How Ghostbusters Became Ghostbusters

The screenplay for Ghostbusters is actually pretty underwhelming if you only focus on the details. But if you zoom out and look at the macro-scale of writing — coming up with a premise and figuring out how to execute it — Ghostbusters stands as a great example of the importance of execution. It’s not just what your story is about, it’s how you tell it.

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"Story” by Robert McKee (available on Audible: http://www.audible.com/LFTS)

Thanks so much to Spook Central, a great resource for everything Ghostbusters: http://www.theraffon.net/~spookcentra...

For those who are curious, I read the "Final Shooting Script" from October 7th, 1983. All the scripts can be found here: http://www.theraffon.net/~spookcentra...

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• Caption author (Portuguese)

  • Marcos Italo

• Collaborator

  • Michael Tucker

• Category

  • Film & Animation