Ivan Reitman, the director of comedy classics like ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Stripes,’ has died.
and he followed it one year later with his breakthrough as a director: a genial summer camp comedy that became a big hit in large part thanks to the undeniably charm of its star, Bill Murray.
Reitman would continue to collaborate off and on with Murray for the rest of his life, starting with another big comedy hit two years later: Three years later, Murray and Ramis both re-teamed with Reitman again for the movie that would come to define all of their careers: , with the pair playing ghost hunters in New York alongside Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson. A sequel followed in 1989 — and then several more sequels and remakes came in recent years, which Reitman helped produce.
Most of Reitman’s popular movies focused on and showed a real affinity for outsiders who prove their worth to themselves and everyone around them without losing sight of the unique qualities that made them outsiders in the first place. might be the single best example of that idea; Peter, Egon, and Ray get kicked out of Columbia University for their kooky ideas, then use their kooky ideas to save New York City from ghosts.
, which turned Arnold Schwarzenegger from action hero to family-friendly comedy star. (Reitman then re-teamed with Schwarzenegger for
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