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FILM NOTES
Treasure Planet arrived from Walt Disney Feature Animation in 2002, a science-fiction reimagining of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island that fused traditional hand-drawn animation with early CG environments. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, coming off the success of Aladdin and The Little Mermaid, the film represented one of Disney's more ambitious visual experiments of the era, blending galleons with spacefaring design. Despite critical respect for its craft, it underperformed at the box office, later gaining a devoted following as one of the studio's overlooked works from the turn of the millennium.
This piece carries the name RLS Legacy, the great trimasted vessel at the center of the story's voyage, the ship that carries Jim Hawkins and the crew toward the promise of buried treasure. As a named subject rather than a single character portrait, a cell like this typically comes from a establishing or transitional passage, the kind of footage used to orient audiences to the film's world and scale. Collectors of Treasure Planet material often seek out the ship itself, since the RLS Legacy stands as the film's signature design achievement, marrying nautical tradition with speculative engineering.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Treasure Planet (2002).
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame visible on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges; spacing appears even and the punched holes appear cleanly cut with no visible tearing.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along one edge, with what appears to be a Dolby Digital data-block strip in the inter-perforation zone beside it, and a DTS timecode line also discernible, consistent with a tri-format release print.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read manufacturer text or key numbers.
Base & colour
The base shows a light blue-cyan tint typical of estar safety stock; the dye image appears rich and not visibly faded or red-shifted.
Projection history
No obvious deep scratches or splices are seen; faint longitudinal lines are present suggesting the print has been projected.
Picture
Positive colour image; the three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, and the imagery is consistent with the animated feature Treasure Planet (2002).
Era check
The combination of cyan-tinted polyester base, tri-format soundtrack layout (optical variable-area, Dolby Digital data blocks, DTS timecode) is consistent with a major studio 35mm 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 000062809
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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