Doreen at the Ghostbusters Fan Forum has spent many years cultivating close ties to a lot of our favorite Ghostbusters voice actors / actors, and she sent a heads up to this fantastic making-of clip for Ghostbusters 2. Get the whole story and watch the video after the jump.
This rare behind the scenes footage shows Robin Shelby (aka Robin Navlyt) getting prepped to play “Slimer” in “Ghostbusters 2.” We see director Ivan Reitman, Bill Murray, and creature & makeup designer Tim Lawrence discussing ways to approach the action for Slimer.
This home video is from William Forsche’s (aka Foertsch) personal video collection. This is not your average studio made movie press release. This comes from a time before DVD’s, high def TV, and reality based television shows. This is a rare look of what it was like to be behind the scenes in the summer of 1989 for “Ghostbusters 2.” The camera work is somewhat crude and so is the language at times but it is all very real.
Appearing as Robin’s manicurist is Mark Siegel. Mark is an actor in his own right and he also sculpted Slimer for GB II.
Besides being generally awesome, it’s also unique to see just how involved Bill Murray was behind the scenes. Double awesome is that we get to hear a deleted scene where Louis tries to lure Slimer out of hiding by pretending a pizza has been delivered. Thanks Doreen!
UPDATE: The awesome just keeps coming;
- parts of the Statue of Liberty costume can be seen
- some sort of crew (wrap?) party with everyone dancing to Fine Young Cannibals (oh, those were the days.)
- Robin’s performance blocking in the Slimer outfit.
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Bill Forsche is awesome for doing this for Robin and I. Bill Murray was much more involved than I thought he’d be, given his dislike for sequels. Robin’s so cute and sweet, she seems to bring the best out of eveyone she meets. Even me!
This was great to see, very cool. Man what I wouldnt give to get my hands on one of those maquettes in the beginning…
ps. When it starts off, theres a blue suit thing in the background, suppose its a Scoleri Brother?
Thanks SO much to Bill Forsche for doing all he did to put this video out. What a very cool surprise to receive, for sure.
I hope this gives everyone a small glimpse into what went into putting it all together. The rehearsal footage was shot in the very beginning of the process when everyone was trying to find their footing and learning how to be an awesome team together. They were the very best people to work with…honestly. I am so happy to have had that experience with each and every one of them.
Enjoy, all!
Robin Shelby
It’s ironic to see them put what seems like a lot of effort into a scene that ended up getting cut.
Well, hopefully someday they’ll see fit to release a special edition dvd of Ghostbusters 2.
I think the word is “typical” more than “ironic.” Movies lose scenes all the time – sometimes just on paper, sometimes all the way up to finished effects, sound, and scoring.
That footage is an invaluable material for any Ghosthead… thanks for sharing… I love the Slimer perfoming part.
THAT WAS AWESOME!
Very awesome!!!
I wish William (I assume he was operating the camera) would have zoomed in fully on the monitor playing the deleted scene (from 1:09-1:16 and 1:52-1:53). It would have been great to see it, though it’s still nice that we got to hear a little dialog snippet.
For those who don’t know, that was the scene where Louis has the proton pack on his back and the small mirror strapped to his head, trying to lure Slimer out from hiding so he can zap him. Dialog and some stills can be found here:
http://spookcentral.cjb.net/gb2_deleted14.htm
Not going to lie, that’s some of the coolest footage that I’ve seen in a long time… and you’re talking to the dude that sits through hours and hours of that BTS b-roll for his job. There’s just so much gold inside these unseen moments, from the camera and performance tests, to Reitman and Murray figuring out the blocking of the FX shoot… wow… those were the days!
Behind the scenes now? “Okay, get a light reference and let’s move on. Next.” (Yawn).
it would be great if they would release gb2 with these deleted scenes…kinda like starwars “special edition”
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