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FILM NOTES
Treasure Planet arrived from Walt Disney Feature Animation in 2002, a big-budget gamble that fused hand-drawn artistry with early digital rendering to reimagine Robert Louis Stevenson's classic as a swashbuckling space adventure. Coming at a pivotal moment for Disney animation, as the studio searched for its next creative direction amid a changing box office landscape, the film represented genuine technical ambition, blending traditional 2D character work with sweeping CGI environments and vehicle design. Though it underperformed commercially, it has since earned a devoted following among animation enthusiasts who admire its visual reach.
This cell centers on Jim Hawkins, the film's restless young protagonist whose journey from aimless teenager to capable spacefarer anchors the entire story. Collectors seek him out because he embodies the coming-of-age arc that gives Treasure Planet its emotional core, a boy chasing his father's absence and his own sense of purpose across the stars. A 35mm frame preserving Jim offers a physical link to the animation cycles built around him, the kind of material once used in trailers, promotional reels, or studio archives to represent the character driving the narrative forward.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Treasure Planet (2002).
Gauge
35mm; the strip holds three frames, each showing four perforations per frame on the top edge; the bottom edge perforations are also visible, confirming four per frame on both edges.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges; spacing appears even across all three frames; perforation edges appear cleanly punched with no visible torn or deformed holes.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along the bottom edge beside the perforations; a second denser data region consistent with a Dolby Digital inter-perforation data block area is also visible between the perforations on the bottom edge.
Edge print
Top edge reads '1 2002 42' followed by additional characters that are partially legible; full key number sequence not fully resolvable in this capture.
Base & colour
Base appears with a light blue-cyan tint consistent with a dye-based colour print stock; dye image colours appear stable with no visible red shift or fading.
Projection history
No visible scratches, splice marks, or cue marks seen in this capture.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot; the animated style and character design are consistent with the film on record.
Era check
The combination of a variable-area optical track, Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks, and colour dye stock is consistent with a theatrical 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 000062798
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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