Sources: Wikidata · OpenAlex. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Treasure Planet arrived from Walt Disney Feature Animation in November 2002, a big-swing attempt to fuse Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island with a fully realized science fantasy universe, blending traditional hand-drawn animation with early CGI environments. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, the duo behind The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, it represented Disney's push into a harder-edged, effects-driven adventure aesthetic at a moment when the studio's traditional animation era was drawing to a close. Though it underperformed at the box office, it has since earned a devoted following for its ambition and design work.
This cell carries the title card, the frame that opens the film and sets its name before the audience, a keepsake for collectors who want the picture's identity rather than a single character beat. Title card cells mark the threshold moment of a release, the handoff from studio branding into story, and for a production as visually distinctive as this one, that threshold holds particular value. Owning it means holding the film's declared arrival point on film stock itself.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Treasure Planet (2002).
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced, cleanly punched with no torn or deformed holes visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along the lower edge, with what appears to be a Dolby Digital data-block strip in the inter-perforation gaps on the lower edge, and a DTS timecode line also discernible along the lower edge.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to quote text, though faint edge markings are present.
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight blue-cyan tint consistent with modern safety stock; the dye image reads as neutral with no visible fading or red shift.
Projection history
No scratches, splice marks, or cue marks are visible in this capture.
Picture
Positive image; all three frames show the same title-card composition, indicating a held title sequence rather than consecutive action frames; the title 'Treasure Planet' with Walt Disney Pictures branding matches the film on record.
Era check
The combination of Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks, DTS timecode, variable-area optical track, and blue-tinted polyester safety base is consistent with a major studio release print from the early 2000s, matching the 2002 release date of the film on record.
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 000062786
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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