7 Ghostbusters Facts You Ain't Afraid Of

#6. The scene where Dana floats over the bed was made with no special effects.

Reitman borrowed a trick from illusionist Doug Henning from their time working together on the musical Merlin on Broadway.

Dana’s 360-degree turn and levitation were both done on-set with no fancy effects added in post-production. Reitman considers it one of his favorite scenes he’s ever created.

#7. Aykroyd pissed off one of his idols (and caused a traffic jam) to shoot the final scene.

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Science fiction legend Isaac Asimov lived in New York during filming, and the final scene shut down a good section of NYC, which caused a traffic jam that led all the way downtown. Asimov, who lived on the Upper West Side at the time, showed up on set to complain about the traffic.

Producer Joe Medjuck told a passerby that the delays were caused by Francis Ford Coppola’s The Cotton Club, which was filming in New York at the same time as Ghostbusters.