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FILM NOTES
Treasure Planet arrived from Walt Disney Feature Animation in 2002, a costly gamble that fused hand drawn artistry with early digital rendering to reimagine Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure novel as interstellar science fantasy. Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, the pair behind The Little Mermaid and Aladdin, it represented one of the studio's last major traditional animation efforts before the medium shifted decisively toward computer generated features. Though it underperformed commercially, the film has since earned reappraisal for its ambitious visual design and earnest storytelling, making surviving 35mm material a scarce artifact of that transitional period in Disney history.
This cell isolates Jim Hawkins, the restless teenage protagonist whose journey from disaffected boy to capable spacefarer anchors the entire narrative. Collectors seek him out as the emotional center of the picture, the character whose growth gives the film its coming of age weight beneath the adventure spectacle. A single character reel like this one preserves a fragment of animated performance, a moment excerpted from thousands of frames of hand inked motion, offering a tangible piece of the labor behind Jim's screen presence.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Treasure Planet (2002).
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame 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 visible tearing.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible along the bottom edge, with what appears to be a Dolby Digital data block strip running in the inter-perforation zone beside it, 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 light blue-cyan tint typical of a colour release print; the dye image appears neutral with no visible red shift or fading.
Projection history
No visible scratches, splice marks, or cue marks are apparent in this capture.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single shot, and the animated character style is consistent with the Disney animated feature Treasure Planet (2002).
Era check
The combination of a variable-area optical track with a Dolby Digital inter-perforation data strip 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 000062850
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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