Sources: Wikidata · OpenAlex. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Treasure Planet arrived from Walt Disney Feature Animation in 2002, a costly and ambitious swing that fused traditional hand-drawn animation with early digital techniques to reimagine Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island as science fiction. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, the studio's team behind The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, the film represented a real risk within Disney's output at the time, a genre hybrid released alongside more conventional fare. It underperformed commercially, but it has since gathered a devoted following for its visual ambition and design, making surviving film elements from its production a point of interest for collectors of that era's animation history.
This cell carries the name RLS Legacy, the sailing vessel that serves as the story's central ship, the namesake itself a nod to Stevenson's initials. As the craft that launches the film's voyage, it anchors the setting and the adventure to come, making it a natural subject for a reel segment tied to the picture's opening passages. For collectors, a piece bearing the ship's name holds value as a marker of the film's world-building, the vessel standing as one of its most recognizable and reproduced design elements.
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, evenly spaced; punched holes appear clean and well-defined with no torn or deformed edges visible
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along one edge, accompanied by what appears to be a Dolby Digital data block strip and a DTS timecode line in the inter-perforation zone on the same edge
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read manufacturer codes or key numbers
Base & colour
Base shows a neutral-to-slightly-warm tint; dye image appears rich and well-saturated with no visible fading or colour shift
Projection history
No visible scratches, splice marks, or cue marks seen
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot and the fantastical aerial cityscape imagery is consistent with the animated feature Treasure Planet (2002)
Era check
The combination of variable-area optical track, Dolby Digital data blocks, and DTS timecode strip is consistent with a standard theatrical release print configuration used for major studio animated features in 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 000062808
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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