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 defining comedy of the decade. Directed again by Ivan Reitman, the sequel brought the team back to New York City to face a river of psychic slime beneath the streets. While it never quite matched the cultural lightning of its predecessor, it performed strongly at the box office and remains a genuine artifact of late-eighties studio filmmaking at its most polished.

This cell, titled Louis and Janine, captures Rick Moranis and Annie Potts in a quiet, social moment between their characters — Louis Tully and Janine Melnitz — sharing what appears to be a restaurant setting. The strip runs three frames, two of which duplicate the same shot, giving collectors a sustained look at a scene that belongs to the gentler, more human side of the film.