Editing Ivo Shandor (section)

==Character==
In the 1984 film ''Ghostbusters'', Shandor is stated as the architect for the building at 55 Central Park West, an apartment building that is described as "Spook Central." The first mention of the unusual nature of the building comes in a scene featuring [[Ray Stantz]] (Dan Aykroyd) and [[Winston Zeddemore]] (Ernie Hudson). Traveling in [[Ecto-1]] Stantz examined the building's blueprints and described the roof as having been "fabricated with a magnesium-tungsten alloy." Stantz goes on to note that the building has "cold-riveted girders with cores of pure selenium." [[Egon Spengler]] (Harold Ramis) further describes the building's "roof cap" as "exactly like the kind of telemetry tracker NASA uses to identify dead pulsars in deep space."  When [[Peter Venkman]] (Bill Murray), remarks "they don't build 'em like they used to," Stantz hints that the architect of the building may have been insane when he says that "the architect was either a certified genius or authentic wacko." Aykroyd, as Stantz, describes the skyscraper as an antenna for "pulling in and concentrating spiritual turbulence".<ref name=ghost>{{Cite AV media| people =Aykroyd, Dan and Ramis, Harold. Reitman, Ivan, Director| title =Ghostbusters| medium =Film| publisher =Columbia Pictures| location =New York City}}, 8 June 1984.</ref>

Stantz (Aykroyd) was the Ghostbuster who noted the building's architect was an "I. Shandor," as he looked over the blueprints while in jail for environmental violations related to the Ghostbusters business. Immediately, Spengler (Ramis) recognized the name as one he had seen in "Tobin's Spirit Guide." In the film, Spengler and Stantz went on to explain Shandor's background. Shandor, described as an architect and doctor by trade, decided that after    World War I society was too sick to survive. He, and his over 1000 purported followers, worshipped the ancient Sumerian god Gozer, also fictional, and performed rituals on the roof of 55 Central Park West; "bizarre rituals,"  intended to bring about the [[Apocalypse|end of the world]]. As a medical doctor, Shandor is said, in the film, to have performed a lot of "unnecessary surgery."<ref name=ghost/>

Shandor's original scheme came to fruition, during the events of the film, in the 1980s, when sufficient energy was collected to cause Gozer's minions to physically manifest in preparation for the opening of the portal for their master, Gozer the Gozerian. Unfortunately for Shandor, the Ghostbusters foiled Gozer's entry and neutralized the god.<ref name=ghost/> Early storyboarding for the movie, along with the casting of Paul Reubens as Gozer, indicated that Sumerian god was to take the form of Ivo Shandor, as a thin man in a business suit. This was eventually scrapped due to recasting.