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#1 Feb 24 2014 at 1:10 PM Rating: Excellent
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Harold Ramis — director and co-writer of Groundhog Day and the brains behind the Ghostbusters operation, died today from complications related to auto-immune inflammatory vasculitis. He was 69.

Chicago Tribune reports that the North Shore resident passed away at 12:53 a.m. from the rare disease he had been battling for over four years. We are all lesser without him.

Well known and loved for his Ghostbusters character Dr. Egon Spengler, Ramis indelibly marked our childhood lobbing one liners between Bill Murray's antics. He was the brains of the operation, the guy with the gadgets, the character unafraid to "take the puppies away" or construct a highly volatile proton pack and strap it to the backs of his best friends. But in reality, the real Harold Ramis was even smarter than Egon.

Simply put, Ramis' work behind the camera changed the scope of comedic film forever. Ramis' writing credits include Animal House and Ghostbusters. He directed Caddyshack, Multiplicity, and National Lampoon's Vacation. He wrote AND directed Bedazzled and the most re-watchable film in history: Groundhogs Day. And that's just to list a few.

What do all these films have in common? They are entirely smarter than they have any business being. Ramis didn't make shallow, face valued films he made tiny capsules of joy, spirituality, or nostalgia. Take Ramis thoughts on the redemption and the spiritual journey (wildly embraced by many different religions) inside Groundhog Day.

Animal House wasn't just an excuse to feature John Belushi and friends. Ramis was searching for the long lost revolutionary spirit. In an interview with the New Yorker he explained, "Our generation's revolutionary energy had slipped away after Kent State and the rise of the violent fringe of the Weather Underground... We revived it."

Director of Ghostbusters Ivan Reitman describes how Ramis elevated the script:

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[Reitman] suggested that they ask Ramis to join the cast—and to do a rewrite with Aykroyd that would play to Murray's strengths. "Harold added the irony, the heart, the romance with Sigourney Weaver, and all the adult writing, as well as the structure," Aykroyd says. "And he knew which passes to throw Bill, so Bill would look funny throughout."


His influence escalated comedy from SCTV (Second City TV) to small cameos on Knocked Up, we will not forget you, Harold Ramis.


Let's hope Gozer doesn't hunt him down for revenge.
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#2 Feb 24 2014 at 1:16 PM Rating: Excellent
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His movies have been some of my favorites, whether he wrote, acted, or directed them.
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I concur lolgaxe....ever since I was sneaking peaks at Stripes which I wasn't allowed to watch, and all his movies that he was involved in he made an impact on a lot of people and he will be missed in a lot of ways.

May you rest in Peace Harold
and thank you for being part of my life!
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#4 Feb 25 2014 at 12:59 AM Rating: Excellent
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That's a really nice obituary. Ghostbusters and especially Groundhog Day are two of my favorite movies.
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I grew up, some would say old, watching this guy's movies. I was in pharmacy school when Animal House was released and law school when Ghostbusters was released. I remember riding the subway back and forth between Penn Station and Chambers Street, 30 pounds of books slung over my shoulder, the grimy stations flashing by, and I remember when these first appeared. Screenshot

No caption, no context, they just started appearing in the subways. I had no idea what the hell they were for. It looked like a Casper the Friendly Ghost movie or something. I would say it was surreal, but those three years were entirely surreal and I don't know a word for surreal surrealism. Riding the NYC subway, you see things. If you know what I mean.

That man was good at what he did, and though someone will step up and keep the films coming, he will be missed.

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cynyck wrote:
I was in pharmacy school when Animal House was released and law school when Ghostbusters was released.


Were you learning how to defend yourself in court in case you were arrested for filling illegal prescriptions?
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cynyck wrote:
I was in pharmacy school when Animal House was released and law school when Ghostbusters was released.


Were you learning how to defend yourself in court in case you were arrested for filling illegal prescriptions?

You left out the part where I was learning how to self-medicate. Smiley: sly

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I hate to hear that. I was obsessed with Ghostbusters as a child. I think I will have to watch the Ghostbuster movies as a tribute this week.
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A while back, Ghostbusters: The Video Game came back onto Steam. Voiced by the original cast, some (minor) script work by Aykroyd & Ramis and Aykroyd has called it essentially the third Ghostbusters movie. Might be of interest to people looking to get their Ghostbusters fix (and pretty cheap at only $10).

Edited, Feb 26th 2014 8:23am by Jophiel
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Jophiel wrote:
A while back, Ghostbusters: The Video Game came back onto Steam. Voiced by the original cast, some (minor) script work by Aykroyd & Ramis and Aykroyd has called it essentially the third Ghostbusters movie. Might be of interest to people looking to get their Ghostbusters fix (and pretty cheap at only $10).

Edited, Feb 26th 2014 8:23am by Jophiel


The Ghostbusters video game for C64 was awesome, i played that game a ton. One of my favorite games for the C64.
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