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FILM NOTES
Treasure Planet arrived from Walt Disney Feature Animation in November 2002, a big-budget swing at reimagining Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island as an interstellar coming-of-age adventure. Blending traditional hand-drawn animation with pioneering CGI backdrops, the film represented Disney's push into a new visual language at a moment when the studio was searching for its next artistic identity following the Renaissance era. Though it underperformed at the box office, it has since earned a devoted following for its ambition, its painterly space vistas, and its willingness to take real technical and narrative risks within the Disney animated canon.
This 35mm cell centers on Jim Hawkins, the film's restless young protagonist, whose journey from aimless teenager to capable spacefarer anchors the entire story. Jim is the character collectors return to first, since his arc of self-discovery and reluctant heroism carries the emotional weight of the picture. A cell bearing his name alone, without other figures sharing the frame, suggests a moment built around him individually, the kind of isolated character study that print collections and trailer cuttings often preserve to spotlight a film's lead before the wider cast is introduced.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Treasure Planet (2002)
Gauge
35mm, 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 visible torn or deformed holes
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along one edge, appearing as a dual bilateral variable-area pattern; a blue DTS timecode stripe is also visible adjacent to the perforations on the same edge
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any key numbers or manufacturer text
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight blue-cyan tint consistent with a dye-coupler colour print; dye image appears neutral with no obvious red shift or fading
Projection history
Light longitudinal scratches are visible running parallel to the film length, consistent with a projected print
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot and are consistent with the animated feature Treasure Planet (2002)
Era check
The combination of dual bilateral variable-area optical track, DTS timecode stripe, and colour dye-coupler base is consistent with a theatrical 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 000062797
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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