Sony Pictures Entertainment Brings Its Classic Film Ghostbusters Back to Theatres
Culver City, CA (September 22, 2011) — Get ready for mass hysteria! This October, Sony Pictures Repertory celebrates the original movie Ghostbusters, its franchise, and its fans by bringing the quintessential modern classic back to theatres for a special limited engagement of one showtime one night a week. Starting on Thursday, October 13, 2011 and continuing every following Thursday in October 2011, fans together will be able to see their favorite paranormal psychologists back on the big screen as they save the world from ghosts, ghouls, and Mr. Stay Puft.
Fans who follow Ghostbusters on Facebook (www.facebook.com/ghostbusters) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/StayPuft4Eva) or visit www.ghostbusters.com will be the first to know information about the release and will be able to participate in the fan conversation leading up to this unique theatrical experience.
Commenting on the announcement, Rory Bruer, president, Worldwide Distribution for Sony Pictures, said, “We’re delighted to be bringing Ghostbusters back to the big screen — this is a special celebration of the movie, giving the fans a chance to see it on the big screen in perfect digital presentation. As we head towards Halloween, we ain’t afraid of no ghosts, but just the same, we’re glad that everyone’s favorite paranormal eliminators are on the case.”
Directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, with the screenplay written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, Ghostbusters stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, and Rick Moranis. The executive producer was Bernie Brillstein.
In Ghostbusters, University parapsychologists Dr. Peter Venkman (Murray), Dr. Raymond Stanz (Aykroyd) and Dr. Egon Spengler (Ramis) lose a research grant when their experiment methodology is proven to be bogus. The team decides to go into business for themselves and open Ghostbusters, a ghost removal service. After struggling to get on their feet, they are summoned to investigate the strange happenings in Dana Barrett’s (Weaver) Central Park West apartment. What they discover is that all Manhattan is being besieged by ghosts and other worldly demons through a portal in her building.
Ghostbusters is available on Blu-ray™ and DVD.
This is pretty much what the Studio brainiacas need to be doing instead of making remakes of stuff that don’t need to be remade:
Re-master and Re-release.
Make a Big Deal out of it and the kids will come to see it.
Instead of paying some Disney Channel kids to dress “retro” and remake a movie from the 80s, just re-release the original movie!
Don’t, for the love of all that is holy, make it 3-D when it was never shot for that.
Clean up the print and make it look pristeen, and just give us the Original.
Right there with ya. Been saying this for nearly two years… don’t give us a watered down remake designed to “appeal” to a broader audience.
Remaster the original and put it back in theaters. If it’s a cult classic and you want to either limit distribution costs or not have it conflict with the number of screens your current blockbuster is still churning dollars with, send it to the art houses. Either way, it costs far far less than remaking the entire film, and it revives the original for a new generation to see it on the big screen, in some kick-ass surround sound, followed by a flood of people looking to buy it on DVD or Blu-ray.
Win-Win all the way around.