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FILM NOTES
Treasure Planet arrived from Walt Disney Feature Animation in 2002, a big-budget swing that fused hand-drawn character work with digital effects to reimagine Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island as interstellar adventure. Coming at a transitional moment for the studio, between the traditional animation era and the rise of computer animation, it represented an ambitious, expensive gamble that did not find its audience on release but has since gathered a devoted following for its visual imagination and scope. It stands today as one of the more distinctive entries in Disney's animated catalog, admired retrospectively far more than it was celebrated at the time.
This piece marks the film's identifying card, the frame that opens the picture and announces it before a single character appears. For collectors, such a piece functions as the anchor point of a reel, the moment where studio, story, and audience first meet on screen. It carries no figures or scenes of its own, only the declaration of the work itself, making it a foundational artifact for anyone assembling a run of Treasure Planet material.
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 complete frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced; punched edges appear clean with no torn or deformed holes visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along the lower edge, accompanied by what appears to be a Dolby Digital data block strip in the inter-perforation zone and a DTS timecode line, consistent with a multi-format release print.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to quote text accurately.
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight blue-cyan tint typical of modern safety stock; the dye image reads as neutral with strong, saturated colour rendition.
Projection history
No visible scratches, splice marks, or cue marks seen.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames show the same title card, indicating a held title sequence shot, and the title 'Treasure Planet' with the Walt Disney Pictures presentation credit matches the film on record.
Era check
The combination of multi-format soundtrack (optical variable-area, Dolby Digital inter-perf blocks, and DTS timecode) and blue-tinted polyester safety base is consistent with a major studio release print from the early 2000s, matching the 2002 release date 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 000062787
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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