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 traditional hand-drawn animation with computer-generated backdrops to reimagine Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island as interstellar adventure. Coming at a moment when Disney was experimenting with form to keep pace with changing animation tastes, the film represented a costly, ambitious departure from the studio's usual output, and it has since become a point of interest for collectors tracking the company's early digital-hybrid era.
This cell centers on Jim Hawkins aboard the RLS Legacy, placing him within the ship that carries him from restless youth toward the adventure that defines him. Jim is the story's emotional anchor, a teenager whose arc from disaffection to purpose gives the film its heart, making frames of him aboard the vessel especially sought after. Whether drawn from a trailer, a credits sequence, or a story-reel moment, a 35mm cell like this preserves a physical fragment of that shipboard passage, tying the character directly to the vessel that names this piece of the collection.
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 edges appear clean with no torn or missing perforations visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along one edge, accompanied by what appears to be a Dolby Digital data-block strip in the inter-perforation zone and a DTS timecode line, consistent with a multi-format theatrical release print.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read manufacturer codes or key numbers.
Base & colour
The base shows a light cyan-blue tint typical of modern safety stock; the dye image appears well-saturated with no visible colour shift or fading.
Projection history
No splices, cue marks or significant scratches are visible in this capture.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, consistent with a theatrical release print of Treasure Planet (2002).
Era check
The combination of a cyan-tinted polyester safety base, multi-format soundtrack area (variable-area optical, Dolby Digital data blocks, and DTS timecode) is consistent with a major studio theatrical release print from 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 000062825
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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