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Ghostbusters [Blu-ray] [1984]
enlarge	Director: Ivan Reitman Actors: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy New: £8.28 as of 24/11/2009 18:04 GMT details You Save: £11.71 (59%) New (15) Used (3) from £8.28 Seller: gandalf4200 Rating: 18 reviews Sales Rank: 1028 Format: PAL Languages: Danish (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Hindi (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled) Rating: Parental Guidance Media: Blu-ray Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 105 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3 Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.4 x 0.6 MPN: GBBLU EAN: 5050629048810 ASIN: B001X22X9A Theatrical Release Date: 1984 Release Date: June 15, 2009 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Product Description Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick MoranisDirectors: Ivan Reitman

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 18 1 2 3 4 Next » Features and Tech details May 26, 2009 J. Pike (Guernsey, Channel Islands) 30 out of 39 found this review helpful One of the finest films ever gets the full blu ray treatment. The picture is pretty good since the film is now 25 year old and the sound is above average. br / br /The film hasn't aged at all and stands the test of time. They just don't make films like this anymore. The acting and script is comedy at it's best. The Features while some of them are on the original DVD release there is enough extras added to justify getting the blu ray realease. br / br /Since Amazon haven't lited the extras in full yet here goes. br / br /Ghostbusters Blu-ray Disc Special Features: br /All-New Exclusive Special Features br /* Digitally Mastered Audio and Video br /* Slimer Mode: Picture-in-Picture Graphical Viewing Experience with an examination of the spook-hunters' firehouse headquarters, an in-depth exploration of the creatures in the Ghostbusters mythology, behind-the-scenes discussions of making the movie, new cast, crew and special effects artists interviews and much more! br /* Featurette: Ecto-1: Resurrecting the Classic Car br /* Ghostbusters Garage: Ecto-1 Gallery br / br /Additional Special Features br /* Filmmakers' Commentary with Ivan Reitman, Harold Ramis and Joe Medjuck br /* Featurette: 1984 - The Making of Ghostbusters - Interviews with the cast and crew br /* Featurette: Interviews with Cast and Crew br /* Featurette: SFX Team - Includes Before and After Multi-Angle Explorations br /* Scene Cemetery - 10 Deleted Scenes br /* Audio: English, italian br /* Subtitles: English, Finnish, Hindi, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish br /* Storyboard Comparisons br /* Closed Captioned Grainy but good transfer of a classic October 29, 2009 Mr. Blu (Europe) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful Yes, it's true the film has a lot of grain, but nowhere near as much as, say, "Friday the 13th Part III" the world heavyweight champion for unloveable grain. And surprisingly there are plenty of dark and indoor scenes with very minimal grain. The other picture quality caveat is that a lot of mid-long shots are sometimes lacking in sharpness; and this does not always look like a stylistic choice. But there are countless close-ups and plenty of long shots which are very sharp. Especially the close-ups often have unbelievable depth and plasticity for a 25 year old film. When Winston is shown in close-up during the showdown with Zuul, this looks like a film from this or last year! br / br /"Ghostbusters" has also been accused of having washed-out colours on BD, well the fire-engine red of the ecto-containment system in their cellar is superb and colours generally are very good; nothing like "Halloween" which is a little washed-out. Dana's appartment looks a bit faded, but I think that's how her furniture is supposed to look. Some of the FX are outed as a bit poor by HD such as the "streams" and the dogs, but the library ghost, Slimer, and Mr Stay Puft all look great in HD. And there is a shot of sky-scrapers a little before Dana's roof blows that holds its own with the typical HD showcase shots of many films made after the launch of Blu-Ray as a format. The soundtrack is occasionally a bit weak but for the most part more than acceptable, above all in the final showdown scenes and whenever the theme music is pumped out. br / br /The film is a classic and needs no recommendation at this stage. If you are considering upgrading, do it unless you have an absolute allergy to grain. The Sony trailer for it as seen on "The International" is very fair; showing typical better and worse scenes, but the majority of scenes are in the former category. If only "Gladiator" had been released like this. Those who will sacrifice detail to be grain-free could have turned on their BD player's processing (as some might prefer to do here) and everyone could have been happy. This is a BD release full of sharpness, depth and detail, and, yes, occasionally more grain than some may like. At this stage most people will have established their expectations and tastes for Blu-Ray. I hope this review makes it clearer whether this disc is for you or not. Highly recommended. Call The Professionals June 14, 2009 Dr Stephen Marcus Ogley Dip.Para.Psychol (Yorkshire, England) 2 out of 3 found this review helpful Ghostbusters needs little to no introduction. Still, the basics are it was released in 1984, was written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis and directed by Ivan Reitman. It stars Bill Murray as Dr Peter Venkman, Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler, Dan Aykroyd as Ray Stantz, Sigourney Weaver as Dana Barrett and Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore, amongst so many others who have cameo roles. Basically it's about three parapsychologists who are fired by the university they work for and decide to go into business for themselves as a sort of ghost removal service. br / br /For those that don't know, parapsychology is the study of unusual experience such as ESP, UFO's, ghosts, etc (i myself am a qualified parapsychologist) and programmes like Most Haunted and Dead Famous have ignighted interest in ghosts and all such like. Films such as Ghostbusters take serious subjects like parapsychology and turn it upside down and spin it around completely to forge a masterpiece of comedy and special effects, pre CGI, which is incredibly well written by two of its stars. It's an iconic 1980's film, and with a slightly grainy picture on blu-ray, but which deserves a place in the 21st Century. br / br /Below are the sleeve notes regarding the special features. br / br /SPECIAL FEATURES br /. FACTOID TRACK . FEATURETTES . PHOTO GALLERY . br /. DELETED SCENES . WALLPAPER . COMMENTARY BY IVAN REITMAN, HAROLD RAMIS AND BERNIE BRILLSTEIN . STORYBOARD COMPARISONS . MULTI-ANGLE SHOTS . br / br /EXCLUSTIVE TO BLU-RAY br /. SLIMER MODE 'PICTURE IN PICTURE' br /. cinechat :) (send on-screen instant messages to your friends around the world while watching the movie together) br / br /TECHNICAL SPECS br /. HI-DEF WIDESCREEN (2.40:1) 1920 x 1080p FULL RESOLUTION PICTURE br /. AUDIO TRUE HD 5.1: ENGLISH, ITALIAN br /. SUBTITLES: DANISH, ENGLISH(HARD OF HEARING), ENGLISH, FINNISH, HINDI, ITALIAN, NORWEGIAN, SWEDISH br /. 105 MINS APPROX br /. COLOUR br / br / br /Enjoy whilst eating your marshmallows. br / Who Ya Gonna Call? June 18, 2009 Shrinking Violet (United Kingdom) 3 out of 5 found this review helpful This is an excellent reproduction and worth every single penny for the blu-ray version - the slimer mode is very funny. br /It's a single disc that is packed with plenty which a kind reviewer has already printed details of. A must-have blu-ray addition if your a Ghostbusters fan. Ghostbusters,A true 80's claasic! June 21, 2009 Baywatchfalconer (Cleveland,uk) 1 out of 2 found this review helpful Everyone knows the movie and everyone knows it's theme tune.So it needs no introduction.It is a true 80's classic and this brilliant blu-ray release brings back fond memories of going to the cinema to see it in 1984.Ok the picture is a bit grainy as it is 25 years old,but do I think is is a great picture transfer concidering the age and the sound is fab. br /I love the special features and all are great additions to the blu-ray and it even had a making of the new ghostbusters game br /A MUST HAVE FOR ALL GHOSTBUSTERS FANS AND EIGHTIES CLASSICS br /WHO YOU GONNA CALL? Showing reviews 1-5 of 18 1 2 3 4 Next »

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