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FILM NOTES
Treasure Planet arrived in 2002 as Walt Disney Feature Animation's ambitious bid to fuse traditional hand-drawn artistry with digital effects, reimagining Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island as an interstellar adventure. Released amid a difficult era for hand-drawn animation, it stood out for its technical daring, blending painted backgrounds with CGI ships and vistas years ahead of typical studio output. Though it underperformed commercially, it has since gathered a devoted following among animation enthusiasts who prize its craftsmanship and its place in Disney's late hand-drawn output before the shift to full computer animation.
This 35mm cell centers on Jim Hawkins, the film's restless young protagonist whose journey from disaffected teenager to capable spacefarer anchors the entire story. Collectors seek out Jim because he represents the emotional core of Treasure Planet, the audience's entry point into its world of solar surfers and alien treasure hunters. A single-character cell like this one preserves a moment belonging entirely to him, without the noise of supporting figures, making it a clean artifact of the film's central coming-of-age arc.
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; spacing appears even and the punched edges appear clean throughout the strip.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track (appearing as a dual bilateral or variable-area pair) runs along one edge, with a narrow Dolby Digital data-block strip visible in the inter-perforation zone on the same edge.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture.
Base & colour
Base appears with a light blue-cyan tint consistent with a dyed safety base; dye image appears fully saturated with no visible fading or colour shift.
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, consistent with an animated feature matching the film on record.
Era check
The combination of a cyan-tinted safety base, Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks alongside a variable-area optical track, and fully saturated dye image 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 000062799
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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