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FILM NOTES
Ghostbusters II arrived in 1989 as Columbia Pictures' answer to a five-year wait, reuniting Ivan Reitman with his original cast for a sequel that leaned into the earned rapport of its ensemble as much as its supernatural premise. The film never matched its predecessor's cultural lightning strike, but it remains a fixture of late-80s studio comedy, valued for the chemistry between its leads and the continued expansion of the Ghostbusters world, including the firehouse regulars who kept the operation running.
This cell centers on Louis Tully and Janine Melnitz, the franchise's perennial odd-couple support duo, played by Rick Moranis and Annie Potts. Collectors gravitate toward these two because their pairing carries much of the series' comic warmth outside the main team, and any footage isolating them together is prized for that dynamic. A 35mm cell bearing both names suggests a shared scene rather than a solo character beat, a small but coveted intersection point for fans tracking the Louis and Janine thread through the picture.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm color optical 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, evenly spaced, cleanly punched with no torn or deformed holes visible.
Soundtrack
A dual variable-area optical track runs along one edge beside the picture area, consistent with an analog stereo optical print.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read manufacturer codes or key numbers.
Base & colour
Base appears neutral to very slightly warm; dye image shows full color saturation with no visible fading or red shift.
Projection history
Light vertical scratching visible across the frame area, consistent with a print that has passed through a projector gate.
Picture
Positive color image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single shot, and the subject matter is consistent with a live-action theatrical release print matching the film on record.
Era check
The dual variable-area optical soundtrack, color positive print stock, and neutral base are all consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print from the late 1980s to early 1990s.
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 000063275
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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