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FILM NOTES
Treasure Planet arrived from Walt Disney Feature Animation in 2002, a lavish attempt to fuse traditional hand-drawn animation with digital effects and reimagine Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island as a science-fantasy adventure of solar winds and star galleons. Despite ambitious craft and a hybrid visual style that pushed the studio's technical resources, it underperformed at the box office, later gaining a devoted following for its scope and design. It stands as one of the last major hand-drawn Disney features before the studio pivoted fully to computer animation, making artifacts from its production notable for tracing that transitional period in the studio's history.
This piece carries the name of the RLS Legacy itself, the solar galleon that carries young Jim Hawkins and the crew toward Treasure Planet. As the vessel anchoring the film's central voyage, it holds a place similar to a ship of legend, the kind of named craft that collectors seek out for its role in establishing the story's world and momentum before the mutiny and discovery that follow.
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 each edge; spacing appears even; corners are rounded and punches appear clean.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area, with what appears to be a Dolby Digital data block pattern visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the same edge; a DTS timecode stripe also appears present as a thin line along that 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-incorporated colour print stock; dye image reads as warm with no obvious red shift or fading.
Projection history
Several fine longitudinal lines are visible running the length of the strip, consistent with projection wear; no splices or cue marks are visible in this capture.
Picture
Positive colour image; the three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot; the animated imagery is consistent with the CGI-heavy style of the film on record.
Era check
The combination of variable-area optical track, Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks, DTS timecode stripe, and blue-base colour print 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 000062801
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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