Ghostbusters Transcript & Filming Locations List

Thanks to MrMichaelT, we now have a written transcript of Ghostbusters, which was just was added as an "alternate" .rtf file on the Ghostbusters Scripts page.

MrMichaelT also put together a list of filming locations as seen in the movie. This is sort of like the Movie Rundown series I ran last Summer, but without the photos and other extravagances that I added. The entire text of his list appears below without any alterations.

GHOSTBUSTERS 1984 LOCATIONS
By Chapter 1 to 28

Deleted Scenes
Unverified and Unknown

CHAPTER 1 START

New York Public Library's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street in New York.

New York Public Library's south wing of the Main Reading Room in New York

Downstairs of New York Public Library was in Los Angeles Public Library.

Alma Mater statue at Columbia University in New York

Exterior Weaver Hall was exterior of Havemeyer Hall at Columbia University in New York.

CHAPTER 2 SHOCK THE NERD

Weaver Hall interiors were filmed at Columbia University in New York.

CHAPTER 3 GET HER!

New York Public Library exterior, the Reading Room, the office that splits the two halves of the Reading Room in New York.

Los Angeles Public Library basement stacks used for stacks scene.

Ruth Oliver filmed Library ghost parts at Boss Films in Marina del Rey, California.

Campus was Columbia University in New York.

CHAPTER 4 TERMINATED

Columbia University in New York

Low Library courtyard in New York

Exiting bank done at 489 Fifth Avenue in New York

CHAPTER 5 FIXER-UPPER

Exterior of  Hook & Ladder Company #8 at 14 N. Moore Street in New York

Interiors were filmed at the old headquarters of Fire Station #23 at 225 East 5th Street in Los Angeles

CHAPTER 6 SPOOK CENTRAL

Sheep Meadow lawn of Central Park in New York with matte painting of 550 Central Park West

Exterior of 55 Central Park West in New York.

Dana's apartment, the hallway, and Louis' apartment were all one huge connected set extended over two adjoining soundstages (stages 12 and 18) at The Burbank Studios (now Warner Bros. Studios) at 4210 West Olive Avenue in Burbank, California.

CHAPTER 7 FRIED EGGS & ZUUL

Dana's apartment, the hallway, and Louis' apartment were all one huge connected set extended over two adjoining soundstages (stages 12 and 18) at The Burbank Studios (now Warner Bros. Studios) at 4210 West Olive Avenue in Burbank, California.

Shots of New York outside Dana's apartment where photo backdrops photographed from the roof of 55 Central Park West.

Temple of Gozer in the refrigerator was done on Stage 16 at The Burbank Studios in Los Angeles.

Commercial done in front of Hook & Ladder #8 firehouse in New York

CHAPTER 8 BUG EYES

First floor Engine Bay area of Fire Station #23 Los Angeles.

CHAPTER 9 THE 1ST CUSTOMER

Second floor of Fire Station #23 in Los Angeles.

CHAPTER 10 CHECKING OUT DANA

Hall and Dana's apartment at stage 12 and 18 at the Burbank Studios in Burbank, California

Exterior is Hook and Ladder in New York.

Second floor of Fire Station #23 in Los Angeles.

CHAPTER 11 WE GOT ONE

Second floor+first floor of Fire Station #23 in Los Angeles.

Exterior is Hook and Ladder #8 in New York.

Fifth Street entrance of the Biltmore Hotel at 506 South Grand Avenue in Los Angeles.

Biltmore Hotel's "Main Galeria" in Los Angeles

Hallway and elevator sets in Burbank Studios in Los Angeles. Hallways on Stage 12.

CHAPTER 12 HE SLIMED ME

Sedgewick Hotel hallways done on Stage 12 in Burbank Studios in Los Angeles.

Biltmore Hotel's ballroom in Los Angeles

CHAPTER 13 NICE SHOOTIN' TEX.

Biltmore Hotel's ballroom in Los Angeles

CHAPTER 14 WELCOME ABOARD

Dana's apartment on stage 12 at The Burbank Studios in Los Angeles.

Roger Grimsby's news studio WABC-TV at 7 Lincoln Square on the Upper West Side. (see last section)

Reporter at corner of Broadway and Chambers Street  near 280 Broadway in New York

Fire House #23 sleeping quarters in Los Angeles.

Ecto-1 starts on West 116th Street and turns onto Broadway in New York. In the rear is The Paterno

Tai Hong Lau Restaurant at 70 Mott Street in New York.

Ecto-1 passes Umberto's Clam House at 129 Mulberry Street (corner of Hester St.) in New York

Ray is coming out from 16 East 63rd Street in New York.

New York Post photos – Stage 16 Burbank Studio and Los Angeles, Biltmore Hotel.

Ecto-1 is at 5th Avenue & East 50th Street, passing by St. Patrick's Cathedral on the left and Saks Fifth Avenue on the right in New York.

Larry King's studio at Mutual Broadcasting System in Washington D.C., or a station in NYC? (see last section)

Time magazine cover photo and Globe magazine cover photo – was shot at 696 Madison in New York

Rockefeller Center, Prometheus statue in rear in New York.

Egon is standing outside 122 Mulberry Street in New York.

Mott Street in Chinatown, jogging the distance from 56 to 64 Mott Street in New York.

Ray walks to Ecto-1/Peter's no fee is too big is outside the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.

Joe Franklin's studio, WWOR-TV's Times Square Studio in Rialto Theater

The Single Officers' Quarters at Fort Detmerring, where Ray has his encounter with the Dream Ghost, is really a small set adjacent to Dana's apartment on Stage 12 at Burbank Studios in Los Angeles.

Kym Herrin filmed Dream Ghost part at Boss Films in Marina del Rey, California.

Winston arrives is exterior of Hook and Ladder #8 in New York.

First floor Engine Bay area, office, and basement of Fire House #23 in Los Angeles.

Exterior of Lincoln Center at West 63rd Street & Columbus Avenue in New York.

CHAPTER 15 EPA MAN

Fire House #23 in Los Angeles.

CHAPTER 16 DOGS DRAG DANA

Where Terrace Drive and West Drive intersect in Central Park near top of Sheep Meadow and bottom Strawberry Field.

Stage 16 at the Burbank Studios in Los Angeles.

Stage 12 and 18 at the Burbank Studios in Los Angeles.

CHAPTER 17 WHO BROUGHT THE DOG?

Stage 12 and 18 at the Burbank Studios in Los Angeles.

CHAPTER 18 TERROR ON THE TAVERN

55 Central Park West in New York.

Central Park, all the way to Tavern on the Green at West 67th Street & Central Park West in New York.

CHAPTER 19 PETERS DATE WITH ZUUL

Peter's arrival was the facsimile of 550 Central Park West exterior ground floor constructed at the Columbia Ranch in Burbank, California.

Hall and Dana's apartment is Stage 12 in Burbank Studios in Los Angeles.

CHAPTER 20 KEYMASTER

Louis comes out Merchant's Gate in southwest corner, right at Columbus Circle in New York.

Exterior Firehouse was Hook and Ladder #8 in New York

Second floor Firehouse was Fire House #23 in Los Angeles

Dana's apartment on stage 12 at Burbank Studios in Los Angeles.

Ecto-1 drives on FDR Drive Service Road East/Marginal Road, between Avenue C Loop/E. 18th Street & East 20th Street in New York

Ecto-1 drives on Manhattan Bridge, located at Manhattan Bridge & FDR Drive North in New York

Ray and Winston filmed in a car facade on a soundstage in Burbank Studios in Los Angeles.

CHAPTER 21 OUT OF BIZ

Exterior Firehouse was Hook & Ladder 8 in New York.

Interior Firehouse was Fire House 23 in Los Angeles.

Civilians stand on the other side of Varick Street, across from Hook & Ladder Company #8, in the area in front of 18 North Moore Street in New York.

Dana's apartment on Stage 12 at The Burbank Studios in Los Angeles

Shot of P.K.E. Erupting from roof shot from apartment across from 550 in New York

Firehouse's roof rupture miniature set shot at Entertainment Effects Group in Marina del Rey

Louis walking away is around the corner from the Firehouse on White Street, walking east from West Broadway in New York.

Atop RCA Building in New York.

Subway Ghost was at subway entrance is at Broadway & Murray Street, immediately west of City Hall in New York.

Zombie Taxi Driver was at Madison Avenue, between East 61st and East 62nd Streets in New York.

Zombie Taxi Driver turns onto East 62nd Street in New York

Louis looks up somewhere on Broadway in New York (see last section)

Slimer appears at Rockefeller Center; specifically in front of the McGraw-Hill Building at 1221 Avenue of the Americas (aka 6th Avenue) in New York

P.K.E. streams pass between buildings Park Avenue Plaza on 55 East 52nd Street. To the right of the plaza is the Seagram Building on 375 Park Avenue. To the left of the plaza is the 399 Park Avenue building.

Louis crosses street by WienerWald Austrian Restuarant at 1560 Broadway in New York

Photos of Central Park Loop taken from roof of 55 Central Park West in New York

Louis pauses in Times Square, the George M. Cohan statue is in the mid-ground to the left of Louis, and the TKTS booth is all the way in the background. at West 46th Street & 7th Avenue & Broadway in New York.

CHAPTER 22 HOLDING CELL

Old prison in Lower Manhattan in the middle of 14th Street in New York (see last section)

CHAPTER 23 KEEPER MEETS MASTER

Exterior 55 Central Park West in New York.

Dana's apartment and hall was Stage 12 set in Burbank Studios in Los Angeles.

CHAPTER 24 BIBLICAL

New York City Hall exterior in New York.

Mayor's office was City Council president Carol Bellamy's office in New York City Hall in New York.

Ghostbusters, National Guard, and NYPD depart from Manhattan Municipal Building at 1 Centre Street, across the street from City Hall in New York.

Central Park; Sheep Meadow in New York.

Front of 55 Central Park West in New York.

CHAPTER 25 WORKING THE CROWD

Front of 55 Central Park West in New York.

Facsimile of apartment wrecked constructed at the Columbia Ranch in Burbank for street lifting and falling in hole.

550 Central Park West stairwell was filmed at Biltmore Hotel stairwell in Los Angeles with matte painting done to "extend" the number of floors.

Temple of Gozer set on Stage 16 in Burbank Studios in Los Angeles.

Dana's apartment and hall was Stage 12 set in Burbank Studios in Los Angeles.

CHAPTER 26 GOZER

Temple of Gozer set on Stage 16 in Burbank Studios in Los Angeles.

Front of 55 Central Park West in New York.

CHAPTER 27 STAY PUFT MAN

Stay Puft appears at 2 Columbus Circle in New York.

Stay Puft's march was partially shot with miniature set at Boss Films.

Temple of Gozer set on Stage 16 in Burbank Studios in Los Angeles.

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, at 3 West 65th Street in New York.

Front of 55 Central Park West in New York.

CHAPTER 28 CROSSING THE STREAMS

The Temple of Gozer set on Stage 16 in Burbank Studios in Los Angeles.

The last scenes were in front of the 55 Central Park West building in New York.

DELETED SCENES

Honeymooners

The Hotel room was part of the Sedgwick set in Burbank Studios in Los Angeles.

Parking Ticket

Truffles Cafe at 696 Madison Avenue in New York

The Fort Detmerring exterior set was a standing set at the Columbia Ranch.

The Single Officers' Quarters at Fort Detmerring, where Ray has his encounter with the Dream Ghost, is really a small set adjacent to Dana's apartment on Stage 12.

Louis/Vinz Encounters Muggers

MacArthur Park in Los Angeles.

ROUND UP OF UNVERIFIED OR UNKNOWN FILMING LOCATIONS

CHAPTER 14 WELCOME ABOARD

1. Roger Grimsby's news flash was at the WABC-TV at 7 Lincoln Square on the Upper West Side?

2. Larry King filmed at his usual studio in Washington D.C. where he did The Larry King Show in 1983/1984 or a station in NYC?

3. Ray's Joe Franklin interview filmed at which set for his Joe Franklin Show? WWOR-TV's Times Square Studio in Rialto Theater?

4. In commentary, Joe Medjuck mentions they had no permits for "Chinatown, Rockefeller, 42nd, Saks Fifth, and the United Nations" What did he mean by United Nations?

CHAPTER 21 OUT OF BIZ

5. Right before the hot dog vendor scene. Louis looks up. Unknown location in Broadway (1:09:53-1:09:54 of DVD commentary, Medjuck states it was one of the first things they filmed and thinks it was on Broadway). (GB Wiki image of shot in question)

CHAPTER 22 HOLDING CELL

6. The jail was an abandoned police headquarters in Lower Manhattan around the middle of 14^th Street? Name? "The old New York Police Department lock-up" at 240 Centre Street?

END