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OFFICIAL FILM AUTHENTICATION BY CROWN GRADING
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Film cell NFV-000000079 Tap to enlarge
MOVIEPokemon 4Ever
SCENESuicune
FILM FORMAT35MM
YEAR2001
CERTIFICATE IDNFV-000000079
Film Record Public record
Directed by
Kunihiko Yuyama
Studio
OLM, Inc. · 75 min
Sources: Wikidata. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.

FILM NOTES

Pokémon 4Ever arrived in 2001 as the fourth theatrical feature from the franchise, produced by OLM and distributed in the West by Miramax and Warner Bros. It marked a transitional moment for the series, pairing the Celebi story with a reintroduction of the legendary beast trio, and it stands as a bridge between the original run of films and the games' Gold and Silver generation that inspired much of its plot. For fans tracking the franchise's theatrical output, this entry holds a specific place as one of the last films before Pokémon's cinematic identity began shifting toward newer regions and casts.

This cell bears the name Suicune, one of the three legendary beasts tied to the Johto mythology and a figure central to the film's plot involving Celebi and time. Suicune's presence in a film strip carries weight for collectors of legendary-creature material, since appearances of the beast trio outside static promotional art are comparatively scarce. A cell under this name likely comes from footage, trailer material, or a title-adjacent segment built around Suicune specifically, making it a focused artifact of the character's role in Pokémon 4Ever rather than a general crowd or background frame.

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.
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