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No credit for Ramis?

posted 3 years ago by Burgershmurger (1446)
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He does appear though.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

As a CGI extrapolation of how he would appear if still alive, I guess. He has no lines, and a lookalike in shadow plays his living self at the start of the movie before being killed by Gozer.

[–] elcamino (15540) 3 years ago

In the end it says the movie was for Harold.

[–] MikeCable (1911) 3 years ago

Good point, however I wonder how the technical / legal side of it works since his likeness is used in the movie. I would imagine that an amount was paid to his family / estate to be able to include his likeness and character in the movie.

[–] xergan (1081) a year ago

Harold Ramis Ghost was played by Bob Gunton (Warden Norton in Shawshank, Ethan Kanin in 24) and then CGI replaced with a depiction of Harold Ramis. (https://www.mpcfilm.com/en/news/how-mpc-brought-back-the-late-harold-ramis-in-ghostbusters-afterlife/)

Also as I am aware the Reitman and Ramis family was relatively close due to friendship of Harold with Ivan. Violet Ramis and Jason Reitman are also same age, Jason confirmed being often on the sets of his father, while Violet is confirmed also visiting her dad on set. According to this article, they were always involved in the process and had to give their OK for the likeliness (https://movieweb.com/jason-reitman-talks-ghostbusters-afterlife-harold-ramis/).