Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Bill Murray, and Dan Aykroyd leaning against the Ectomobile in Ghostbusters
The Big Picture When Ghostbusters came out in 1984, audiences weren't afraid to go to the movie theater to see it. The Ivan Reitman film was the biggest of the year, making $220 million. Written by Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd, the original film was going to be something much more outlandish and darker, but the finished product works by taking the absurd idea of grown men capturing ghosts and setting it in a well-developed world that feels real.
Release Date June 8, 1984 Director Ivan Reitman Cast Bill Murray , Dan Aykroyd , Sigourney Weaver , Harold Ramis , Ernie Hudson , Rick Moranis Runtime 105 minutes Writers Dan Aykroyd , Harold Ramis , Rick Moranis Who Created the 'Ghostbusters' Proton Pack? There might be four Ghostbusters, but it's two of them who get the group really going with their inventions. Egon Spengler is the brains of the group and Ray Stantz is the passionate go-getter.
How Does a Proton Pack Actually Work? Close The Ghostbusters are right that a proton pack is an unlicensed nuclear accelerator. It uses carbon 14, a radioactive isotope, and as fuel cells are put into the fuel rods of the proton pack, it powers the accentuators. This distributes power throughout the proton pack, including to the cyclotron, the rounder part of the proton pack at the bottom.
James Maxwell, who redesigned the proton packs for Paul Feig's 2016 reboot of Ghostbusters, told Science vs Hollywood:
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