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FILM NOTES
Treasure Planet arrived from Walt Disney Feature Animation in 2002, a costly gamble that reimagined Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island as a science fiction adventure of solar winds and star galleons. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, the pair behind The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, it married traditional hand drawn animation with early computer generated environments, a hybrid technique the studio hoped would signal a new direction. Despite ambitious visuals and a strong vocal cast, the film underperformed at the box office, later becoming a cult favorite among animation students and Disney historians for its technical daring and its place at the end of the studio's hand drawn era.
RLS Legacy names the ship at the heart of the story, the vessel that carries young Jim Hawkins and his companions into the wider cosmos in search of Flint's treasure. As a piece of film history, this cell speaks to the film's world building ambition, the invented ship serving as both home and threshold between the ordinary and the fantastic. Collectors of Treasure Planet material often seek imagery tied to the ship itself, since it anchors the film's hybrid design work and represents the studio's reach toward a new kind of adventure storytelling.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm colour theatrical release print of Treasure Planet (2002).
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame on both visible edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges; spacing appears even and the punched holes appear cleanly cut with no visible tearing.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible below the picture area on the lower edge strip, alongside what appears to be a Dolby Digital data block region between the lower perforations, consistent with a dual-format optical release print.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any key numbers or manufacturer text.
Base & colour
The base shows a warm amber-orange cast across the image area; the dye image appears fully saturated with no obvious fading.
Projection history
Light horizontal lines consistent with projection are visible across the frame area; no splices or cue marks are seen.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single shot, consistent with a theatrical release print of Treasure Planet (2002).
Era check
The combination of a variable-area optical track, Dolby Digital data blocks between perforations, and fully saturated colour positive stock is consistent with a 35mm 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 000062829
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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