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Profiles in History – GB and GB2 items in new auction

Once again, Profiles in History have gotten their hands on some unique Ghostbusters items and are auctioning them off in their latest catalog;


Lot 972. Prop Statue of Liberty bust from Ghostbusters 2. (Columbia, 1989) Six foot tall bust of the Statue of Liberty used in the final scenes of the film with a miniature puppet of Bill Murray “Dr. Peter Venkman” inside the crown. Constructed of fiberglass with hard plastic and resin detailing, and meticulously hand-painted and airbrushed to simulate the weathered metal construction of the statue. The craftsmanship of this piece is truly impressive. It exhibits some missing points along the crown and torch surround is detached, but could easily be repaired. Will require special shipping arrangements. $8,000 – $12,000


Lot 974. Gozer Temple pieces from final explosion sequence of Ghostbusters and ghost maquette from Ghostbusters II. (Columbia, 1989) Six pieces from the legendary Hollywood production designer John De Cuir’s 1/24 scale design for Gozer Temple miniature from Ghostbusters which exploded when the neutron wands “crossed streams”. Included are a 6 in. x 7 in. x 3 in. cast resin horned face column element, 7 x 10 in. molded plastic relief sculpture and several approx. 2 x 3 in. “exploded” architectural elements. Also includes a bust of a snaggletooth ghost from Ghostbusters II constructed from cast resin with greenish-gray finish applied. $800 – $1,200


Lot 975. Visual Effects miniature Titanic from Ghostbusters II. (Columbia, 1989) This visual effects miniature Titanic hull is visible in the scene where the ghosts are seen leaving the wreckage of the ship. This impressive piece is constructed of resin and styrene parts and measures a full 5 ft. long x approx. 18 in. wide. Built to resemble the cracked hull of the doomed ship. Will require special shipping arrangements. $2,000 – $3,000

[VIA GBFans]

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Shot On Site: Birthday party – (GB2 callsheet revelations)

AJ at GBFans spotted these call sheets for Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters 2 filming for sale via an online prop dealer. Callsheets, at least during production, are everywhere. Everybody has a copy. They are typically discarded after the day’s shooting. However, some survive, and while unique pieces of film history, I’m not sure if they’re $300 unique. Mind you, the whole point of this post is that a cursory glance at the sheets on the website reveal a wealth of information.

For example;

Ghostbusters
– Slavitza “Gozer” Jovan is listed as “Slavitza Yhuelo”
– The temple rooftop scenes were shot in the days leading up to Christmas 1983. One of the call sheets is dated Dec. 16th, and referenced as the 35th day of shooting.
– The scenes are on Stage 16, which is odd, as it’s recently being referenced as being Stage 15.
– The set was closed to visitors (not surprising, for the massive finale)
– Five uncredited (by either the film or imdb) stunt persons are listed, Terry Hardin, Ron Harrison, Tim Lawrence, Mark Wilson, and Beth Nufer, who stunted for Slavitza.
– Five sad, partially named stand-ins are listed; Cherise, Clay, Dan, Mark, Michael.
– The advanced schedule (subject to change, presumably) put the ballroom scene at the Biltmore on December 20-22. Try and wrap your head around the actors defeating Gozer on a Friday, and by the following Tuesday, they’re shooting their first bust.
– The schedule is approved, by signature, by… well, it’s hard to tell. “J V Schiag…?” No name it the credits helps clarify the name. Quick, someone in the industry tell me who signs off on callsheets.
– Another sheet is dated as December 8th, 1983, the 29th day of shooting. The scene is on the rooftop, and includes shots using Louis and Sigourney, suggestion their rooftop transformtion scenes were around this time (or their altar scene) – Slavitza is listed as well, but as “off-camera”. Since her stunt double isn’t included in the day, but the four Ghostbusters stunt doubles are, it strongly suggests this was the day they shot the “Choose and Perish” shots as well as the “Are you a god” scenes.

But the big revelation is on the Ghostbusters 2 callsheets, which include directions and a map to the LA Firehall 23, which doubled as the interior of Hook and Ladder 8 in New York. This isn’t a secret – it’s been known for awhile that this is the interior location for the firehall, and the callsheet map confirms it;

“Int. Firehouse Location / Int. Brownstone”

There’s the kicker. While we only just recently figured out where the exterior of the Birthday Party Brownstone is, it was always assumed the interiors were shot on stage – or at least that was my thinking. However, given the map, I went and had a look at my photo of the LA firehouse and the birthday party scene in the film.


You can see a correlation between the top floor bay window on the firehall, and the window seen during the birthday party. So there you have it. Another LA location (well, same location, new scene though.)

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Team Fortress 2 gets Ecto-Goggles

Valve recently allowed fans to suggest and even submit items they’d like to see added to the game, things that would add a little spice to the co-operative team shooter title. As you can imagine, there were lots, and of those lots, dozens were added to the game via an update, including a new “hat” for the medic, which looks strangely familiar. The headgear is titled “Ze Goggles” (a reference to The Simpsons), but c’mon… we all know what they are;

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The goggles are purely for show, with no effect to the player or the game (other items and hats have effects), they just look really, really cool. One could also go a step further, pointing out the Egon-ish appearance of the medic. Or his healing backpack. But that seems to be one step away from posting pictures of toast in which your certain you can see the face of Ray. So, let’s not…

Old timers will likely recall that Valve software and Ghostbusters fans go back a long ways. For those that don’t recall, have a look at this 11 year old story (Yeesh).

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"Thank you for coming so quickly…!"

Jst a small heads up – I’m off to LA for a few days, starting today.

I will be online, but access will be sporadic, so the Best Way To Contact PC list is doubly important;

Email first – castewar at gmail dot com
Twitter to a lesser degree – @protoncharging
and comments are right out. I will not be surfing PC that much while on the road, so do not pin your hopes on them as a good way to submit news. Not that you’re supposed to be doing that anyhow…

Some news – My patches will be arriving in a few hours. Right about the time I’m taking to the air. So, once I’m back I’ll have a look at them and figure out making some available to you guys.

Also, I have another surprise. Actually two. I’m working to see when I can talk them up a bit.

Don’t break anything while I’m gone.

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Improv Everywhere crashes NYPL

Infamous hackers of public space, Improv Everywhere, have posted a video record of their recent Ghostbusters performance, held in the New York Public Library where Ghostbusters encountered their first full-torso, free-floating, vaporous apparition, which was also real.

I would like to thank EVERYBODY that sent this to me – it is, easily, one of the most emailed links to PC ever. Even my brother sent it to me.

[VIA BrandX]