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Ghostbusters (2016 film)
Theatrical release poster
|Directed by
|Paul Feig
|Produced by
|Written by
|Based on
by Ivan Reitman, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis
|Music by
|Theodore Shapiro
|Robert Yeoman
|Edited by
|Distributed by
|Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date
Running time
|116 minutes[2]
|$144 million[4]
|Box office
|$229.1 million[4]
Ghostbusters (later marketed as Ghostbusters: Answer the Call[5]) is a 2016 supernatural comedy film directed by Paul Feig and written by Feig and Katie Dippold. It stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth. It is a reboot of the 1984 film of the same name and the third film, overall, in Ghostbusters franchise. The story focuses on four women and their assistant (Hemsworth) who begin a ghost-catching business in New York City.
A third Ghostbusters film had been in various stages of development following the release of Ghostbusters II in 1989. As a result of original cast member Bill Murray's refusal to commit to the project and the death of fellow cast member Harold Ramis in 2014, Sony decided to instead reboot the series. Many of the original film's cast make cameo appearances in new roles. The announcement of the female-led cast in 2015 drew a polarized response from the public and internet backlash,[6] leading to the film's IMDb page and associated YouTube videos receiving low ratings prior to the film's release.[7][8]
Distributed by Columbia Pictures, the film premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on July 9, 2016, and was released in the United States on July 15, 2016, in 2D, 3D, RealD 3D and IMAX 3D. The film grossed $229 million worldwide.[9] However, due to its combined production and marketing budget of over $350 million,[10] the film ended up being a box office bomb, with losses of up to $125 million for the studio.[11] Consequently, the studio abandoned plans for a sequel,[12] eventually opting to continue the original Ghostbusters series instead.
- 1 Plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Production
- 4 Music
- 5 Controversy
- 6 Release
- 7 Reception
- 8 Cancelled sequel and future
- 9 See also
- 10 References
- 11 External links
Physicists Abby Yates and Erin Gilbert are authors of a research book which posits the existence of paranormal phenomena, such as ghosts. While Abby continued to study the paranormal at a technical college with eccentric engineer Jillian Holtzmann, Erin, now a professor at Columbia University, disowned the work, fearing it might jeopardize her tenure. When Abby republishes the book, Erin convinces her to agree to remove the book from publication in exchange for helping Abby and Jillian in a paranormal investigation. They witness a malevolent ghost, restoring Erin's belief in the paranormal, but video footage of the investigation is posted online, and Erin is fired by the university. She joins Abby and Jillian to set up new offices above a Chinese restaurant, calling themselves "Conductors of the Metaphysical Examination". They build equipment to study and capture ghosts, and hire the dimwitted but handsome Kevin Beckman as a receptionist.
MTA staffer Patty Tolan witnesses a ghost in a subway line and contacts the group. They document the ghost and successfully test Jillian's proton containment laser, but their findings are again dismissed. They continue to develop their technology and advertise their services with the name pundits have labeled them, "Ghostbusters". Patty joins the team, providing historical knowledge of New York City and a repurposed hearse, "Ecto-1".
Unbeknownst to the Ghostbusters, the ghosts are being summoned by devices built by Rowan North, an occultist attempting to bring about the apocalypse. When Rowan plants another device at a live music venue, the Ghostbusters are called in and capture the ghost in front of the audience. When supernatural debunker Dr. Martin Heiss challenges the Ghostbusters, the incensed Erin releases the ghost as proof; it throws Heiss out a window and escapes. The Ghostbusters are brought to Mayor Bradley and his secretary Jennifer Lynch, who reveal that the city and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are aware of New York's ghost problem. While privately supporting the team's work, the mayor's office and the DHS publicly denounce them as fraudsters.
The Ghostbusters realize that Rowan is planting his devices along ley lines, which intersect at the Mercado Hotel in Times Square, a site with a history of paranormal activity, and discover Rowan building a portal to the ghost dimension in the hotel basement. To avoid capture, Rowan commits suicide by electrocuting himself, after which Jillian deactivates the portal. Erin discovers an annotated copy of her and Abby's book among Rowan's possessions and realizes that he killed himself so he could become a ghost and command a spirit army. Rowan returns as a powerful ghost, possessing Abby and then Kevin. As Kevin, he opens the portal and releases hundreds of ghosts. The police and DHS are subdued, but the Ghostbusters fight through the army of ghosts to reach the portal.
Rowan takes the form of the ghost in the Ghostbusters' logo, grows to enormous height, and attacks the city. The team devises a plan to use Ecto-1's nuclear reactor to close the portal and return the ghosts to their own dimension. The plan succeeds, but Rowan drags Abby into the portal with him; Erin leaps into the portal and rescues her as Rowan is obliterated. The mayor's office agrees to secretly fund the Ghostbusters' research while continuing to publicly denounce them as frauds. With new funding, the Ghostbusters move to a better facility, a disused fire house. New York lights up with thanks and tributes to the Ghostbusters. Patty hears something unusual in a recording and asks: "What's 'Zuul'?"
- Melissa McCarthy as Dr. Abigail L. "Abby" Yates
- Kristen Wiig as Dr. Erin Gilbert
- Kate McKinnon as Dr. Jillian Holtzmann
- Leslie Jones as Patty Tolan
- Chris Hemsworth as Kevin Beckman
- Neil Casey as Rowan North
- Andy García as Mayor Bradley
- Cecily Strong as Jennifer Lynch
- Michael K. Williams as Agent Hawkins
- Matt Walsh as Agent Rourke
- Charles Dance as Dr. Harold Filmore
- Ed Begley Jr. as Ed Mulgrave Jr.
Original Ghostbusters cast members Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, and Annie Potts, and director Ivan Reitman appear as ghost debunker Martin Heiss, a taxi driver, Patty's uncle Bill Jenkins, Holtzmann's mentor Rebecca Gorin, hotel receptionist Vanessa, and a passerby. Karan Soni, Bess Rous, Eugene Cordero, and Milana Vayntrub, who co-starred with Casey on director Paul Feig's series Other Space, portray deliveryman Benny, the ghost of Gertrude Aldridge, a bass guitarist, and a woman attacked by rat ghosts.
Also appearing as ghosts are Dave Allen as the electrocuted ghost, Steve Bannos as the flasher ghost, Robin Shelby as the voice of Lady Slimer, and Adam Ray as the voice of Slimer, who also portrays the lead singer of a band. Additionally, Steve Higgins plays Thomas Shanks, Michael McDonald plays Jonathan, Zach Woods plays Garett, Nate Corddry plays Leif, Toby Huss plays Officer Stevenson, Katie Dippold plays a rental agent, Sam Richardson plays a police officer, and Jessica Chaffin and Jamie Denbo play waitresses. Ozzy Osbourne, Al Roker, Pat Kiernan, Greg Kelly, and Rosanna Scotto portray themselves.
A third Ghostbusters film had been in various stages of development following the release of Ghostbusters II in 1989.[13][14] Bill Murray, who played Ghostbuster Peter Venkman in the original films, was reluctant to participate as he felt Ghostbusters II had been lackluster and was critical of new scripts he had read.[15] Murray later clarified that his reluctance was also in part due to his relationship with Columbia Pictures and Sony, rather than any of his co-stars from the first two films.[16] Dan Aykroyd, who co-starred in and co-wrote the original films, stated that the studio was aware that "without Murray there may be nothing there" for a sequel, and was considering a way to introduce a new generation of Ghostbusters.[15]
One script, Ghostbusters 3: Hellbent, written by Aykroyd in 1999, had Venkman leaving the Ghostbusters to spend time with Sigourney Weaver's character Dana Barrett; the remaining Ghostbusters, including a new younger member, fought souls that had been evicted from a hellish version of Manhattan known as Manhelltan.[17] The Hellbent script was revised as Ghostbusters in Hell, with plans to replace Murray with Ben Stiller. The story had the Ghostbusters finding a portal to an alternate dimension in which "all the worst things about modern urban life" are "magnified"; traffic is stuck in perpetual gridlock and no two people speak the same language.[18] Another story idea had Venkman transformed into a ghost.[13]
While the third film remained in development, Ghostbusters: The Video Game was developed by Terminal Reality and released in 2009. Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, cowriters of the original films, used the game to explore the Ghostbusters' history; all four original actors, including Murray, voiced their characters, along with other actors from the original films. Aykroyd considered the game "essentially the third movie".[19] The game sold over a million units, prompting Columbia Pictures to move forward on the Ghostbusters franchise. Ramis stated that the new film would feature the original Ghostbusters but introduce new characters in a script written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, who had cowritten his 2009 comedy Year One. The movie was set to be filmed in 2010 and released in 2011.[20][21]
Around March 2010, while the new script was being developed, Vulture reported that Columbia wanted to target a younger audience and that original Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman was under pressure to step down in place of a younger director. Reitman, along with Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis, had long-standing contracts in place with Columbia that effectively allow any of them to veto the development of a Ghostbusters film.[22] Murray had told GQ in 2010 that he felt the script written by Eisenberg and Stupnitsky was poor and "that dream just vaporized", but said that Columbia was pressuring him to make it.[23] Aykroyd defended the script, saying that it offered Murray "the comic role of a lifetime".[24] In January 2012 Aykroyd stated that the film was in "suspended animation" as Murray was still uncooperative. Aykroyd refused to recast the role as he would not make a film that "exploits the franchise".[25] By July 2012, the Eisenberg and Stupnitsky script had been discarded and new writers were working on a script.[26]
Murray's reluctance to commit to the project resulted in the decision to reboot the franchise instead.[13][27] In September 2012, Reitman suggested a remake of the original Ghostbusters, which would allow them to introduce a new cast.[28] Reitman was working on a Ghostbusters reboot that would be written by Reitman, Etan Cohen, and Aykroyd and filmed in 2013.[29][30][31] Following Ramis's death in February 2014, Reitman left the director role to focus on smaller projects, but remained a producer to help Columbia and Sony find a new director for the film.[32] At this point, the script featured the original Ghostbusters in minor roles.[30]
Variety and The Hollywood Reporter reported in August 2014 that Paul Feig had been selected as director and the reboot would feature an all-female cast.[33][34] Feig announced the film and his involvement in October 2014, along with co-writer Katie Dippold,[35] and confirmed his intention to have the film "star hilarious women".[36] Feig stated that he was partly inspired by the TV series The Walking Dead,[37] adding that his goal was to "tell a story you haven't seen before. Or tell a story you've seen before, but in a way you haven't seen it."[38]
Feig said that Sony Pictures Entertainment's co-chairman Amy Pascal had been pushing for comedy writers to produce a script for a new Ghostbusters film for some time, but he believed that most of these writers, like himself, did not want to ruin the canon of the original films. He also wanted to avoid a premise similar to Ghostbusters II, in which the Ghostbusters have to lose their success to begin a new story. This led to the idea of a reboot featuring a new set of characters, an idea that Pascal agreed with.[39]
In January 2015, Feig confirmed his intention to use Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones in the lead roles. At that point, McCarthy had already committed to the film while Sony was in negotiations with the other three actresses.[40][41] Emma Stone was approached to star but declined partly because she did not want to commit to a franchise.[42] Cecily Strong, who appears in a supporting role, was also considered for a leading role.[43] Aykroyd stated that he and his family were "delighted by this inheritance of the Ghostbusters torch by these most magnificent women in comedy."[44]
Bill Murray cameos in the film. Prior to the film, Murray's reluctance to participate in another Ghostbusters project due to his relationship with Sony had hampered efforts for a third film to be made. In a 2019 interview, he stated that his decision to participate in the film was because of his friendships with McCarthy and McKinnon and felt it important to support their project.[16]
Principal photography on the film began on June 17, 2015, in Boston.[45][46] Feig and the set dressers Carolyn Lassek and Claudia Bonfe consulted with MIT physicists before shooting.[47] On June 29, 2015, Feig tweeted the costumes of the four Ghostbusters.[48] Filming also took place in Chinatown, Boston for a few days in early July 2015.[49] On August 17, 2015, Hemsworth was spotted filming some scenes on the Ghostbusters bike.[50] After finishing at the old Naval Air Station in South Weymouth, Massachusetts, filming began in Tribeca in New York City on September 12.[51][52] On September 15, filming was taking place in Waltham, Massachusetts.[53] Filming also took place outside of Columbia University in New York.[52] Filming wrapped on September 19, 2015, in New York City.[54] The subway scenes were filmed on a sound stage, as there is no Seward Street station in the New York City Subway. Reshoots happened in Los Angeles in May 2016,[55] and included new scenes that served as a metafictional comment on the Internet controversy the film gathered.[6]
Six companies dealt with the 1,700 visual effects shots, under the supervision of Pete Travers. The main studios were Sony Pictures Imageworks, with 300 shots that included the climactic Times Square sequence and all the proton beams,[56] Moving Picture Company (MPC), with 250 shots that centered around the final battle which included Rowan's monster form,[56] and Australian company Iloura, with 500 shots encompassing various ghosts.[57] While the majority of the work involved computer-generated imagery, there was an attempt to use various practical effects akin to the original movies, with Travers explaining it was done "not to pay homage, but because it was the best way to achieve the effect."[58]
Stand-ins for the ghosts were created on the set for the actors to interact with, including actresses suspended by wires, drones as references for flying ghosts, a Slimer puppet and giant balloons for a Stay Puft Marshmallow Man parade balloon. As the ghosts in the film glow, the doubles were covered in light-emitting diodes to provide lighting references for the effects crew.[59][60]
The climactic Times Square sequence, which starts with the antagonist proclaiming "Welcome to the glory days of New York City", used special effects to transform it into a bygone mix of stores, buildings and billboards dating back through the decades. These included the Bond Clothing Store, neon signs for the defunct airlines Braniff International Airways (ended in 1982) and BOAC (ended in 1974), billboards advertising the release of the 1976 film Taxi Driver, the 1971 film Isle of the Snake People, and the 1962 to 1964 Broadway theatre production of Beyond the Fringe. The scene also included a combination of the Sony, Canadian Club, and Coca-Cola neon signs that lit up Times Square in different eras, marquees for the long departed Times Square movie theatres showing pornography films and the 1971 film Fists of Fury, and other chronological anachronisms.[61]
|Ghostbusters (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
|Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
|July 15, 2016
|Ghostbusters soundtracks chronology
|Singles from Ghostbusters (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Ghostbusters (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album released on July 15, 2016, by RCA Records.[62][63] It includes singles by Elle King, G-Eazy, and 5 Seconds of Summer.
- Track listing
|Performed by
|Walk the Moon
|"Saw It Coming"
|G-Eazy featuring Jeremih
|"Good Girls"
|Elle King
|"Girls Talk Boys"
|5 Seconds of Summer
|Zayn Malik
|Wolf Alice
|"Ghostbusters (I'm Not Afraid)"
|Fall Out Boy featuring Missy Elliott
|"Get Ghost"
|Mark Ronson, Passion Pit, and A$AP Ferg
|"Party Up (Up in Here)"
|"Rhythm of the Night"
|"American Woman"
|Muddy Magnolias
|"Want Some More"
|Beasts of Mayhem
|Ray Parker Jr.
|Total length:
|Chart (2016)
|Australian Albums (ARIA)[64]
|Canadian Albums (Billboard)[65]
|US Billboard 200[66]
|US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[67]
|Ghostbusters (Original Motion Picture Score)
|Film score by
|July 8, 2016
|Film score
|Sony Classical
|Theodore Shapiro
|Theodore Shapiro film scores chronology
Ghostbusters (Original Motion Picture Score) is the film score, composed by Theodore Shapiro.[68] It was available for digital download on July 8, 2016, and released on CD on July 15, 2016, by Sony Classical Records.[69][70]
- Track listing
All music is composed by Theodore Shapiro.
|"The Aldridge Mansion"
|"The Garrett Attack"
|"Never Invited"
|"Distinct Human Form"
|"The Universe Shall Bend"
|"Subway Ghost Attack"
|"Ghost Girl"
|"Ghost in a Box"
|"Dr. Heiss"
|"Ley Lines"
|"Pester the Living"
|"I Will Lead Them All"
|"The Power of Patty Compels You"
|"The Fourth Cataclysm"
|"Balloon Parade"
|"Battle of Times Square"
|"Entering the Mercado"
|"Into the Portal"
|"NY Heart GB"
|Total length:
Ghostbusters received criticism from social media users following word of Feig's involvement and the all-female cast, which some felt was a "gimmick".[71] On its first day of release, the first trailer for the film collected 12,000 "likes" and 13,800 "dislikes" from YouTube viewers which, according to David Griner of Ad Week made it "one of the most polarizing in recent memory".[72] By May 2016, the trailer had become the most disliked film trailer on YouTube[73] and the ninth-most-disliked YouTube video, with 280,000 likes to over one million dislikes.[74][75][76] ScreenCrush described the reaction as a campaign "to downvote [the film] into oblivion" by "a certain subset of people on the internet [with] an unhealthy fixation with hating on the Ghostbusters remake".[73][77] In one interview, Melissa McCarthy felt it was a "very, very, very tiny, tiny group of people" who were misogynistic.[78] Other reasons proposed for the negative reaction to the trailer included a lack of interest in reboots, nostalgia for the original film, and a perceived lack of humor in the trailer.[79] The film's IMDb page was also subject to a coordinated effort to lower its rating prior to the film's release.[7][8]
Todd Martens of the Los Angeles Times suggested that fans felt "entitled" to a film that preserved the original as they imagined it.[80] In an interview with Mashable, Ivan Reitman said "I think there's way too much talk about gender [when it comes to this film]", and "I think that many of the people who were complaining were actually lovers of the [original] movie, not haters of women."[81] Some saw the portrayal of Leslie Jones' character, a "street-smart New Yorker", as a stereotype of African Americans.[82][83][84] Jones responded to this criticism on Twitter writing, "Why can't a regular person be a Ghostbuster?"[85] Elizabeth Flock, writing for PBS, said that the vote brigading targeted at the film may have been motivated by racism toward Jones.[86]
Journalists from The Washington Post and The Atlantic stated that a majority of the criticism constituted misogynistic and anti-feminist comments in regard to the all-female cast.[79][87] Wiig was "bummed out" that "there was so much controversy because we were women."[88] Feig said he believed a group of fans had "real issues with women. But there's also a huge group of people who are just concerned about the property, and I completely understand. I'm completely sympathetic to that."[39] In May 2016, additional scenes were shot for the film which served as a meta-reference to the Internet controversy. In those scenes, the characters upload a video to YouTube and react to unpleasant comments left by viewers.[6]
Filmmaker James Rolfe declared that he would not see the new film and disliked how it was based in a new universe with no continuity to the previous films.[79][89] Brooks Barnes of The New York Times and Daniel Friedman of Polygon considered Rolfe's views an example of "fan entitlement", criticizing his haste to judge the film without seeing it and his lack of concern for other remakes of films he admired, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.[90][91] Rolfe became the subject of personal attacks online for his position;[90][91] according to commentators for The Washington Post, Salon, and Polygon, though Rolfe had not mentioned gender, many people considered his motivation misogynistic.[79][92][93] Despite this, in Rolfe's video, he had explicitly stated that he had no problem with the female cast, and that the problem for him was that the film was taking a beloved series of his and remaking it without any of the heart.[citation needed] Richard Roeper's negative review of the film was also met with criticism on social media and from Salon, who accused him of male bias.[94] Roeper responded: "How insulting would it be to give a film a pass because of good intentions and diversity in the casting? That's not equal treatment; that's condescension."[95] Journalists from The Atlantic and NBC News saw the controversy as part of the culture war and gender divide engaged across social media. They, along with Feig, noted commonalities to the events and reactions of the Gamergate controversy in video games.[79][91][96]
Following the release of the film, cast member Leslie Jones became the target of racist and sexist abuse on Twitter.[97][98] A number of users, including Feig, showed support for Jones and criticized Twitter's handling of the situation.[99] Feig tweeted: "Fuck the haters. And haters, attack me all you want but when you attack and insult my cast, you've crossed the line. Grow up and leave my cast alone."[100][101] On July 19, Twitter suspended the account of the then Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos, who had criticized Jones, allegedly for abusive behavior over the previous 48 hours.[102] Conversely, Jones and her character in the film were also accused of promoting negative stereotypes about black people.[85][103][104]
While speaking at Vulture Festival LA in November 2017, Feig expressed regret that the social issues surrounding Ghostbusters negatively impacted its public perception and commercial performance, stating that "I think it kind of hampered us a little bit because the movie became so much of a cause. I think for some of our audience, they were like, 'What the fuck? We don't wanna go to a cause. We just wanna watch a fuckin' movie'; however, he expressed satisfaction with his work on the film and defended it, explaining "It was a great regret in my life that the movie didn't do better, 'cause I really loved it. It's not a perfect movie. None of my movies are perfect. I liked what we were doing with it. It was only supposed to be there to entertain people".[105]
Ghostbusters premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on July 9, 2016. It was theatrically released on July 11, 2016, in the United Kingdom and on July 15, 2016, in the United States.[106] The film was not released in the Chinese market, with a Chinese executive reporting that China Film Group Corporation believed it was "not really that attractive to Chinese audiences. Most of the Chinese audience didn't see the first and second movies, so they don't think there's much market for it here."[107]
The first Ghostbusters trailer was released on March 3, 2016. It was viewed 24 million times in 24 hours on Facebook and YouTube,[108] and more than 60 million times across all social media platforms in its first week.[109]
Original Ghostbusters cast members Murray, Aykroyd, Hudson and Potts joined the new cast on the June 8, 2016, episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which was entirely dedicated to the new film.[110]
Sony partnered with Snapchat to promote the film with "busting" and "sliming" features. The filter, which features the Ghostbusters logo, allows users to shoot at the character Slimer with their front-facing cameras and a virtual proton pack. In addition, 10-second video teaser ads ran within Snapchat's Discover section.[111] A novelization of the film, written by Nancy Holder, was published by Tor Books in 2016.[112]
The end credits use the title Ghostbusters: Answer the Call. Feig said this was added by the studio, who wanted to avoid confusion by having two films with the title Ghostbusters. He rejected the title Ghostbusters 2016, feeling it would date it. The studio chose Answer the Call; according to Feig, "I just said, 'Don't put it on the front of the movie. If you put it on the end, I don't care.'"[5]
Home media[edit]
Ghostbusters was released on DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D and Ultra HD Blu-ray on October 11, 2016.[113]
Box office[edit]
Ghostbusters grossed $128.3 million in North America and $100.8 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $229.1 million,[4] with a net production budget of $144 million.[114] Due to the large amount spent on marketing, the studio stated that the film would need to gross at least $300 million to break even.[115] Before the release, director Paul Feig stated, "A movie like this has to at least get to like $500 million worldwide, and that's probably low."[116]
The Hollywood Reporter estimated the film's financial losses would be over $70 million.[115][117][118] A representative of Sony found this loss estimate to be "way off," saying: "With multiple revenue streams [...] the bottom line, even before co-financing, is not even remotely close to that number."[115][117] According to Variety, sources familiar with the film's financing estimate the total loss to be about $75 million, of which, due to co-financing with Village Roadshow, Sony would lose about $50 million.[119] Sony insiders have projected, along with co-financing, a total loss of about $25 million.[119] Bloomberg News estimated the film lost $58.6 million.[120] By August 2016, sources such as Forbes and The Wall Street Journal had begun calling Ghostbusters a box office bomb.[11][121][122][123] The film's performance contributed to Sony taking a $1 billion writedown in January 2017.[124]
In the United States and Canada, the film opened Friday, July 15, across 3,963 theaters, earning $17.2 million on its first day,[125] including $3.4 million it made from Thursday preview screenings.[126] The film earned $46 million in its opening weekend, finishing second at the box office behind The Secret Life of Pets ($50.8 million).[114] It procured the biggest opening weekend ever for director Feig and star Melissa McCarthy and was the biggest live-action comedy debut since Pitch Perfect 2 in May 2015.[127] In its second weekend the film dropped 54% to $21 million (compared to the first film increasing in its sophomore week by 11%), dropping to 5th at the box office.[128]
Outside North America, Ghostbusters earned $19.1 million in its opening weekend from a handful of markets on 3,900 screens. IMAX contributed $1 million from 105 IMAX screens.[129] It had number one openings in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland ($6.1 million), number one in Australia ($3.7 million), and number three in Brazil ($2.2 million).[114] It debuted at number one on the DVD and Blu-ray charts after its release on home media in North America.[130]
In a June 2017 television appearance, Aykroyd blamed the film's underperformance on Feig. According to Aykroyd, Feig refused to shoot additional scenes requested by Aykroyd and Sony until test screenings demonstrated they were necessary, costing an additional $30–40 million in reshoots (although Sony claimed reshoots only cost $3–4 million).[131] He wrote a few days later: "Paul Feig made a good movie and had a superb cast and plenty of money to do it. We just wish he had been more inclusive to the originators. It cost everyone as it is unlikely Kristen, Leslie, Melissa and Kate will ever reprise their roles as Ghostbusters which is sad."[132]
Critical response[edit]
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Ghostbusters has an approval rating of 74%, based on 376 reviews, with an average rating of 6.49/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Ghostbusters does an impressive job of standing on its own as a freewheeling, marvelously cast supernatural comedy—even if it can't help but pale somewhat in comparison with the classic original."[133] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 60 out of 100, based on 52 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[134] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[135] Viewers under 18 gave it a higher score of "A-".[114] Audiences surveyed by PostTrak gave a 57% "definite recommend".[136]
Manohla Dargis of The New York Times praised the film as "that rarest of big-studio offerings—a movie that is a lot of enjoyable, disposable fun."[137] In The Guardian, Nigel M. Smith awarded the film four out of five stars and wrote that the "mean-spirited reception to the film before anyone had seen it does not seem to have put a dampener on the movie itself. Fun oozes from almost every frame; likewise the energy of a team excited to be revolutionising the blockbuster landscape."[138] Mike Ryan of Uproxx gave the film a positive review, praising the characters but feeling CGI was overused.[139] J.R. Kinnard of PopMatters praised the performances and the lack of cynicism, but concluded that "it feels like a safe, flavorless recipe prepared from gourmet ingredients."[140] The Village Voice said the film "suffers from the anxiety of influence" of the original, but praised the actors.[141] Mara Reinstein of US Weekly gave the film 2.5 stars out of 4, commending its actors but criticizing its "lazy script that takes forever to get going" and "uninspired" action sequences.[142]
Observer critic Mark Kermode awarded the film three out of five stars and wrote that "it would have been great to report that the finished film is good enough to shut the bigoted naysayers up once and for all [...] The harsh truth is that it isn't", feeling that the film was "generally likeable but uneven."[143] Richard Lawson, writing for Vanity Fair, said the film "spends so much time doing battle with its legacy that it forgets to be its own movie, putting a talented cast to waste and marking another disappointment in this dreadful summer movie season."[144] James Berardinelli felt it was mediocre, and, like many recent comedies, "too long and not funny enough".[145] Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film one out of four stars, criticizing its acting, script, and "cheesy" special effects.[146] In his radio review, Roeper said that the film was one of the worst movies of the year, rating it a D−.[147]
|Date of ceremony
|Alliance of Women Film Journalists
|December 21, 2016
|Actress Most in Need of a New Agent
|Melissa McCarthy
|Remake or Sequel That Shouldn't Have Been Made
|Annie Awards
|February 4, 2017
|Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in a Live Action Production
|Terry Bannon, Nicholas Tripodi, Daniel Fotheringham, Matt Weaver and Julien Boudou
|Black Reel Awards
|February 16, 2017
|Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female
|Leslie Jones
|Critics' Choice Awards
|December 11, 2016
|Best Actress in a Comedy
|Kate McKinnon
|Empire Awards
|March 19, 2017
|Best Comedy
|Hugo Awards
|August 11, 2017
|Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
|Katie Dippold & Paul Feig
|Kids' Choice Awards
|March 11, 2017
|Favorite Movie
|Favorite Movie Actor
|Chris Hemsworth
|Favorite Movie Actress
|Melissa McCarthy
|Kristen Wiig
|Favorite Squad
|Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones
|People's Choice Awards
|January 18, 2017
|Favorite Comedic Movie
|Favorite Comedic Movie Actress
|Melissa McCarthy
|Kristen Wiig
|Favorite Comedic Movie Actor
|Chris Hemsworth
|Saturn Awards
|June 28, 2017
|Best Fantasy Film
|Best Supporting Actress
|Kate McKinnon
|Seattle Film Critics Society
|January 5, 2017
|Best Actress in a Supporting Role
|Kate McKinnon
|Teen Choice Awards
|July 31, 2016
|Choice Summer Movie
|Choice Summer Movie Star: Female
|Melissa McCarthy
|Kristen Wiig
|Choice Summer Movie Star: Male
|Chris Hemsworth
|Women Film Critics Circle
|December 19, 2016
|Best Comedic Actress
|Kate McKinnon
|Best Ensemble
|The cast of Ghostbusters
|Best Female Action Hero
|The women of Ghostbusters
Cancelled sequel and future[edit]
After its opening weekend, Sony's president of worldwide distribution, Rory Bruer, told TheWrap that "while nothing has been officially announced, there's no doubt in [his] mind [a sequel] will happen." He also said that Ghostbusters was expected to become an important Sony franchise.[162] The principal cast and Feig had signed on for two sequels.[115]
On August 10, 2016, The Hollywood Reporter expressed doubts about a sequel due to the film's box office performance.[115][117] Box office analyst Jeff Bock said, "I just can't fathom the creative talents behind it—Feig, McCarthy, Wiig, etc—slogging out another one when the reception to the first one was so mediocre."[115]
In an October 2016 interview, Feig told Bustle that a sequel was not in the works, but could be possible if the film performed well on its home release.[163] By November, Feig confirmed that a direct sequel would not be made due to the film's mediocre box office performance.[164] The same month, Reitman stated in an interview that other Ghostbusters projects were in development.[165] Prior to Reitman's announcement, an animated series, Ghostbusters: Ecto Force, was stated to be targeting an early 2018 debut.[166] Reitman further clarified plans for future animated films within the Ghostbusters franchise during the July 2017 San Diego Comic-Con, including having one set from the viewpoint of the ghosts rather than the Ghostbusters, as well as a work to potentially tie in to the 35th anniversary of the original film in 2019.[167]
In December 2016, IDW Publishing announced that it would release a six-part limited series comic, Ghostbusters 101, featuring the original Ghostbusters teaming up with the 2016 team. The first issue was released in March 2017.[168] A five-issue limited series, Ghostbusters: Answer the Call, which continues the adventures of the 2016 team, began in October 2017.[169]
In November 2018, Dan Aykroyd, on an appearance on AXS TV's The Big Interview with Dan Rather, announced that the script for Ghostbusters 3 was still being written, saying there is "a possibility of a reunion with the three remaining Ghostbusters".[170][171]
On January 15, 2019, Ivan Reitman's son Jason Reitman was announced to be directing a new Ghostbusters film set in the same universe as the first two films, with Ivan serving as a producer and Gil Kenan co-writing the script alongside Jason. The film is projected for a July 10, 2020 release.[172]
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I wanted to catch up on a few thank you's today. Three other wonderful bloggers sent me blog awards and I have been remiss in thanking them! I can't remember how I stumbled across Roben-Marie Smith's blog but her work is just beautiful. I was so honored when she mentioned me on her blog! And she just told me today that she is also taking DJ Pettitt's class at the Artful Journey retreat! Yeah! Roben-Marie is currently having a giveaway on her blog for these beautiful tags she created. They are also available as a digital download in her store. Go check them out! Her online store is filled with all kinds of fun goodies.Secondly, my thanks to Rose, the artist behind Recreational Art. Rose lives just down the road in St. Augustine and is a fellow member of the Florida Etsy Street Team. Isn't this ring she created the cutest? She has dozens of fun rings like these in her Etsy shop. Visit Rose's blog here and her Etsy shop here.
And all the way to Ireland, I'd like to send a big thank out to Alana. I met Alana through Creative Construction and she is a writer and mother with the interesting background of having been the Deputy Director of UNICEF in Ireland. Please visit Alana's Mummy Mania here!
I've met so many wonderful people since I started this little blogging adventure of mine. It's amazing how many connections you can make with people all over the world through a keyboard and a screen.

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Buying Runes Between Now and Preseason
Hey friends, In May [we announced that new Runes will be free when they launch this preseason](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY67yCaGdno). We've since seen tons of questions about how we'll transition to the new system, as well as what players should do about purchasing runes now. We're still working on the first question, but let's talk about the second. So here's our plan: when preseason arrives we'll refund all the IP you've spent on runes since May 30th, 2017 (the date we published the Riot Pls video linked above). This deal is effective now, so if you've got the IP for some runes you want, go ahead and grab 'em! We'll refund you later. We were originally going to roll these changes out with our bigger announcement in September, but we wanted to put this out there now since many of you have been asking about rune prices. At some point before the transition to the new runes system we'll also drastically reduce the prices of all runes. We won't refund rune purchases made after that point. But what about rune pages, you ask? The plan is for your rune pages to carry over into the new runes system, so prices on rune pages aren't being changed and they won't be refunded. The difference is you'll be able to edit them in champ select. Let us know if you've got any questions and we'll be happy to answer in the comments.
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves DVD
Starring Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Turhan Bey, Andy Devine, Kurt Katch, Frank Puglia, Fortunio Bonanova, Moroni Olsen, Ramsay Ames, Chris-Pin Martin, Scotty Beckett, Yvette Duguay
Directed by Arthur Lubin
Arthur Lubin directs this 1940s Technicolor adventure romance.
When the Caliph of Baghdad (Moroni Olsen) is deposed and subsequently murdered by the soldiers of Mongol leader Hugalu Khan (Kurt Katch), his son Ali (Jon Hall) finds refuge in the magic cave of Sesame, the hiding place of 40 thieves led by old Baba (Fortunio Bonanova).
Old Baba adopts Ali and he joins their resistance movement, fearlessly battling the Mongol invaders over a ten-year period.
When Khan's new bride arrives by caravan, she turns out to be none other Ali's childhood sweetheart, Lady Amara (Maria Montez) - although in the intervening years both she and Ali have changed so much they initially fail to recognise one another, with near-tragic consequences.
Ali must now fight not only for the freedom of his beloved Baghdad but for the hand of the woman he has loved since boyhood.
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- Catalogue number: EKA40326
- Studio: Eureka
- Release date: 23/08/2010
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- Brain of the Unfathomable
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This item is needed for the quest [82] ... It Will Come, given by Erunak Stonespeaker at Promontory Point in the Abyssal Depths. It drops from Ick'thys the Unfathomable.
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The item is provided for the quest [82] Communing with the Ancient, also given by Erunak.
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The Lake Haven Motel is ideally located in Lake George Village and a two time Beautification Award Winner from the Village of Lake George. The rates here are insane! Close to everything, heated pool, clean rooms and nice management!
Just 400 feet from a small village beach and a short walk to popular Shepard Park Beach. The Lake Haven Motel is adjacent to a variety of restaurants and a short walk to all the village shops, night clubs, mini golf, parks, beaches, boat rides, arcades and everything else the village has to offer. The village trolley stops in front of Lake Haven for easy access to locations within or outside of the village area. Take a short ride to Million Dollar Beach, the Lake George Outlet Shops or The Great Escape as well as many other attractions including SPAC and the Saratoga Racetrack.
The Lake Haven Motel is a family owned and operated motel that pays special attention to our guest's vacation enjoyment. Start your day sitting by the heated pool enjoying a complimentary coffee and danish while planning your day on the lake or exploring the area. We offer discount tickets to area attractions as well as suggest the appropriate restaurant for your expectations. Our rooms are designed with your comfort in mind. Choose from a variety of different room types, a single king size bed to a two bedroom suite designed to accommodate larger families. All of our rooms are furnished with modern amenities such as 40-inch flat screen TV's, refrigerators, photographs of the Adirondacks and Lake George, free WIFI throughout the property and much more. Our pool is hearted to a comfortable 83 to 85 degrees and is positioned to catch the full day's sun.
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Top Panoramic Views From Around The World
No matter you are on top of tallest building or on Tallest Mountain, the view makes you feel phenomenal, until you are not height-phobic. The view from such great height gives extraordinary and overwhelming feel. Here is a list of 'Top Panoramic Views From Around The World'!
• Spain: Santa Maria De Montserrat
• Italy: Castelluccio, Umbria
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• Austria: Hallstätter Lake, Hallstatt
• Norway: Gjende Lake, Jotunheimen
• Canada: Moraine Lake, Valley of the Ten Peaks, Alberta
• New Zealand: Lake Ohau, South Island
• India: Key Gompa, Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh
• Norway: The Troll Wall, Romsdal
• Iceland: Landmannalaugar
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Gir National Park, Gir Forest National Park
Gir National Park in Gujarat is the only place in the world where you can spot lions roaming free in the wild apart from Africa. The real discovery channel of India is situated approximately 65 Kms South East of Junagarh District. The Government notified the large geographical extent of Sasan Gir as wildlife sanctuary on 18th September, 1965 in order to conserve the Asiatic Lion. It covers total area of 1412 square kilometers of which 258 Km forms the core area of the National Park. Indiscriminate hunting by the people of Junagarh led to their decrease in population drastically, while they were completely wiped out from the other parts of Asia. It was the kind effort of Nawabs of Junagarh who protected the queen royalty in his own private hunting grounds. Later in due course of time Department of Forest Officials came forward to protect the world's most threatened species. From a population of approximately 20 lions in 1913, they have risen to a comfortable 523 according to 2015 census. There are 106 male, 201 female and 213 sub-adult lions in the wilderness of these four districts.
Major Attractions at Sasan Gir National Park:
Animals:The entire forest area of the Gir National Park is dry and deciduous which provides best habitat for Asiatic Lions. As per the new statics of 2015, the entire Saurashtra Region is inhabited by 523 Lions and more than 300 Leopards. Apart from these two animals the park is a home to two different species of Deer. The Sambar is counted largest Indian Deer. The Gir forest is also known for the Chowsingha – the world's only four horned antelope. The Jackal, striped Hyena and India Fox are some of the smaller carnivores found in Gir Forest.
Birds: The exotic flora of Gir National Park gives shelter to more than 200 species of birds and moreover the sanctuary has been declared an important bird area by the Indian Bird Conservation Network. Gir is also habitat of raptors like critically endangered white-backed and long-billed vultures.
Reptiles: Gir is blessed with more than 40 species of reptiles and amphibians. Kamleshwar – a large reservoir in the sanctuary is the best spot where Marsh Crocodile can be seen in large numbers. Park has even many species of snake including King Kobra, the Russell's viper, Saw-scaled viper and the Krait.
Gir Interpretation Zone, Devaliya: Devaliya Safari Park is enclosed area of the Sanctuary that offers a good opportunity for visitors to experience a rustic beauty and wilderness of the area. The safari tour is conducted in a mini bus that takes visitors to another cross section of the Gir. Travelers can watch here a good variety of wildlife in just 20 to 30 minutes tour including Asiatic Lion.
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Gir National Park attracts large number of tourists to witness the Asiatic lion, as this is the sole place all across the world where these creatures are presently found. Once extinct, numbers have been recovered owing to the conservation efforts. The Sanctuary is open for tourism from 16th October to 15th June every year.
Junagadh is perhaps the best approach to the park. The railway station in Junagadh receives trains from different cities like Ahmedabad and Rajkot and other major cities. Then, from here it takes approximately one and half hour to reach Gir National Park.
From Rajkot-On reaching Rajkot Railway Station or Airport you can take a cab or bus and to reach a Limda chowk. There are a number of privately operated that go to Junagadh at frequent intervals. Junagadh is nearly 105 Kms from the city Rajkot and it takes nearly 2 and a half to 3 hours to cover the distance.From this point you have two options. First one is either you take a bus from gate number 11or 12 to Sasan Gir or travel by taxi that is accessible bang opposite the taxi stand. The taxi will take nearly one and half an hour and will charge reasonably and will drop you to Sasan Gir.
From Somnath to Gir National Park: Road Distance or the driving distance from the Gir National Park to Somnath is approximately 50 Kms and it takes nearly 1 hour to cover this distance. GSRTC buses and quite a few private buses ply between both the cities and take you directly to Sasan Gir Forest.
From Diu To Gir Park: Diu airport is closest to the Gir National Park. From here you can hire that are present just outside the airport which will take you to Sasan Gir. Sasan Gir is nearly 110 kms airport of Diu and takes approximately 2 hours to cover this distance. If you have a late afternoon flight it is better to take a halt at Diu or can visit Somnath Temple which is nearly 80 kms from Diu and the road too is good except in little patches. It just takes an hour to reach Somnath from Diu. Next morning you can move on to Sasan Gir which is just 40 kms from here and just takes half an hour to cover this distance.Some other routes to reach Sasan Gir by road is from Keshod which also has an airport and is 45 kms, Veraval is 40 kms away, Junagadh is 55kms, Rajkot is 160Kms, Ahemedabad is 410Kms. The closeby railway stations are Sasan which is 0 Kms and Rajkot which is 160 Kms.
If you can't afford a taxi there are frequent buses that are playing throughout the day. The park is easily accessible from the beautiful beaches of Diu which is about two hours drive don't want to take a taxi, pubic buses run regularly to Sasan Gir from both places during the day. People prefer private buses as it conveniently drops them to the Guest houses you want to reach. So in this way they are more convenient than the buses. No prior booking is required as the buses are available on any part of the day. So, come and enjoy the beautiful flora and fauna of Gir National Park and take home some of the most treasured moments back home.
Gir Forest Nation Park Permit
For Gir National Park there are 3 safari tours each day that commences at 6.30 am, 9.30 am and then in the late evening at 3.30 pm. During summers the times are normally preponed by 30 minutes . Whereas the 6.30 AM trip is the best but when winters are at the peak the difference is negligible. In the monsoons Safari is usually suspended.
- There are 30 entry permits for each vehicle and altogether there are 90 trips that are taken per day. When the season is at the peak normally the number goes up to 150 per day.
- It has been observed that 100% of the permits of these vehicles are issued well in online.
- The permit that is issued is for Minimum of 1 to an upper limit of 6 travelers in a 4 X 4 Jeep Safari that is open. You can even travel in your private vehicle but it should be a Euro 3 amenable petrol vehicle. Just in case there are less than three people you can pool in with other individuals.
- For acquiring a permit and avoid any last minute inconvenience, you should apply for the permit atleast 30 days prior through your resort along with a photo ID of 1 individual of every group with 6 people.
- Every vehicle passes through 2 routes ie it makes an entry from one route and later moves out from the another one.
- Altogether there are 8 routes and on these paths, these 30 vehicles move in the above mentioned three slots.
- For the initial booking, the route is set at random by the authorities of the park, but just in case you are on your second visit, your request of choosing the second route will be considered by the park authorities.
- For those who do not have the booking have to individually line up in the queue at the Sinh Sadan Guest house at least 2 hours in advance and if you want the 6.30 slot be at the window at 4.30 am and during the peak season you have to stand 5-6 hrs before the actual time for the permit. If you are really keen for a permit at the last minute, you got to stand in a queue as early as possible to be within the first fifteen. Otherwise there is no possibility of getting the permit and in the peak season you even have to wait for a day.
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KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 8): The FBM KLCI rose 13.64 points or 0.76% on what appeared to be foreign investor demand for Malaysian stocks. At 5pm, the KLCI closed at its intraday high at 1,804.73 points.
A senior analyst at local investment bank told theedgemarkets.com that foreign investors had been net buyers of Malaysian stocks for three consecutive trading days since Friday.
The analyst said : "After the (Malaysian) general election, foreign investors had generally been net sellers. But as the stocks took a plunge even though some of them have their fundamentals still intact, the valuations emerge as attractive for foreigners to engage in 'bargain hunting' as they say it," he said.
Across Bursa Malaysia today, 2.77 billion shares worth RM2.71 billion changed hands. Top gainers included Hengyuan Refining Co Bhd, ABM Fujiya Bhd and Axiata Group Bhd.
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This past weekend, we had our first snow of the season here on Jeju Island. Snow always makes me miss Breckenridge, Colorado, where I lived and ski-bummed on and off for three years. There's nothing like looking at this on your "commute" to work. Snowy days in Korea (or most other places – I know, I am from the "snow belt" of Central New York) just aren't the same. I have a feeling they'll be pretty sweet on my upcoming trip to Hokkaido, Japan, though!
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Hints to Consider when Creating a Sitemap
Site maps are useful when it comes to planning for the purpose of conducting a given project that one wants to achieve some results as far as planning is concerned; hence you need to know ways to follow upon when you intend to create the best sitemap that you want to use especially when conducting some research or rather project.The strategies on how to go about a given project is important to consider tips that will enable you to achieve the best results as shown below in my article.
The plan from the main part of it to be as a groundwork concerning how well you need it to b at the end of it all it is because knowing the basis of the site map this helps one to come up with then best procedure to follow upon attaining the best map to use in doing a given project.It is always recommendable if one has not managed to establish the site you need to come up with the possible approaches to use so that you end up obtaining the best map so that all the goals of the site will be clearly be captured.
Make sure that the places of that location are always left with chances for any expansion incase needed at some point in later times since if you fail to do so then it means that your site creation is not accurate then it will leave room for more errors.Just in case of any things that are not put right as per the desires of the operator that is the planner or may be the surveyor who needs to do some survey on the basis of the site under study ensure any good site is able to be adjusted.
Do the analysis of the site in that go deep and try to analyses the site what it is capable of promoting in that at the end of it all the best map is developed that can be used for some project as per the plans of the one who intends to use.Look at the incidences that are not fit for the map and then correct so that all that is needed will be achieved at the end after the entire analysis is successful done when creating it.
Different site maps when they are crested require different finances so that it will be achieved hence for one to obtain the best site map plan well for the budget to use this gives you the room for you to create the best map, by knowing what is predictable till the entire process is offer this makes you to have the best site map that will be well accessible.
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Antonio Di Natale reacted as only he knows how. After the Udinese striker was flagged offside during the second half of his team's game against Roma on Sunday, he marched straight over to the linesman who had made the call. The official braced himself for an earful; instead he got a kiss on the forehead.
Soon afterwards, Di Natale was spotted pinching the cheek of referee Mauro Bergonzi. He received no punishment, of course. Di Natale has always had a knack for getting away with more than he should. When he first asked his now wife, Ilenia, out on a date as a teenager, she jokingly asked if he had really wanted to go with her twin sister, Genny. He replied with a shrug, saying: "Either of the two would be fine."
But if Di Natale's mischievous charm has taken him far in life, then it is his goals which have carried Udinese. He scored 103 of them across the past four league campaigns, twice finishing as Serie A's capocannoniere. Such consistency has also helped to turn Udinese's Stadio Friuli home into a fortress; Roma arrived on Sunday knowing that no visiting team had won there since September 2012.
The Giallorossi were better equipped than most to threaten that record. Five points clear at the top, they had won all eight of their league games to date. And yet they would be missing two key starters up front, with both Francesco Totti and Gervinho ruled out due to injury. That pair had already combined for six goals and seven assists.
As brilliant as Roma had been, furthermore, some observers remained sceptical of their squad depth. They had used just 17 players through the first eight games, fewer than anyone else in the division. The Roma manager, Rudi Garcia, hardly soothed fans' concerns with his pre-game remark that "nature abhors a vacuum, so someone will have to play".
In reality, of course, Garcia knew that he still had some solid options available to him. Totti's shoes would be filled by Marco Borriello, while Adem Ljajic replaced Gervinho. The former scored 12 goals while playing for a far more modest Genoa team last year, while the latter had found the net three times in five appearances (four of them off the bench) since joining from Fiorentina in the summer.
Nevertheless, Roma did start poorly on Sunday. Within three minutes of kick-off, Luis Muriel had hit a post for Udinese. A quarter of an hour later, Di Natale went clean through only to see a disappointing shot saved easily by Morgan De Sanctis. By that point Udinese were sweeping forward in waves, hitting their opponents hard on the counter. Only an athletic goalline clearance from Leandro Castán saved Roma from falling behind to a Gabriel Silva strike shortly before half-time.
The visitors improved after the break, defending more cohesively and beginning to apply pressure down the flanks, but any hopes of a victory seemed to have been fatally undermined when Maicon was sent off for a needless second booking in the 66th minute. Garcia re-shaped his team into a cautious 4-4-1, with Vasilis Torosidis replacing Miralem Pjanic. Soon the manager would replace Borriello with an additional midfielder, Michael Bradley.
This was only the American's third appearance of a frustrating season. Bradley has been out of action since injuring an ankle while warming up for a World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica in early September, and has since watched Roma excel without him.
Anxious observers in the US had already begun to ask what the player's prospects would look like when he returned. A midfield trio of Pjanic, Daniele De Rossi and Kevin Strootman has arguably been the greatest strength of Garcia's new-look Roma. Their success left no room for Bradley to force his way back into the starting XI – especially given the new manager's reluctance to rotate.
Speculation began that the player might seek a January transfer. Such talk was entirely premature. Bradley has shown no interest in leaving, nor his club in selling. Both parties were entirely focused on getting the player fit and back in position to help Roma's cause.
He did that on Sunday in dramatic fashion, scoring the game's only goal with less than 10 minutes left to play. Roma had not done much attacking in the wake of Maicon's sending off but after De Rossi picked out Strootman with a direct ball forwards from midfield, the Dutchman laid it off to Bradley on the edge of the D. From there, he stroked an immaculate first-time finish into the bottom corner of the net.
It was enough to secure Roma their ninth consecutive win to start this season. Only Juventus, in 2005-06, had ever achieved such a feat in Serie A. Their achievements in that season have since been expunged from the official record books as a result of the Calciopoli scandal.
In fact, Gazzetta dello Sport claimed on Monday that the longest-ever winning sequence to start a season in any of Europe's top leagues stands at just 11 games – set by Tottenham in 1960-61. For Roma, matching that total no longer seems inconceivable. They have scored the joint-most goals of any team in Serie A (23) and conceded just once. Their next game is at home to last-placed Chievo on Thursday night.
Of course, there are some who believe Roma have been riding their luck. Sunday's game was the second in a row in which their opponents had both hit the woodwork and had a shot cleared off the line. "But you earn your luck, it doesn't arrive on its own," argued Garcia. "If someone gives everything on the pitch, and throughout the week, they can get rewarded for it."
Bradley might just be the poster boy for such beliefs – a player whose entire career has been built on hard work and a refusal to be deterred. As a child, after determining that the two training sessions and one weekly match offered by his own team were not enough, he took to showing up at his local club every day until coaches gave in and let him play with the older kids on the days when his own group was not practicing.
In his professional career he has taken every setback as further motivation, joining Chievo in 2011 in order to get back to playing regularly after a frustrating spell at Aston Villa, and then forcing Italy's biggest clubs to take notice with his all-action performances. It is hard to imagine his spirit being broken now by a little competition for places.
"We still have 29 games to go, and we need everyone," said Bradley after Sunday's game. "You won't win anything with 11 soloists. We all need to makes sure that we are ready at the right moment. I will give everything, just as I did when I was out injured."
Hard work itself, though, still might not be the whole picture. Shortly after full-time on Sunday Totti posted on his own website the unique qualities that he thought had contributed to Roma's victory. "Congratulations to my team-mates," he wrote. "Each one showed courage, strength and, as we say around here, two massive balls!"
He went on to praise the club's supporters, roughly 1,000 of whom were waiting for the team when they returned to Fiumicino airport. After a start to the season that has gone beyond all realistic expectations, they too had reacted as only they know how.
Talking points
• Mario Balotelli shaved off his Mohawk on Friday, a symbolic gesture designed to represent his turning over of a new leaf after one too many distractions over the past few weeks. And then, on Sunday, the player turned in one of his worst performances in a Milan shirt, getting hauled off by Massimiliano Allegri early in the second half of his team's game at Parma. The Rossoneri were 2-0 down at the time, but, inspired by Kaká – himself on as a substitute – they rallied to equalise, only to then blow it all by conceding again in second-half injury-time. Nine games into the season, Milan are already 16 points behind Roma, although Allegri did try to raise the mood by confirming in his post-game interviews that the club would sign Keisuke Honda from CSKA Moscow in January.
• Juan Cuadrado was the star of the show for Fiorentina at the weekend, scoring both his team's goals in a win at Chievo. It was subsequently reported by Sky Italia that Arsenal had submitted a bid to sign the player in January but that it had been turned down by the Italian club. Vincenzo Montella refused to discuss the matter afterwards, saying: "Now is not the time for transfers."
• Adidas let it be known before the weekend that Mauro Icardi would be playing this weekend in a quite remarkable new pair of "lion-dog boots", designed by Yohji Yamamoto. Inevitably, Icardi never actually made it off the bench in Internazionale's 4-2 win over Verona. Still, the boots are quite something to behold, so I'm sure we'll be seeing them in action before too long.
• Juventus and Napoli each won 2-0, beating beating Genoa and Torino respectively, to stay within five points of Roma. Notably, this was only Juve's first home clean-sheet of the season.
Results: Bologna 1-0 Livorno, Catania 0-0 Sassuolo, Chievo 1-2 Fiorentina, Inter 4-2 Verona, Juventus 2-0 Genoa, Lazio 2-0 Cagliari, Napoli 2-0 Torino, Parma 3-2 Milan, Sampdoria 1-0 Atalanta, Udinese 0-1 Roma.


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Why noy together?
We are a state school for adult education in Crotone in the sunny and beautiful southern Italy. We have Italian students who wish to complete their studies and foreign students who attend Italian language courses. We also run courses in the local prison.
The teachers would like to expand the European dimension of the school and enrich their training by observing and sharing good practices with European colleagues in job shadowing experiences.
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AirCassette for iPhone: The '80s Weren't So Bad
I'm old enough to remember using cassette tapes but also young enough to know it was already ancient technology. But still, there's something about cassette tapes that interested me more than CDs or MP3s. A strip of freaking tape can hold music? And now that they're pretty much dead, it's sad. Thats why AirCassette is so awesome.


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Kids don't need, or even want, 432 toys to choose from during play time. Plus, if they see all of their toys on a daily basis, they will get sick of them (whether they play with them or not). This is why I rotate toys.
The concept is very simple. Put a portion of the toys away, and only let your child play with a select few at a time. My child has quite a few toys (we just had Christmas and a birthday). I have his toys split into 4 different groups, and he still has PLENTY to choose from.
I use my trusty Mr. Cart for this purpose. ~I've had my Mr. Cart since I was probably 7 and he has organized many things in my life. And yes, it is actually called Mr. Cart. I didn't make that up...even though I probably would name a cart if I liked it enough.~
Note: Although this is out in Baby's room here, it's home is actually in the closet. So, he really doesn't see the toys until I rotate them in.
I keep a set of toys in each of the bins, and Baby plays with the fourth set. Big toys go in the toy box, and stuffed animals are kept in a pop-up hamper. The plan is to switch to a new set of toys every 2 weeks or so. Then...Ta-Da! New toys, Baby!
He also has books and sensory toys that I let him use supervised. Yes...he has to be supervised with his books because he literally eats them (yes bites, chews, and swallows). But these are not in the rotation as I simply choose what he will use when the time comes.
I am aware that this isn't actually minimizing, since I did not actually get rid of his toys. But, I feel like it gives a sense of minimalism, anyway. Plus, there is less to clean up, at the end of the day.


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December 2016 Newsletter
Holiday closing dates will be as follows:
LAST ROAST will be on Friday 16th DECEMBER 2016.
LAST SHIPPING DAY & CLOSE will be Monday 19th DECEMBER 2016.
REOPEN on Tuesday 10th JANUARY 2017.
Note that after midday Monday there won't be any possibility of last
minute orders because (a) we'll be out of beans and (b) we're going
away to spend Christmas with distant-in-kilometres family.
As per our usual practice, customers are reminded that we will be
running our stocks of roasted coffee down to zero, and late orders
may be filled by whatever coffees are available, not what you
actually ordered. This means that we cannot guarantee the contents
of orders after Friday 16th. Given the usual shipping chaos that
engulfs both the post and couriers, early ordering is advised. Based
on past years some of the orders shipped on the Monday won't arrive
until next year.
There won't be a January special coffee but I'll try to organise a
brief January newsletter as soon as we're up to speed. As promised,
this month's special coffee is something really special, and rates
my highest cupping score this year.
Panama Maunier Bourbon Natural
This coffee is exceptionally sweet and fruity. It has an upfront
brown sugar and tropical fruit aroma which resolves into a really
sweet front palate, balanced with a little pineapple acidity. A rich
mid-palate body shades into a creamy, smooth malty finish. After
cupping it I scored it at a 93, the best coffee I've tasted since
last time it was available. I'll remind everyone that the Maunier
sold out in 5 days in 2014 so I don't expect it to last long this
One of the great pleasures of my job is being able to introduce
people to the sheer variety of flavours that coffee can present.
It's a bit like being able to give everyone a taste of a really good
wine, and the coffee and wine analogies are used quite frequently in
the food press. Still, you can only stretch an analogy so far. I
recently attended a gathering where various coffees were matched
with various food dishes, and all I can say is that if you're
offered the same opportunity ... RUN AWAY!
Yes, I know I'm picky, but in my opinion coffee matches best with
relatively sweet, simple foods. Savoury stuff with fat, salt, umami
and spices doesn't work. It would probably be more sensible to match
various Chinese and Japanese teas; for whatever reason tea just fits
in better with savoury foods, Yum Cha being a prime example.
The other place where the analogy breaks down is tourism. Wine
tourism is a huge and growing market, and has been since the first
chateau opened for cellar door sales of wines grown on the estate a
few centuries ago. Coffee plantation tourism not so much, since most
coffee growers are actual farmers, and not involved in the steps
that end up with consumable coffee.
It's exceptionally rare for a coffee farmer to process cherry into
green beans, then roast those beans into drinkable coffee,
especially in those countries where most coffee is grown. Maybe next
decade ...?
Best wishes for a safe holiday season and a Happy New Year, until
next year
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