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FILM NOTES
MGM released The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course in 2002, bringing Steve Irwin's television persona to the big screen at the height of his global popularity. Produced with Paramount and Village Roadshow, the film paired documentary style wildlife footage with a loose action plot, letting Irwin play himself as an exuberant guide through the Australian outback. It stands as a snapshot of early 2000s crossover entertainment, when cable personalities began testing theatrical audiences, and remains a notable artifact of Irwin's brief but influential film career before his passing in 2006.
This cell places Irwin alongside a king brown snake, one of Australia's notably venomous species and a natural subject for his brand of hands on wildlife encounter. Collectors seek this pairing because it distills the essence of his public identity, the fearless naturalist facing dangerous animals with enthusiasm rather than caution. As a 35mm frame from the release print, it preserves a single instant of that dynamic, a physical fragment of the film's identity tied directly to the man and creature that defined it.
