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 big-budget swing at reworking Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure through a science-fantasy lens of solar winds and star maps. Coming during a transitional period for Disney animation, caught between hand-drawn tradition and the rising dominance of computer animation, it stands as one of the studio's more ambitious visual experiments, blending traditional character animation with digital backgrounds and effects. Though it underperformed on release, it has since gathered a devoted following among animation enthusiasts who admire its craftsmanship and design work.
This cell centers on Jim Hawkins, the film's restless young protagonist, whose journey from aimless troublemaker to capable spacefarer anchors the entire story. Collectors seek him out because he carries the emotional weight of the picture, the audience's entry point into its world of cyborgs and celestial pirates. A single character reel like this represents a straightforward artifact of production, isolating the hero apart from the ensemble that surrounds him, useful for anyone building a study of the film's central figure or tracing his design through the reel.
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, evenly spaced, cleanly punched with no torn or deformed holes visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area, appearing as a single-track waveform; Dolby Digital data blocks are visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the same edge.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture.
Base & colour
Base appears neutral to very slightly warm; dye image shows rich, saturated colour with no visible fading or red shift.
Projection history
No scratches, splice marks, or cue marks are visible.
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 variable-area optical track with Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks is consistent with a theatrical release print from the early 2000s, matching the 2002 release date of the film 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 000062814
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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