Product Details

• Actors: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis
• Directors: Ivan Reitman
• Writers: Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis
• Producers: Ivan Reitman, Bernie Brillstein, Gordon A. Webb, Joe Medjuck
• Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: Portuguese (Dolby Digital 2.0), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: August 2, 2005
• Run Time: 213 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (99 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009RCPY8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,404 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #70 in Movies & TV > DVD > Horror
  • #88 in Movies & TV > DVD > Fantasy
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Editorial Reviews

DVD Features

Conveniently combined into one "slimy"-looking set, the special features for these supernatural comedies are concentrated on the first disc. The original movie includes informative commentary from director Ivan Reitman (Stripes), writer/actor Harold Ramis (Dr. Egon Spengler), and associate producer Joe Medjuck. (Random facts: the slime was made out of food starch and Rick Moranis’s part was originally written for fellow SCTV alum John Candy.) Other extras include featurettes (from 1984 and 1999), conceptual drawings, deleted scenes ("scene cemetery"), and storyboards ("ghostly gallery" and "split scene compare"). The sequel includes two episodes ("Citizen Ghost" and "Partners in Slime") from the animated series, The Real Ghostbusters (featuring characters quite distinct from Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, etc.). The set is rounded out by a 26-page collector's scrapbook with sketches, biographies, and a brief history of the first film. That said, some features from previous editions, like theatrical trailers, are not included. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Product Description

GHOSTBUSTERS I & II GIFTSET - DVD Movie

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

250 of 274 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good DVD and a better story., March 31, 2010

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This review is from: Ghostbusters Double Feature Gift Set (Ghostbusters / Ghostbusters 2 + Commemorative Book) (DVD)

I received the DVD a few days earlier than expected, and in an unexpected way.

There was a knock on the door, it was maybe 2 in the morning. I don't really remember. I slowly got out of bed and peeked through the doorhole to see who it could possibly be.

It was Bill effing Murray. Dressed up as a ghostbuster. When I opened the door, he clicked a remote to turn on a stereo boombox he had with him. Ghostbusters theme blaring, he starts dancing. 70's disco style.

After "WHO YOU GONNA CALL," he held the DVD case up to my face and paused the song. I was silent, he lowered the case and put it in my face again.

"Ghostbusters?" I asked.

He started the music again, put the dvd down on my doormat, took the boombox and danced away.

I opened up the DVD case when I got back inside, and on the INSIDE of the SHRINK WRAPPED DVD CASE, I kid you not there was a note that read

"No one will ever believe you. No one buys DVDs anymore."

I got noise complaints from other people in the apartment the next day. I told them I was sorry and wouldn't play my music so loud. Let's face it. No one would believe otherwise.


Excellent DVD. High quality video and audio, and the extras are AWESOME.

73 of 78 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cheap as heck and the transfer is upgraded!, July 26, 2005

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Dane M. Marvin (Council Bluffs, IA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ghostbusters Double Feature Gift Set (Ghostbusters / Ghostbusters 2 + Commemorative Book) (DVD)

Well, this isn't packed with special features, but it's sure worth more than two stars. After all, what do you expect for a double-feature (each film is in its own thin-pak case) plus episodes of the cartoon (which it will be great to reminisce while watching, by the way) and a scrapbook at such a low price?

The real treat that home theater enthusiasts and most people with eyes will appreciate is that the transfers have been remastered and are marvelous-looking. That alone makes this a good companion to the old discs (KEEP THE OLD RELEASES because the video commentary from the first Ghostbusters DVD isn't on this new one and the neither are theatrical trailers). e-mail me for a link to comparison pics of the transfer upgrades! Worth an upgrade for home theater enthusiasts and fans of the cartoon (and fans of cool gimmick packaging, too, I guess!).

50 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Widescreen/Fullscreen box misprint, August 3, 2005

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A. Murray (NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ghostbusters Double Feature Gift Set (Ghostbusters / Ghostbusters 2 + Commemorative Book) (DVD)

The outside box does say that GB is in fullscreen and GB2 is in widescreen. However, that is a misprint. Originally they did intend to release it this way, but the backlash was so severe that they reversed this (stupid) decision. I guess the box artwork was already printed by this point. Rest assured that the actual movies are BOTH in widescreen and there is not even a fullscreen option. The inside boxes do both indicate widescreen.