Revealing mistake: There's a scene where Dana's building is falling apart and stones and stuff are falling to the street below. One of the huge boulders bounces off a wooden police barricade in the bottom left hand corner of the screen, and then off a person. (01:29:14)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts
Character mistake: When Ray and Winston are driving across the bridge around midnight in the Ectomobile, Ray quotes a verse of scripture claiming to be "Revelation 7:12." What he quotes is actually Revelation 6:12. (01:03:38)
Continuity mistake: During the flying eggs scene, the lettuce on the right changes shape and position between angles. (00:19:20)
Trivia: Director Ivan Reitman performed the demonic voice of Dana/Zuul in the bedroom scene with Peter Venkman.
Trivia: When Peter Venkman mentions the time Egon Spengler tried to drill a hole in his head, Egon replies, "That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me". This line was ad-libbed by Harold Ramis.
More trivia for Ghostbusters
Ray Stantz: Where do these stairs go?
Peter Venkman: They go up.
Peter Venkman: Get her?! That was your plan? Get her?!
Ray Stantz: 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 Venkman: Yes, it's true. This man has no dick.
Question: I heard that Ron Jeremy had a walk on part in this film, does anyone know in which scene he is in?
Question: The music video for Ray Parker Jr's hit song features several celebrities who lip-sync to the word "Ghostbusters". Is there a complete list of all the celebrities in the video?
Answer: Chevy Chase, John Candy, Danny DeVito, Peter Falk, Mellisa Gilbert, Carly Simon, Teri Gar, and George Wendt, along with the four major stars of Ghostbusters themselves.
Question: Why does Ray drop his trap on the altar? It can be seen all through the 'choose' conversation and when Staypuft first appears.
Answer: He places it on the altar just after they believe they have vaporized Gozer with the proton packs. At this point, thinking the ghost to have been destroyed, he sets it down as he believes the job is done and he will not need it.
Answer: Ray realised Gozer was too powerful to be caught in the trap, so why carry the extra weight?
Answer: Ron Jeremy can be seen in the crowd outside the firehouse right after the containment unit is shut off.