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 that fused hand-drawn animation with digital effects to reimagine Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island as interstellar adventure. Coming at a moment when traditional animation was losing ground to computer-generated features, it stood as one of the studio's most ambitious late-era hand-drawn efforts. Though it underperformed at the box office, it has since gathered a devoted following for its visual invention and earnest storytelling, making it a notable, if bittersweet, entry in Disney's animated canon.
This cell preserves Jim Hawkins, the film's restless young protagonist whose journey from aimless teenager to capable spacefarer anchors the entire story. As the character audiences follow from the opening reel to the last, Jim is a natural focal point for collectors assembling character-specific pieces from the production. A 35mm cell bearing his likeness stands as a physical fragment of that arc, a single frame pulled from the reel that carried his transformation across the screen.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Treasure Planet (2002).
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced; punched edges appear clean with no visible tearing or distortion.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along the bottom edge, appearing as a dual bilateral variable-area strip, with what appears to be a Dolby Digital data block pattern visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the lower 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-tinted border framing; the dye image within frames reads warm with strong amber and dark tones, consistent with a colour positive print.
Projection history
No visible splices or cue marks; minor light horizontal lines are present across frames suggesting evidence of a projected print.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single shot, consistent with an animated feature matching the film on record.
Era check
The combination of dual bilateral variable-area optical track, apparent Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks, and colour positive stock is consistent with a theatrical release print from the early 2000s, matching Treasure Planet (2002).
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 000062815
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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