# Ghostbusters First draft (not Ghost Smashers, but the first Dan and Harold draft) **URL:** \ **Category:** General Ghostbusters Discussion\ **Created:** [January 16, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-first-draft-not-ghost-smashers-but-the-first-dan-and-harold-draft/23213 "2017-01-16T22:02:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Xxoxia](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/958977/32.png) [@Xxoxia](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Xxoxia)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-first-draft-not-ghost-smashers-but-the-first-dan-and-harold-draft/23213/1 "2017-01-16T22:02:21Z")
I have replied to an old thread about this draft, but I’m not sure how this forum works, yet, and am not sure if the thread is too old for anyone to notice the reply, so I’m making this thread. I know some are having trouble finding anything other than the shooting draft and third draft, but I have the first draft and can point those in the right direction for where to look from now on. There are also drafts of Ghostbusters 2 and a treatment of Max Landis’ [Ghostbusters 3](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/ghostbusters-3). If you are ever in need of any script, just go to [scriptdrive.org](http://scriptdrive.org) and make an account. They have everything. No, not Ghost Smashers, but we’re looking. Some scripts are just never meant to be found, unfortunately. If you download scripts from scriptdrive, just please follow their rules and do not post scripts from the site on any other sites, to help keep their script community going. In the meantime, I’ll get you started. Here’s the first draft: [https://scriptdrive.org/index.php?threads/ghostbusters-august-1983.46/](https://scriptdrive.org/index.php?threads/ghostbusters-august-1983.46/) You can find other drafts and scripts from Dan at this link (Blues Bros, Coneheads, etc.): [https://scriptdrive.org/index.php?threads/scripts-by-danny-aykroyd.4812/](https://scriptdrive.org/index.php?threads/scripts-by-danny-aykroyd.4812/) ---
**Author:** ![PssdffJay](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/pssdffjay/32/6529_2.png) [@PssdffJay](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/PssdffJay)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-first-draft-not-ghost-smashers-but-the-first-dan-and-harold-draft/23213/2 "2017-01-16T22:58:35Z")
Awesome! Thanks for sharing. I’ll check that out when I’m home. ---
**Author:** ![Xxoxia](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/958977/32.png) [@Xxoxia](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Xxoxia)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-first-draft-not-ghost-smashers-but-the-first-dan-and-harold-draft/23213/3 "2017-01-16T23:15:58Z")
> [@PssdffJay](#): > > Awesome! Thanks for sharing. I’ll check that out when I’m home. No problem! ---
**Author:** ![systemcat](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/systemcat/32/6591_2.png) [@systemcat](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/systemcat)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-first-draft-not-ghost-smashers-but-the-first-dan-and-harold-draft/23213/4 "2017-01-17T19:16:29Z")
I got a notice the link had changed and when I followed the new link I eventually got directed to a wiki page and storyboard art in separate links. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![PssdffJay](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/pssdffjay/32/6529_2.png) [@PssdffJay](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/PssdffJay)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-first-draft-not-ghost-smashers-but-the-first-dan-and-harold-draft/23213/5 "2017-01-18T00:31:52Z")
Still worked for me. Just downloaded it. ---
**Author:** ![mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mrmichaelt/32/188045_2.png) [@mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/mrmichaelt)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-first-draft-not-ghost-smashers-but-the-first-dan-and-harold-draft/23213/6 "2017-01-18T00:35:19Z")
Which GB1 draft is it, 6/6/83 or 7/6/83? [Spook Central has the rest](http://www.theraffon.net/~spookcentral/gb1_script.htm): 8/5/83, 9/30/83, 10/7/83, and transcripts of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![d\_osborn](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/d_osborn/32/179392_2.png) [@d\_osborn](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/d_osborn)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 1:27am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-first-draft-not-ghost-smashers-but-the-first-dan-and-harold-draft/23213/7 "2017-01-18T01:27:11Z")
It’s the August drafts for GB and GB2, no drafts of HELLBENT. > **[Sad Trombone](https://sadtrombone.com/)** ---
**Author:** ![mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mrmichaelt/32/188045_2.png) [@mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/mrmichaelt)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-first-draft-not-ghost-smashers-but-the-first-dan-and-harold-draft/23213/8 "2017-01-18T01:42:20Z")
Thanks, d\_osborn. ---
**Author:** ![Xxoxia](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/958977/32.png) [@Xxoxia](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Xxoxia)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-first-draft-not-ghost-smashers-but-the-first-dan-and-harold-draft/23213/9 "2017-01-18T07:30:59Z")
> [@systemcat](#): > > I got a notice the link had changed and when I followed the new link I eventually got directed to a wiki page and storyboard art in separate links. ☹ Here’s the link again. See if this one works. It’s a scan of the August 83 draft. [https://scriptdrive.org/index.php?threads/ghostbusters-august-1983.46/](https://scriptdrive.org/index.php?threads/ghostbusters-august-1983.46/) ---
**Author:** ![Xxoxia](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/958977/32.png) [@Xxoxia](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Xxoxia)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-first-draft-not-ghost-smashers-but-the-first-dan-and-harold-draft/23213/10 "2017-01-18T07:36:55Z")
> [@d\_osborn](#): > > It’s the August drafts for GB and GB2, no drafts of HELLBENT. > > [https://www.sadtrombone.com/](https://www.sadtrombone.com/) No, unfortunately, Hellbent seems to be a unicorn and the last one of those we found was the spec draft of Lethal Weapon. There’s a draft of Max Landis’ [Ghostbusters 3](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/ghostbusters-3). There’s a review of Hellbent here: [IGN FilmForce Exclusive: The Stax Report: Script Review of Ghostbusters 3: Hellbent! - IGN](http://uk.ign.com/articles/2002/07/30/ign-filmforce-exclusive-the-stax-report-script-review-of-ghostbusters-3-hellbent) And someone once posted some pages of Hellbent, here: [Ghostbusters 3 Hellbent Script Pages – Ecto-Containment](https://ecto-containment.com/2016/02/26/ghostbusters-3-hellbent-script-pages/) ---
**Author:** ![Xxoxia](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/x/958977/32.png) [@Xxoxia](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Xxoxia)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 7:46am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-first-draft-not-ghost-smashers-but-the-first-dan-and-harold-draft/23213/11 "2017-01-18T07:46:14Z")
Here’s the draft of [Ghostbusters 3](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/ghostbusters-3) (Max Landis): [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzsI7dJGSpBUY2thVHppaWZ4Rm8/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzsI7dJGSpBUY2thVHppaWZ4Rm8/view?usp=sharing) Correction: Sorry, it’s a 12 page treatment. I thought it was a full draft. ---
**Author:** ![d\_osborn](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/d_osborn/32/179392_2.png) [@d\_osborn](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/d_osborn)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-first-draft-not-ghost-smashers-but-the-first-dan-and-harold-draft/23213/12 "2017-01-18T15:36:48Z")
> [@Xxoxia](#): > > There’s a draft of Max Landis’ Ghostbusters 3. That was more of a “what if” spec pitch than a sanctioned draft, much like his 300-page Super Mario World script. > [@Xxoxia](#): > > And someone once posted some pages of Hellbent, here: [Ghostbusters 3 Hellbent Script Pages – Ecto-Containment](https://ecto-containment.com/2016/02/26/ghostbusters-3-hellbent-script-pages/) Credit where credit is due-- those pages were originally scanned by Chris at [Proton Charging](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/fans/websites/proton-charging) and the Interdimensional Crossrip Podcast. > **[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ProtonCharging)** > **[Ghostbusters Interdimensional Crossrip](https://www.ghostbustershq.net/the-ghostbusters-interdimensional-crossrip/)** Chris posted a full HELLBENT review ages ago that you can probably dig up. The thing to remember with HELLBENT is that it follows the same formula as the previous two GB films-- Aykroyd writes an initial script full of wild ideas, then it would get toned down by Ramis. Pretty much all of the other scripts, aside from 8/83, were scanned and posted by the gang at [Spook Central](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/fans/websites/spook-central). > **[Spook Central - Ghostbusters Scripts - theraffon](http://theraffon.net/spook-central-ghostbusters-scripts-2/)** > > The book “Making Ghostbusters” says that there were five drafts made of the “Ghostbusters” script. I have found that there \[…\] > **[Spook Central - Ghostbusters II Scripts - theraffon](http://theraffon.net/spook-central-ghostbusters-ii-scripts/)** > > There have been several drafts made of the “Ghostbusters II” script. Below are all the drafts and/or revisions I know \[…\]