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FILM NOTES
Treasure Planet arrived from Walt Disney Feature Animation in 2002, a costly gamble that fused traditional hand-drawn artistry with sweeping digital effects to reimagine Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island as interstellar adventure. Released during a difficult transitional era for Disney animation, it underperformed at the box office yet has since earned a devoted following for its ambitious visual style and emotional depth. It stands as one of the studio's more artistically daring efforts from that period, a bridge between eras of animation technique.
This cell centers on Long John Silver, the cyborg pirate whose loyalty and menace anchor the entire story. He remains one of the film's most requested subjects among collectors, given his complicated bond with young Jim Hawkins and his stature as a reinterpretation of literature's most famous rogue. A single-character cell like this one offers a focused window into the animation work built around him, isolated from surrounding cast or setting, prized by those assembling a study of his design and presence across the production.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Treasure Planet (2002).
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame visible on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both visible edges, evenly spaced, cleanly punched with no torn or deformed holes observed.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along the bottom edge, with what appears to be a Dolby Digital data block pattern in the inter-perforation gaps on the lower edge, consistent with a dual-format optical release print.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read manufacturer codes or key numbers.
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight blue-teal tint consistent with modern safety stock; dye image reads as warm amber-brown with no visible fading or red shift.
Projection history
No visible scratches, splice marks, or cue marks observed in this capture.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, consistent with an animated feature matching Treasure Planet (2002).
Era check
The combination of Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks alongside a variable-area optical track, and the blue-tinted polyester safety base, is consistent with a 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 000062826
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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