Who else saw this in theaters?
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mistersparkle — 12 years ago(January 20, 2014 04:05 PM)
still own the CD soundtrack.
I had to make due with the cassette tape (which technically I "stole" from my sister).
But yeah, I saw it opening day, dad took me and my sister. One of the most crowded theaters I've ever been in, I don't think there was a single empty seat (something I never saw again other than for Star Wars ep 3).
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seanf618 — 12 years ago(March 12, 2014 11:13 AM)
I saw it for my 9th bday, we actually saw it a day before it came out, i think it was for a radio station screening or something similar. I remember being creeped out by the severed heads in the subway and Janoaz's eyes durning the blackout. Of coarse by this time I had tons of the toys and really wanted figures of the Real Ghostbusters in the dark blue jumpsuits. Mom would never let me have the slime lol
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agtac76 — 11 years ago(June 16, 2014 11:42 AM)
I did! I was 13 years old and saw it with my family. I loved it, and afterwards I brought the soundtrack on cassette. I also collected clippings from the newspapers and such, I didn't get much, but what I got I thought was great.
Now fast forward 25 years later, and my youngest daughter loves this movie. Last year at Dragon Con, I met Ernie Hudson (what a very nice gentleman), and got the chance to have his autograph along with 2 pictures! Would love a 3rd movie, but at least we have the two.
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steve_is_excellent — 11 years ago(July 21, 2014 12:59 AM)
Saw it in theatres. I remember kids saying "go back for the packs". And then at the end credits my mom wanted to leave. My dad wanted to stay and leave me to jam out to the ray parker song. Then it went into the rap stuff and my dad was like " Let's go".
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SchaefDizzle — 11 years ago(September 04, 2014 11:16 AM)
I saw it opening day and have been in love with it ever since. Kinda crazy story is that they tore down the theater in which I saw the film (saw it in 1989 and they tore it down in 1999) and a friend of mine contacted the manager before they leveled it, when they were throwing away all their stuff and because he collects movie memorabilia, and he managed to pull the one-sheet for GB2 that the theater had sitting rolled up in their storage for a decade. He gave it to me for my birthday that year. The manager informed my friend that their theater had only been given ONE copy of the poster in their kit (he even had the order inventory receipt, which I also received) and it was the very one hanging in the lightbox outside the front doors of the theater that I was lined up beside on opening day in 1989. So, in a strange turn of events, I ended up with the EXACT same one-sheet that I had been standing under just over a decade earlier. I remember looking at the thing and wondering what those strange things on Winston and Ray's back were and loving that the ghost was making the 2 with his fingers. Funny what you remember. What a strange way things work out. It's framed and hanging in my living room, one of my most valued GB pieces.
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queencat18 — 11 years ago(September 22, 2014 10:53 AM)
My brother and I went with two family friends to see it at a second run theater while the mom's wanted to hang out on their own. I was 9 at the time, but my brother was 12, and I think one of the family friends was 13. We went to see a twilight showing, and because we lived in a safe area, and the theater was only a mile away from the house, we walked home, part of the way through this creepy old park. Not the best idea, since the movie already spooked me a bit (can't remember why, but I was always a scaredy cat). Since it was with my brother and the family friends were also boys, they teased me so much for that. Thankfully, none of them remember anymore, and I'm not about to remind them.
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AdmiralTugBenson — 10 years ago(October 21, 2015 10:08 AM)
I saw it when I was 9. I was a big fan of the first one and was really looking forward to it. I remember the morning of the day I was going to see it I was sitting out in my treehouse with a friend who had seen it the night before and he was telling me that it wasn't very good. So I was prepared for it to be bad, but I loved it.
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bluerose50-1 — 10 years ago(March 20, 2016 10:35 AM)
I saw it at the drive-in 2 times. First time on opening day. I got sick so we got home before the movie started. We went back and this time i watched it. I can't remember what the second movie was. A Pink Panther movie maybe.
I remember that they showed a short cartoon before Ghostbusters in french it was called "L'le noir" translated word for word would be "The black island"
I too had the soundtrack on LP. I still own the Lp. I since bought it on cd off ebay. Is it available on itunes now. Had some of the trading cards too. I played a lot with the real ghostbusters action figures. I now own the original 35mm teaser and 35mm trailer that were showed in theater to advertise this movie -
Utpe — 9 years ago(April 30, 2016 09:26 PM)
Yeppers, I went to go see this on opening day, June 6th, 1989. I remember I was so excited that I could barely sleep the night before. I couldn't wait for Christmas when my parents had bought just about every single thing related to this film.
I can honestly say, 1989 was one heck of a year to be a kid. Not only did they have a sequel to
Ghost Busters (1984)
, but that year you had:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
(Stupid film, but entertaining nonetheless)
Also, a slew of other films that weren't sequels such as:
Batman (1989)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Say Anything (1989)
Christmas Vacation (1989)
Uncle Buck (1989)
Field of Dreams (1989)
Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
Road House (1989)
Those are just a few of the movies that I went to go see that year. I feel bad for anybody who was either too young or not born yet. That was one wild ride. -
blondcutie1972 — 9 years ago(September 18, 2016 08:49 AM)
I saw this in the theater when I was 16, I was such a big fan of the first movie, i had to see this movie too, and it was good for a sequel, I don't know why a lot of people didn't like it, it had a lot of cool scenes in it.
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Hendry_William_French — 9 years ago(October 19, 2016 05:05 PM)
Yep, I saw it in a theatre in Denver in summer 89 when I was very young. I remember being scared when Janosz's eyes start to glow, but I still really liked it. I remember going to Toys R Us later that day and getting some Kenner Real Ghostbusters toys - the ecto popper and goggles set. We also had spaghetti O's in the shape of the Ghostbusters and other assorted merchandise like storybooks. Ghostbusters was really huge round about that time. it just seemed to be everywhere.
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adrian-whittingham — 9 years ago(October 21, 2016 03:09 AM)
I saw this in the UK in December 1989 (as it opened months later here than in the USA) for my friend's 10th birthday, I was 9 myself.
I can remember absolutely loving it, and I got the novelisation for Christmas that year. I also remember Shreddies cereals having different scenes from the movie on the back of their cereal packets, and stickers of the ghostbusters/ghosts etc inside the packet so you could make your own scenes etc.!
My final other random memory is going for a birthday McDonald's after the movie (McDonald's was really a treat for kids back then!) and we all got strawberry milkshakes and pretended they were slime drinks haha!
Very fond memories of this movie