Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman dies aged 75
14.02.2022 - 11:04
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https://t. co/1d1tWCdrcb— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) February 14, 2022Known for bawdy comedies that caught the spirit of their time, Reitman’s big break came with the raucous, college fraternity sendup National Lampoon’s Animal House, which he produced. He directed Bill Murray in his first starring role in the summer camp flick Meatballs, and then again in 1981’s Stripes, but his most significant success came with 1984’s Ghostbusters.
Video: Power Book II: Ghost season 2 finale trailer (STARZ) (Digital Spy (UK))Anne-Marie | This Is How I Made ItHollyoaks Soap Scoop! Ste and Sienna in troubleEmmerdale Soap Scoop! Billy and Dawn's wedding horrorEastEnders Soap Scoop! Dotty hits rock bottomCoronation Street Soap Scoop! Amy's shock collapseHome and Away Soap Scoop! Ari punches MatthewNeighbours Soap Scoop! Zara under suspicion over firePaul Feig, who directed the 2016 reboot of Ghostbusters, tweeted that he was in shock. “I had the honor of working so closely with Ivan and it was always such a learning experience,” he wrote. “He directed some of my favorite comedies of all time.
All of us in comedy owe him so very much. ”“A legend,” comedian and actor Kumail Nanjiani said on Twitter. “The number of great movies he made is absurd.
”Among other notable films he directed are Twins, Kindergarten Cop, Dave, Junior and 1998’s Six Days, Seven Nights. He also produced Beethoven, Old School and EuroTrip, and many others. He was born in Komarno, Czechoslovakia, in 1946 where his father owned the country’s biggest vinegar factory.
His mother had survived Auschwitz and his father was in the resistance. When the communists began imprisoning capitalists after the war, the Reitmans decided to escape, when Ivan Reitman was only four. They
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