Ghostbusters II Page #5

JANOSZ:

(with an East European accent)

Still working on the Turner?

Dana jumps, startled by the intrusion.

DANA:

Oh, yes, I got in a little late this morning,

Janosz.

JANOSZ:

You know, you are really doing very good work

here. I think soon you may be ready to assist

me in some of the more important restorations.

DANA:

Thank you, Janosz. I've learned a lot here,

but now that my baby's a little older, I was

hoping to rejoin the orchestra.

VIGO PAINTING:

At the mention of Dana's baby, the figure of Vigo miraculously turns his

head and looks at Dana.

JANOSZ AND DANA:

Neither of them notice the movement in the painting.

JANOSZ:

(disappointed)

We'll be very sorry to lose you. Perhaps I

could take you to lunch today?

DANA:

Actually, I'm not eating lunch today. I have

an appointment.

(looks at her watch)

In fact, I'd better go.

She starts gathering up her things.

JANOSZ:

Every day I ask you, and every day you've got

something else to do. Do I have bad breath

or something?

DANA:

(trying to brush him off)

I'm sorry. Perhaps some other time.

JANOSZ:

Okay, I'll take a raincheck on that.

Janosz smiles at her as she exits, then goes back to his easel.

JANOSZ:

(to himself)

I think she likes me.

He switches on an English language TAPE and starts practicing the

phrases as he resumes working.

CUT TO:

EXT. UNIVERSITY - DAY

Dana Barrett crosses the quad and enters a modern building. A sign

identifies it as "The Institute for Advanced Theoretical Research."

INT. UNIVERSITY - DAY (A LITTLE LATER)

Dana is explaining the buggy incident to EGON SPENGLER, the soberly

intellectual techno-wizard and former Ghostbuster, as he conducts an

experiment assisted by a research team of graduate students, all of whom

are Japanese, Chinese, or Korean. The device he is testing is a black

box about the size of a Sony Watchman with both digital and graphic

displays.

DANA:

... and then the buggy just suddenly stopped

dead in the middle of the street

SPENGLER:

Did anyone else see this happen?

DANA:

Hundreds of people. Believe me, I didn't

imagine this.

SPENGLER:

I'm not saying you did. In science we always

look for the simplest explanation.

An ASSISTANT interrupts.

ASSISTANT:

We're ready, Dr. Spengler

SPENGLER:

(to the Assistant)

We'll start with the negative calibration.

He picks up the device and prepares to test it.

DANA:

(curious)

What are you working on, Egon?

SPENGLER:

I'm trying to determine whether human

emotional states have a measurable effect on

the psychomagnetheric energy field. It's a

theory Ray and I were working on when we had

to dissolve Ghostbusters.

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