:18:02
with an 800 number
on real television.
:18:05
They got 1,000 calls per hour...
:18:06
24 hours a day...
:18:09
for six weeks.
:18:14
The sprawling apartment house
interiors extended...
:18:17
over two adjoining soundstages on
the Burbank Studios lot in Los Angeles.
:18:20
They needed all the extra space...
:18:22
for the physical effects crew
to do their construction.
:18:34
Tiny cuts were made on the eggshells
with a small electric saw.
:18:37
Each cut was filled with plaster,
then sanded smooth and painted.
:18:41
During the filming, air was
injected into the eggs from below...
:18:44
causing the eggs to split along the
cuts and spill out onto the countertop.
:18:48
The countertop was actually
a teflon-coated aluminum sheet...
:18:51
heated from below
with propane.
:18:58
Note the Stay-Puft marshmallow bag.
:19:07
Dana is about to make
a chilling discovery.
:19:12
A complex optical composite
pieced together...
:19:15
from elements generated primarily
for other scenes in the film.
:19:20
It's a preview of special effects
horrors yet to come.
:19:26
The producers had three different signs
to hang over the door...
:19:29
because the rights to the title...
"Ghostbusters"...
:19:32
weren't resolved
until four weeks into shooting.
:19:35
The movie was almost called
"Ghoststoppers."
:19:40
In all previous drafts...
:19:42
the basic vehicle from which
the "Ectomobile" would evolve...
:19:45
was specified to be
a 1975 Cadillac ambulance.
:19:48
It was originally supposed
to cost the Ghostbusters $600.
:19:51
By the time the film was shot,
the Cadillac had aged.
:19:53
A 1959 model won the audition,
and the price skyrocketed to $4,800.