National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

Columbia Pictures released Ghostbusters II in June 1989, reuniting the original cast and crew five years after the first film became a defining comedy of the decade. Directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, the sequel brought the team back to a New York City threatened by a river of psychoreactive slime beneath the streets. It performed strongly at the box office and remains a time capsule of late-1980s filmmaking, practical effects, and ensemble comedy.

This cell captures Dr. Raymond Stantz in what appears to be a large indoor venue, bokeh lights and a crowd visible behind him. The confirmed title Dr. Raymond Stantz places Ray Stantz at the center of all three frames, each a slightly varied exposure or print registration of the same moment, offering collectors a rare triple-frame look at one of cinema's most beloved characters in a single encapsulated sequence.