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FILM NOTES
Ghostbusters II arrived in 1989 as Columbia Pictures' sequel to one of the defining studio comedies of the decade, reuniting its original cast and director Ivan Reitman five years after the first film's release. It never matched its predecessor's cultural saturation, but it remains a fixture of the franchise's theatrical run and a key piece of late eighties studio comedy, valued by collectors for continuing the story of New York's paranormal investigators into a new era of the series.
This cell brings together the full team: Egon Spengler, Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Winston Zeddemore, played respectively by Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and Ernie Hudson. A grouping of all four principals is among the most sought pieces from any Ghostbusters release, representing the ensemble at the heart of the franchise's appeal, the ongoing partnership that carried the story from the first film into its sequel.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm colour release print of Ghostbusters II (1989).
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds three complete frames and one partial frame.
Perforations
Four per frame on each edge, evenly spaced; punched edges appear clean with no visible torn or deformed perforations.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area, appearing as a single variable-area stripe.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read manufacturer text or key numbers clearly.
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight warm-yellow tint consistent with colour print stock; dye image reads as a positive colour image with no obvious fading or red shift.
Projection history
Two faint parallel horizontal lines are visible running across the lower edge of the strip, consistent with projection wear or handling marks.
Picture
Positive colour image; frames run consecutively as a single continuous shot; figures and interior setting are consistent with a late-1980s studio release print matching Ghostbusters II (1989).
Era check
A single variable-area optical track without visible Dolby Digital data blocks or DTS timecode is consistent with a 1989 theatrical release print predating those formats.
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 000063282
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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