:03:00
of Murray's character
giving shocks to the poor nerd.
:03:02
This idea was based
on a real experiment designed to see...
:03:05
how far people would go
in giving shocks to other people.
:03:09
The scene firmly establishes Venkman
as the cynical skeptic of the group.
:03:37
As was typical throughout the film,
the ESP test was shot as scripted...
:03:40
but with dialogue refinements
and added bits of business...
:03:43
made either during rehearsal or
extemporaneously while cameras rolled.
:03:45
In almost no instance does the scripted
dialogue in any given scene...
:03:48
appear verbatim in the final film.
:03:51
With a gifted comedy director at
the helm, and actors like Bill Murray...
:03:54
the likelihood of strict adherence
to any script was remote.