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Because they were the residents of the apartments bordering the 'Gate'.

The way the film is shot makes it hard to discern whether the guests did or did not see the minion. This viewer, upon first seeing the film as a six year old, thought the minion was invisible to the dining guests. But the shot is zoomed back so far away from Louis that it is nearly impossible to figure out what is visible to whom.

Given the rest of the humour in the film, it is probably a joke about New Yorkers reacting to indifference about anything unusual. Including a supernatural entity chasing down an accountant.

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Because a clearer example of musical plagiarism could not possibly exist. The original song is I Want A New Drug, by Huey Lewis. The bass parts, the keyboard chords during the verses, and especially the chorus are pretty much note for note copied in the song Ghostbusters.

Huey and Ray eventually reached a settlement that included a confidentiality clause.

Huey eventually broke this clause in a 2001 interview with VH1, stating the offensive part was that the film industry bought the song in spite of him telling them it was not for sale. Parker sued Lewis for breaching the confidentiality clause. Whether he won or not has not been learned after reading half a dozen articles.

According to Premiere magazine, the producers of Ghostbusters using I Want A New Drug as a temp track in certain scenes, including one that they sent to Parker for inspiration. So blame those producers.

It's up for exact interpretation, but if there's an afterlife depending on an individual's belief, that's where Peter would see Ray again if they died during those final moments.

No one has answered this question yet.

When three parapsychologists—Doctors Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd), and Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis)—are fired from their positions at New York's Columbia University, they decide to set up shop together and become "ghostbusters" dedicated to trapping ghosts and other nasty spirits. Unfortunately, they're mostly considered to be frauds, until an ancient Sumerian god, Gozer the Gozerian, takes up residence in the high-rise apartment of Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver), and it seems that only the Ghostbusters can save the Big Apple.

The script for the motion picture Ghostbusters was written by co-stars Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, who also wrote the sequel Ghostbusters II (1989) (1989). The film has been twice been novelized as Ghostbusters (1984) by Larry Milne and again as Ghostbusters: The Supernatural Spectacular (1985) by Richard Mueller (the movie's popularity also led to two animated television series, The Real Ghostbusters (1986) (later renamed Slimer! And the Real Ghostbusters (1988)) (1986-1991) and Extreme Ghostbusters (1997) (1997) as well as numerous computer and video games. A remake/parody, Ghostbusters (2016)—complete with new-character cameos of the original cast—was released in 2016.

The Board of Regents decided to terminate their grant on the grounds that their theories were "the worst kind of popular tripe," their methods were "sloppy," their conclusions were "highly questionable," and they are all-around "poor scientists." Venkman in particular was accused of using his position with the Psychology Department as some kind of "dodge or hustle."

Zuul the Gatekeeper, Gozer the Sumerian god of Destruction, and Vinz Clortho the Keymaster were all made up for the movie. However, following the release of Ghostbusters, fans made up a number of legacies, rituals and mythologies about them, none of which have any true history.

The song is "Magic" by Mick Smiley. However, the answer to this question is frequently disputed by those complaining that the start of "Magic" as heard on the soundtrack album sounds nothing like the track used in the film. This is because the film uses only the second half of the song, which sounds much different from the first half. Start playing the track at about 2:20 in to hear it as it was in the film.

Gozer gave the Ghostbusters a choice of the form Gozer will become as "The Destroyer". If The Ghostbusters thought and had chosen for example: The Joker from Batman, Gozer would reappear in that form to destroy them. The Ghostbusters had to clear their minds and not think of anything or anyone that would appear and destroy them. But Ray had thought of the Mr. Stay Puft Marshmellow Man and Gozer reappeared as the form chosen by Ray, which Ray believed couldn't possibly destroy them, as kids would toast marshmellows at camp fires and The Ghostbusters used their proton packs to zap at Mr. Stay Puft/Gozer and set Mr. Stay Puft/Gozer on fire.

Ray's remark to Louis in the movie is "You have been a participant in the biggest interdimensional cross rip since the Tunguska blast of 1909!" First, the writers got the year wrong; the event occurred on June 30th, 1908. Ray's talking about a possible meteor strike in southern Central Russia that had a huge blast area. More info can be read here.

For the UK television release, approximately six scenes were shortened and swearwords removed.