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 sweeping CG environments to reimagine Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island as an interstellar adventure. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, the duo behind The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, it represented one of the studio's most ambitious technical experiments during a transitional era for animation. Though it underperformed at the box office, it has since earned a devoted following for its artistry and world-building, making it a notable entry in Disney's early 2000s output.
This 35mm cell isolates Jim Hawkins, the film's protagonist, a restless teenager whose journey from aimless dreamer to capable spacefarer anchors the entire story. Collectors seek out Jim frames because his arc carries the emotional weight of the film, tracing themes of identity, mentorship, and self-discovery. As a single-character cell, it distills the picture down to its central figure, offering a piece of the film's foundation without the surrounding cast or setting, a clean focal point for anyone building a collection around Treasure Planet's core narrative presence.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm Dolby SR·D theatrical release print of Treasure Planet (2002).
Gauge
35mm; the strip holds three frames, each with four perforations visible on the top edge and four on the bottom edge.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges; spacing appears even and the punched corners are rounded, consistent with KS-type perforations; no torn or deformed holes visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track runs along the bottom edge between the picture and the lower perforations; a Dolby Digital data block stripe is also visible as a dense blue-dot pattern immediately beside the optical track, indicating a Dolby Digital SR·D combined track.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read manufacturer codes or key numbers.
Base & colour
The base appears with a slight cyan-blue tint consistent with a dye-incorporated colour print stock; the dye image reads as warm and saturated with no visible fading or colour shift.
Projection history
Light vertical scratches are visible running through all three frames, consistent with a print that has passed through a projector gate.
Picture
Positive colour image; the three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, and the animated imagery is consistent with the CGI-animated feature listed on record.
Era check
The combined Dolby SR·D optical/digital soundtrack format and the cyan-base colour print stock are 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 000062841
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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