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FILM NOTES
Treasure Planet arrived from Walt Disney Feature Animation in 2002, a costly gamble that fused hand drawn linework with early digital environments to reimagine Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure as science fiction. Released during a period when traditional animation was losing ground to computer generated features, it became something of a box office disappointment despite its ambition, and has since gathered a devoted following for its visual daring and its willingness to blend genres. That combination of studio risk and technical craft is part of why frames from the picture hold interest for collectors today.
This cell brings together Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver, and B.E.N., the three figures whose shifting alliances anchor the story's emotional core. Jim is the restless boy searching for purpose, Silver the cyborg pirate whose loyalties remain uncertain, and B.E.N. the malfunctioning robot who provides both comic relief and unexpected help. A frame uniting all three points to a moment where their fates intertwine, a pairing collectors prize because it captures the film's central relationships in a single held image rather than a single character in isolation.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Treasure Planet (2002).
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame visible on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges; spacing appears even and the punched holes appear cleanly formed with no visible tearing.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along the bottom edge, accompanied by what appears to be a Dolby Digital data block strip in the inter-perforation zone, consistent with a dual-format optical release print.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any key numbers or manufacturer text.
Base & colour
The base shows a light blue-cyan tint typical of a dye-transfer or colour-print stock; the dye image appears rich with no obvious fading or red shift.
Projection history
No visible splices, cue marks or heavy scratching are apparent; the surface appears consistent with a projected release print.
Picture
Positive colour image; the three frames appear to run consecutively as a single continuous shot, and the animated imagery is consistent with the CGI-animated feature on record.
Era check
The combination of a cyan-tinted base, Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks alongside a variable-area optical track, and four-perforation 35mm format is consistent with a theatrical release print from the early 2000s.
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 000062795
Original Film CaptureAs received
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