's true. This man has no dick.

Peter: Well, you could believe Mr. Pecker.
Walter Peck: My name is Peck.
Peter: Or you could accept the fact that this city is headed for a disaster of Biblical proportion.
Mayor: What do you mean "Biblical?"
Ray: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor. Real "Wrath of God"-type stuff. Fire and brimstone coming down from the sky, rivers and seas boiling ...
Egon: ... forty years of darkness, earthquakes, volcanos ...
Winston: ... the dead rising from the grave ...
Peter: ... human sacrifice, dogs and cats, living together, mass hysteria!

Peter: OK. So, she's a dog.

Gozer: Are you a god?

Peter: Alright, this chick is toast!!

Peter: Got your stick?
All: Pulled it!
Peter: Heat 'em up!
All: Smoking!
Peter: Bang 'em hard!
All: Ready!
Peter: Let's show this prehistoric bitch how we do things downtown.

Peter: Well, there's something you don't see everyday.

Ray: Funny us going out like this -- killed by a hundred foot marshmellow man.
Peter: We've been going about this all wrong. This Mr. Stay-Puft is OK, he's a sailor, he's in New York. We get this guy laid we won't have any trouble.

VIDEO

The Sony links were provided by Rachael Schunk from Sony Pictures. These clips, which feature a brief DVD ad at the start and end, were done from the transfers used for the 2005 DVD release. The Windows Media and Real Video download links (they start with MMS or RTSP instead of HTTP) require a special program.

Theatrical Trailer
Version #2 (no "Coming Soon" tag at end, CTHV logo at start)
* Windows Media (Digital History): Download (2:12, 4.8 Mb)
* Flash (Daily Motion) - Streaming / Download

"The Usual Stuff Isn't Working"
* Windows Media (Sony) - Streaming / Download (1:02, 320x172, 2.3 Mb)
* Real Video (Sony) - Streaming / Download (1:03, 320x172, 2.3 Mb)
* Flash (Spike): Streaming / Download (gives url)
Ray: We've gotta make contact. One of us should actually try to speak to it.
Egon: Good idea.
[they both look at Peter, who reluctantly agrees]
Peter: [to the ghost] Hello. I'm Peter. Where are you from... originally?
Library Ghost: Shhhh.
Peter: Ok, the usual stuff isn't working.
Ray: Ok. I have a plan. I know exactly what to do. [they start to sneak up on the ghost] Now stay close. Stay close. I know, do exactly as I say. Get ready...ready...GET HER!
[the innocent-looking ghost transforms into an evil-looking spirit]
All: [screams]

"Monsters in the Fridge"
* Windows Media (Sony) - Streaming / Download (0:48, 320x172, 1.7 Mb)
* Real Video (Sony) - Streaming / Download (0:50, 320x172, 1.8 Mb)
* Flash (Spike) - Streaming / Download
[After watching the eggs fry on her kitchen counter, Dana hears a rumbling from the refridgerator. She opens the door.]
Terror Dog: Zuul.
Dana: [screams, slams door shut]

Driving To The Sedgewick Hotel
* Flash (Google) - Streaming / Download
[The guys drive Ecto-1 to the Sedgewick Hotel while "Cleanin' Up The Town" by The Bus Boys plays in the background]

Somebody Saw A Cockroach / Switch Me On / We Thought You Were Someone Else
* Flash (EVTV1) - Streaming / Download (EVTV1 logo in lower left corner)
Hotel Guest: What are you supposed to be, some kind of a cosmonaut?
Peter: No, we're exterminators. Somebody saw a cockroach up on twelve.
Hotel Guest: That's gotta be some cockroach.
Peter: Bite your head off man.
[The elevator arrives and the Ghostbusters get on it]
Ray: Going up?
Hotel Guest: I'll take the next one.
[on the elevator]
Ray: You know, it's occurred to me, we really haven't had a successful test of the equipment.
Egon: I blame myself.
Peter: So do I.
Ray: No sense worrying about it now.
Peter: Why worry? Each of us is wearing an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back.
Ray: Yeah. Let's get ready. Switch me on.
[Egon switches on Ray's proton pack as both he and Peter back away from it]
[The elevator stops at the twelfth floor. The Ghostbusters walk out of the elevator and into an empty hallway. The hotel maid rounds the corner with her cart. Startled, they fire their weapons at her.]
Peter: Whoa. Hold it.
Maid: What the hell are you doing?
Egon: Sorry. Sorry.
Ray: I'm sorry.
Peter: We thought you were someone else. [turns to the guys] Successful test.
Ray: I guess so. Ah, I think we better split up.
Egon: Good idea.
Peter: Yeah, we can do more damage that way.

"We Thought You Were Someone Else"
* Windows Media (Sony) - Streaming / Download (0:51, 320x172, 1.8 Mb)
* Real Video (Sony) - Streaming / Download (0:52, 320x172, 1.9 Mb)
[The Ghostbusters walk out of the elevator and into an empty hallway. The hotel maid rounds the corner with her cart. Startled, they fire their weapons at her.]
Peter: Whoa. Hold it.
Maid: What the hell are you doing?
Egon: Sorry. Sorry.
Ray: I'm sorry.
Peter: We thought you were someone else. [turns to the guys] Successful test.
Ray: I guess so. Ah, I think we better split up.
Egon: Good idea.
Peter: Yeah, we can do more damage that way.

"He Slimed Me"
Quicktime (Voyager archive): Download (0:29, 288x132, 3.6 Mb)
Peter: It's right here, Ray. It's looking at me.
Ray: He's an ugly little spud, isn't he?
Peter: I think he can hear you, Ray.
Ray: Don't move. It won't hurt you.
[The green ghost charges at Peter, he screams. Ray runs to the hall where Peter is.]
Ray: [while running] Venkman. Venkman. Peter. [to Peter] What happened? Are you okay?
Peter: He slimed me.

"Nice Shootin', Tex!"
* Windows Media (Sony) - Streaming / Download (0:45, 320x172, 1.6 Mb)
* Real Video (Sony) - Streaming / Download (0:46, 320x172, 1.6 Mb)
Peter: Alright, Ray, take the left. Egon, take the right.
[they corner the green hotel ghost]
Peter: Ok, Ray. Give me one high and outside. RAY!
[the ghost moves out of the way, the weapon destroys everything on the buffet table]
Peter: EGON!
[he also misses the ghost, but gets everything on the buffet table]
Peter: Ok, alright, alright, hold it, hold it, whoa, whoa, nice shootin' Tex.

That's A Big Twinkie
* Flash (YouTube) - Streaming / Download
Winston: What do you mean "big?"
[Egon picks up a Hostess Twinkie from the workbench.]
Egon: Well, let's say this Twinkie represents the normal amount of psychokinetic energy in the New York area. According to this morning's sample, it would be a Twinkie 35 feet long weighing approximately six hundred pounds.
Winston: That's a big Twinkie.

Louis' Party / Who Brought The Dog?
* Flash (YouTube) - Streaming / Download (low audio)
Party Guest: Do you have any Excedrin or Extra Strength Tylenol?
Louis: Gee, I think all I got is acetacylasilic acid, generic. See, I can get 600 tables of that for the same price as 300 of the name brand. It makes good financial sense, good advice. [he walks to the buffet table] Hey, this is real smoked salmon from Nova Scotia, Canada. $24.95 a pound, but it only cost me $14.12 after tax, though. I'm giving this whole thing as a promotional expense. That's why I invited clients instead of friends. You having a good time, Mark? [he walks towards some other guests] How are you doing? Why don't you have some of the Brie? It's at room temperature. You think it's too warm in here for the Brie?
[A tall blonde female guest stands up and confronts Louis]
Tall Blonde: Louis, I'm going home.
Louis: Don't leave yet. Listen, maybe if we start dancing, other people will join in.
Tall Blonde: Okay.
[They start to dance when the doorbell rings.]
Louis: Oh, don't move. I just gotta get the door. [he opens the door and greets the couple on the other side] Ted! Annette! I'm glad you could come. How are you doing? Give me your coats. [he introduces them to the other party guests] Everybody, this is Ted and Annette Fleming. Ted has a small carpet cleaning business in receivership. Annette's drawing a salary from a deferred bonus from two years ago. They got $15,000 left on the house at eight percent. So they're okay.
[He goes to the bedroom door with their coats and opens it. He tosses the coats onto the bed, completely oblivious to the Terror Dog that's sitting on it.]
Louis: So, does anybody want to play Parcheesi?
[The Terror Dog growls loudly.]
Louis: Okay. Who brought the dog?
[An instant later, the Terror Dog bursts right through the door. Wood chips and splinters shower the guests.]

Who Brought The Dog?
* Flash (VidiLife) - Streaming / Download (poor quality, taped off tv with background noise)
[Louis and the tall blonde woman start to dance when the doorbell rings.]
Louis: Oh, don't move. I just gotta get the door. [he opens the door and greets the couple on the other side] Ted! Annette! I'm glad you could come. How are you doing? Give me your coats. [he introduces them to the other party guests] Everybody, this is Ted and Annette Fleming. Ted has a small carpet cleaning business in receivership. Annette's drawing a salary from a deferred bonus from two years ago. They got $15,000 left on the house at eight percent. So they're okay.
[He goes to the bedroom door with their coats and opens it. He tosses the coats onto the bed, completely oblivious to the Terror Dog that's sitting on it.]
Louis: So, does anybody want to play Parcheesi?
[The Terror Dog growls loudly.]
Louis: Okay. Who brought the dog?
[An instant later, the Terror Dog bursts right through the door. It quickly scans the room for Louis. Louis runs out into the hallway with the Terror Dog in hot putsuit. He makes his way onto the elevator and down to the first floor, where he runs screaming out of the apartment building.]
Louis: Help! There's a bear loose in my apartment. Help!
[He runs across the street and disappears into Central Park.]
Doorman: [to other residents] A bear in his apartment?!?
[The Doorman turns just in time to see the Terror Dog before it runs right over him and bounds across the street.]
Louis: I'm gonna bring this up at the next tenant's meeting. There's not supposed to be any pets in the building.

Are You The Keymaster? / Bedroom Seduction
* Flash (EVTV1) - Streaming / Download (EVTV1 logo in lower left corner)
[Peter knocks on Dana's door. The door opens and Dana is standing there.]
Peter: Hello. [He notices that she has changed radically from the woman he met earlier] That's a different look for you.
Dana: Are you the Keymaster?
Peter: Not that I know of.
[She slams the door in his face. He knocks again, and she opens the door exactly as before.]
Dana: Are you the Keymaster?
Peter: Yes! I'm a friend of his. He told me to meet him here. I didn't get your name.
Dana: The name's Zuul. I am the Gatekeeper.
Peter: What are we doing today, Zuul?
Dana: We must prepare for the coming of Gozer.
[She walks into the bedroom, he follows]
Peter: Gozer, huh?
Dana: The Destructor.
Peter: Are we still going out? You know, you could pick up the place if you're expecting someone.
[She gets onto the bed]
Dana: [wantonly] Do you want this body?
Peter: Is this a trick question? I guess the roses worked?
Dana: Take me now, subcreature.
Peter: We never talk anymore.
[She pulls him down onto the bed and gets on top of him]
Peter: I make it a rule never to get involved with possessed people. [She kisses him passionately] Actually, it's more of a guideline than a rule. You know, I can...
[She flips him over on top of her]
Dana: I want you inside me.
Peter: [laughs] Go ahead. No, I can't. Sounds like you've got at least two people in there already. It might be a little crowded.

Do You Want Some Coffee?
* Flash (YouTube) - Streaming / Download
Egon: What did you say your name was?
Louis: Vinz Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer.
[Janine looks through his wallet]
Janine: Well, according to this, his name is Louis Tully. Lives on Central Park West. [she hands the wallet to Egon, then turns to talk to Louis] Do you want some coffee, Mr. Tully?
Louis: [to Egon] Do I?
Egon: Yes, have some.
Louis: [to Janine] Yes, have some.

"Mass Hysteria"
* Windows Media (Sony) - Streaming / Download (0:35, 320x172, 1.2 Mb)
* Real Video (Sony) - Streaming / Download (0:35, 320x172, 1.2 Mb)
Peter: Or you could accept the fact that this city is headed for a disaster of Biblical proportion.
Mayor: What do you mean "Biblical?"
Ray: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor. Real "Wrath of God"-type stuff. Fire and brimstone coming down from the sky, rivers and seas boiling ...
Egon: ... forty years of darkness, earthquakes, volcanos ...
Winston: ... the dead rising from the grave ...
Peter: ... human sacrifice, dogs and cats, living together, mass hysteria!
Mayor: Enough! I get the point.

"Are You a God?"
* Windows Media (Sony) - Streaming / Download (1:21, 320x172, 3.0 Mb)
* Real Video (Sony) - Streaming / Download (1:21, 320x172, 3.0 Mb)
* Flash (Google) - Streaming / Download
Ray: Gozer the Gozerian. Good evening. As a duly designated representative of the City, County and State of New York, I order you to cease any and all supernatural activity and return forthwith to your place of origin, or the nearest convienient parallel dimension.
Peter: That ought to do it. Thanks very much, Ray.
Gozer: Are you a god?
[he looks back at Peter who gestures 'Yes']
Ray: No.
Gozer: Then...DIE!
[she blasts the Ghostbusters with bolts of electricity from her fingertips, almost knocking them off the rooftop]
Winston: Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say 'Yes!'

Prehistoric Bitch
* Flash (YouTube) - Streaming / Download
Peter: Alright, this chick is toast!!
[they walk up to the altar]
Peter: Got your stick?
All: Pulled it!
Peter: Heat 'em up!
All: Smoking!
Peter: Bang 'em hard!
All: Ready!
Peter: Let's show this prehistoric bitch how we do things downtown.
[they fire at Gozer, who leaps and flips over their heads]
Peter: Nimble little minx, isn't she?
Egon: We better go full stream.
Ray: Aim for the flat top.
[they fire at her again, this time she disappears]
Peter: That wasn't so hard.
Ray: We neutronized it. You know what that means? A complete particle reversal.
Winston: Alright. We have the tools, we have the talent!
Peter: It's Miller time.

Prehistoric Bitch (dubbed in Japanese)
* Flash (YouTube) - Streaming / Download (poor quality, taped off of tv)
[here's what the original English would be, just so you know what exactly is in this scene]
Winston: Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say 'Yes!'
Peter: Alright, this chick is toast!!
[they walk up to the altar]
Peter: Got your stick?
All: Pulled it!
Peter: Heat 'em up!
All: Smoking!
Peter: Bang 'em hard!
All: Ready!
Peter: Let's show this prehistoric bitch how we do things downtown.
[they fire at Gozer, who leaps and flips over their heads]
Peter: Nimble little minx, isn't she?
Egon: We better go full stream.
Ray: Aim for the flat top.
[they fire at her again, this time she disappears]
Peter: That wasn't so hard.
Ray: We neutronized it. You know what that means? A complete particle reversal.
Winston: Alright. We have the tools, we have the talent!
Peter: It's Miller time.
Egon: Ray. This looks extraordinarily bad.
Ray: Oh no.
Winston: What?
[The building starts to shake and crumble]
Egon: LOOK OUT!

"Stay Puft Marshmallow Man"
* Windows Media (Sony) - Streaming / Download (0:48, 320x172, 1.7 Mb)
* Real Video (Sony) - Streaming / Download (0:50, 320x172, 1.8 Mb)
* Flash (YouTube POOR) - Streaming / Download (stretched full screen version of the same file)
* Flash (Spike File #1) - Streaming / Download (gives url)
* Flash (Spike File #2) - Streaming / Download (gives url)
Egon: Look!
Ray: No, it can't be!
Peter: What is it?
Ray: It can't be!
Peter: What did you do, Ray?
Winston: Oh... ['Oh, shit' line cut out in this video clip]
[they all see this huge creature walking down the street from, behind the rooftops]
Peter: It's the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.

Nobody Steps On A Church In My Town
* Flash (EVTV1) - Streaming / Download (EVTV1 logo in lower left corner)
[The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man stomps down the street towards the apartment building]
Winston: Oh no.
Peter: Mother Pussbucket.
[Mr. Stay-Puft steps on the church next door]
Peter: Nobody steps on a church in my town.
Ray: One, two, three... Roast Him!
[They open fire on Mr. Stay-Puft. He catches on fire and starts climbing the building, while the Ghostbusters run for cover.]
Ray: Funny us going out like this -- killed by a hundred foot marshmellow man.
Peter: We've been going about this all wrong. This Mr. Stay-Puft is OK, he's a sailor, he's in New York. We get this guy laid we won't have any trouble.
Egon: I have a radical idea. The door swings both ways. We could reverse the particle flow through the gate.
Ray: How?
Egon: We'll cross the streams.
Peter: Excuse me, Egon. You said crossing the streams was BAD.
Ray: Cross the streams.
Peter: You're gonna endanger us. You're gonna endanger our client - the nice lady who paid us in advance before she became a dog.
Egon: Not necessarily. There's definitely a very slim we'll survive.
[they all look at each other wondering if they should do it or not]
Peter: I love this plan. I'm excited to be a part of it. Let's do it!
Winston: This job is definitely not worth 11-5 a year.

OTHER MULTIMEDIA WEBSITES

Mr. Stay Puft's World O' Sounds - A site that prides itself on having one of the largest, if not THE largest, collection of originally-recorded GB1 soundbytes on the Internet. Also includes some original GB1 screen captures and an MP3 of the full Ghostbusters song by Ray Parker Jr.
Ghostbusters Screencap Gallery - Almost 500 images, approx. 850x350 each. Requires free registration (alt reg info). You need to log-in to view the htm pages, but you can directly view the images without doing so. Here is an abbreviated list of the file addresses:
http://www.american-buddha.com/aghost1a.jpg (through)
http://www.american-buddha.com/aghost124b.jpg
("a" through "d" suffixes for all image numbers except the last one, which only goes up to "b")
Movie Screenshots - 128 images, approx. 1024x576 each.