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-swing genre experiment that fused hand-drawn artistry with early digital effects to reimagine Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure as interstellar swashbuckling. Coming at the tail end of the studio's traditional animation era, it represented a costly gamble that did not find its audience on release but has since earned a devoted following for its ambition, its blend of painterly backgrounds with computer-generated set pieces, and its willingness to depart from Disney's established fairy tale formula in favor of pulp adventure and coming-of-age storytelling.
This cell centers on Jim Hawkins, the restless teenager whose hunger for purpose drives the entire voyage. Collectors seek him out because he anchors the film's emotional arc, the orphaned boy who becomes a spacefarer and finds an unlikely father figure along the way. A single-character cell like this one captures him in isolation, a clean frame of the protagonist himself, the kind of piece prized for representing the heart of the picture rather than a supporting event around him.
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; spacing appears even and the punched edges appear clean with no torn or missing perforations visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible on one edge, accompanied by what appears to be a Dolby Digital data-block strip and a DTS timecode line running alongside the perforations on the same edge.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any key numbers or manufacturer text.
Base & colour
The base shows a light cyan-blue tint consistent with a colour print stock; the dye image appears warm and well-saturated with no visible fading or red shift.
Projection history
Light vertical scratching is visible across the frame area, consistent with a print that has passed through a projector gate.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single shot, and the animated imagery is consistent with a release print of Treasure Planet (2002).
Era check
The combination of cyan-tinted base stock, variable-area optical track, Dolby Digital data blocks, and DTS timecode line 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 000062824
Original Film CaptureAs received
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