Sources: Wikidata · OpenAlex · Library of Congress. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Ghostbusters II arrived in 1989 from Columbia Pictures, a sequel to one of the defining comedies of the 1980s. Ivan Reitman returned to direct, reassembling Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, and Harold Ramis for another round of supernatural mischief in New York. Though it never matched the cultural lightning of the original, it remains a fixture of franchise history, tied to a wave of merchandising, animated spinoffs, and toy lines that kept the Ghostbusters brand alive through the decade's end.
This cell centers on the no ghost logo, the crossed-out spirit symbol that served as the series' visual shorthand across posters, trailers, and packaging. Its appearance here alongside Mooglie ties it to the Slimer-adjacent creature merchandising that flourished around the sequel's release, when tie-in ephemera bridged the film's branding with its expanded cast of ghosts. For collectors, a logo cell like this represents the studio's marketing identity distilled onto celluloid, a piece of the franchise's recognizable shorthand rather than a narrative frame.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Ghostbusters II (1989).
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on each edge, evenly spaced, cleanly punched with no torn or deformed holes visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical soundtrack track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture.
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight warm-yellow tint consistent with acetate safety stock; dye image reads as neutral with good density.
Projection history
Two faint parallel horizontal lines are visible across the lower portion of the strip, consistent with a projected print.
Picture
Positive color image; the three frames run consecutively as one continuous shot and display the Ghostbusters logo consistent with the film on record.
Era check
The variable-area optical soundtrack, acetate base tint, and perforation pitch are all consistent with a theatrical release print from the late 1980s.
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 000063294
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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