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FILM NOTES
Ghostbusters II arrived in 1989 as Columbia Pictures' sequel to one of the defining comedies of the decade, reuniting Ivan Reitman with his original cast five years after the first film redefined studio comedy with special effects. It never matched its predecessor's cultural explosion, but it remained a guaranteed commercial draw and gave audiences another round with characters who had become genuine icons of the era, keeping the Ghostbusters name alive in the public imagination through the turn of the decade and beyond.
This cell brings together Peter Venkman, Egon Spengler, Raymond Stantz, and Louis Tully, the core comic ensemble whose chemistry carried both films. Grouping shots naming all four suggests an ensemble sequence, the kind of scene built around banter, teamwork, or shared reaction that made the Ghostbusters dynamic so collectible in the first place. Louis's inclusion alongside the three original scientists points to a moment folding him into the team's orbit, a detail prized by collectors who track his evolving role in the franchise's expanding cast of familiar faces.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm colour release print of Ghostbusters II (1989).
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges; spacing appears even and the punched edges appear clean throughout the visible strip.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical soundtrack track is visible running along the lower edge beside the picture area, appearing as a two-track variable-area pattern.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read manufacturer text or key numbers.
Base & colour
The two left frames show a strong blue cast indicating a colour-shift or printing anomaly; the rightmost frame shows a more neutral warm dye image consistent with a standard colour release print.
Projection history
No visible splices, cue marks or heavy scratching are apparent; the strip appears to be from a projected print with no prominent damage seen.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single shot, and the subject matter is consistent with a late-1980s studio interior production matching the film on record.
Era check
The variable-area optical soundtrack, 35mm four-perforation format, and colour positive stock are all consistent with a 1989 theatrical release print of Ghostbusters II.
Read from the original intake capture shown below. Observations only — film is authenticated, not graded.
This original motion picture film element has been examined and authenticated by Crown Grading in partnership with National Film Vault, and encapsulated for archival preservation.
Why so little survivesRelease prints were leased to theaters, not sold. When the run ended they went back to the distributor to be destroyed, and most were. What collectors hold today came from the prints that escaped that order, and no new 35mm prints of these films are being struck.
CROWN SERIAL 000063272
Original Film CaptureAs received
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