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FILM NOTES
Ghostbusters II arrived in 1989 as Columbia Pictures' long-awaited follow-up to the 1984 blockbuster, reuniting Ivan Reitman with his original cast for a sequel that carried enormous commercial expectations. While critical reception was more muted than the first film's, it remains a fixture of late-1980s studio comedy and a key chapter in the Ghostbusters franchise's theatrical history, preserving the ensemble chemistry that made the property a cultural mainstay.
This cell pairs Dr. Peter Venkman, played by Bill Murray, with Winston Zeddemore, played by Ernie Hudson, two members of the Ghostbusters team whose dynamic anchors much of the film's humor and camaraderie. Venkman's wisecracking skepticism against Zeddemore's grounded, everyman perspective made them a favored on-screen combination for fans. A 35mm cell isolating the two together speaks to that partnership specifically, offering collectors a physical trace of the pairing rather than a solo character study, valuable to anyone assembling a record of the team's screen presence.
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 frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced; punched edges appear clean with no visible tearing.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area, appearing as a dual bilateral variable-area stripe.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read manufacturer text or key numbers.
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight warm-yellow tint; dye image reads as warm overall, consistent with a colour print stock.
Projection history
Light longitudinal lines consistent with projection wear are visible across the frame area; no splices or cue marks seen.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, consistent with a release print of Ghostbusters II (1989).
Era check
The dual bilateral variable-area optical soundtrack and colour print stock base are consistent with a 1989 theatrical release print era, before digital soundtrack formats were introduced.
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 000063299
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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