Sources: Wikidata · OpenAlex. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Disney's Treasure Planet arrived in 2002 as a big-budget gamble, a science fiction reimagining of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island released during a period when traditional animation was losing ground to computer generated features. The studio poured significant resources into its hybrid hand-drawn and CGI style, crafting a galleon sailing through space rather than sea. Though it underperformed commercially, the film has since gathered a devoted following for its ambitious visuals and earnest storytelling, making surviving 35mm material from its production a niche but meaningful piece of Disney's turn of the millennium output.
This cell isolates Jim Hawkins, the film's teenage protagonist whose journey from restless dreamer to capable spacefarer anchors the entire narrative. Collectors seek out Hawkins material because he represents Disney's attempt at a more introspective, flawed hero during an era of shifting animation styles. A single character cell like this one offers a direct link to the frame-by-frame artistry behind his design, isolated from surrounding action or dialogue, preserved simply as the boy himself moving through the story that shaped him.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Treasure Planet (2002).
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame visible on the upper edge; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on the upper edge; lower edge perforations are partially obscured by the soundtrack area but appear present; spacing looks even and punching appears clean.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along the lower portion of the strip, showing two waveform traces consistent with a stereo optical track; a narrow band of blue-tinted data blocks consistent with a Dolby Digital track is visible between the lower perforations and the optical track.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture.
Base & colour
Base appears with a warm amber-orange cast across all three frames, consistent with the dye image of a colour release print; no obvious fading or red shift beyond the scene's own warm palette.
Projection history
No splices or cue marks are visible; faint vertical lines are present across the frames, consistent with evidence of a projected print.
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 a Dolby Digital data block strip alongside a dual variable-area optical track 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 000062828
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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