Ghostbusters

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GHOSTBUSTERS

Outside New York Public Library
Eerie music. Pigeons fly from the steps.

New York Public Library, reading room
ALICE pushes a cart of books.

New York Public Library, basement
ALICE brings some books down to the basement of library. As she walks along, a few books float to other shelves. When she turns around to investigate, nothing happens.
She makes some notes on a pad and passes a card catalog. The drawers s brings lide open, spilling cards all over the place. She screams and runs.
She runs through the shelves.
Comes to what must be the ghost; she screams. Her hair blows back.
Ghostbusters logo dissolves onto screen. Music: Ghostbusters.

Columbia University
Main title pops up. Ghostbusters theme keeps playing. We see people going in and out of the building.

Corridor outside Paranormal Studies Laboratory
We hear DR. PETER VENKMAN giving the ESP test. On door: "Dr. Egon Spengler Dr. Raymond Stantz Dr. Peter Venkman Venkman burn in hell Maid please make up this room as soon as possible"

Inside lab
PETER gives ESP test to MALE STUDENT & JENNIFER. MALE STUDENT is hooked up to electrodes.

PETER
All right, I'm going to turn over the next card. I want you to concentrate. I want you to tell , what it is.
card is a star

MALE STUDENT
Square?

PETER
showing him card and shocking him
Good guess, wrong.
holds a circle card up in front of JENNIFER
Clear your head. All right, tell , what you think it is.

JENNIFER
Is it a star?

PETER
It is a star! Very good. That's great.
holds up a square card for MALE STUDENT
All right. Think hard. What is it?

MALE STUDENT
Circle?

PETER
showing him square and shocking him
Ooh, close, definitely wrong.
MALE STUDENT's gum shoots out of his mouth. He puts it back in and keeps chewing. PETER holds a plus sign card up for JENNIFER.
Okay. All right. Ready? What is it?
no answer
Come on.

JENNIFER
Figure eight.

PETER
pretending to be astonished
Incredible. That's five for five. You can't see these, can you?

JENNIFER
No, no.

PETER
You're not cheating me, are you?

JENNIFER
No, I swear, they're just coming to me.

PETER
to MALE STUDENT
Okay. Nervous?

MALE STUDENT
Yes... I don't like this.

PETER
Don't worry, you only have seventy-five more to go.
holds up a card with three wavy lines
Okay, what's this one?

MALE STUDENT
A couple of wavy lines.

PETER
who wants to zap him for fun
Sorry! This isn't your lucky day!

MALE STUDENT
I know. I -
PETER reaches for the little lever. JENNIFER seems amused, so PETER winks to her. MALE STUDENT stumbles over some words before PETER zaps him.
Hey! I'm getting a little tired of this!

PETER
You volunteered, didn't you? We're paying you, aren't we?

MALE STUDENT
Yeah, I didn't know you were giving me electric shocks! What are you trying to prove here anyway?

PETER
I'm studying the effect of negative reinforcement on ESP ability.

MALE STUDENT
The effect?! I'll tell you what the effect is! It's pissing , off!