National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

Columbia Pictures released Ghostbusters II in June 1989, reuniting the original cast five years after the first film became a cultural phenomenon. Directed again by Ivan Reitman, the sequel brought back the core ensemble for a story rooted in New York City mythology, arriving at the height of summer blockbuster culture and cementing the franchise's place in late-eighties popular cinema.

This cell captures Peter Venkman, Egon Spengler, Raymond Stantz, and Louis Tully dressed in formal attire within the grand interior of the Manhattan Museum of Art sequence. The ornate architectural setting and overhead chandelier frame the four figures in a rare moment of dressed-up formality, a departure from the team's usual working gear and a memorable visual from the film's third act.