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FILM NOTES
Universal Pictures released The Fast and the Furious in the summer of 2001, a modest street racing picture built around Rob Cohen's direction and a cast of then-rising stars. It became a sleeper hit, launching one of modern cinema's most durable franchises and cementing the underground car culture aesthetic in mainstream action filmmaking. The film's blend of practical stunts, tight crews, and loyalty-driven drama gave it staying power well beyond its box office numbers, and it remains a touchstone for collectors tracking the genre's early 2000s resurgence.
This cell preserves a strip devoted to Vince, played by Matt Schulze, a member of Dominic Toretto's crew whose volatility and suspicion of outsiders drive much of the film's internal tension. Collectors seek out Vince material because his arc embodies the loyalty and rivalry at the heart of the story, offering a counterpoint to Brian's undercover presence. A cell like this functions as a physical fragment of that character's screen presence, a tactile artifact tying the viewer directly to Schulze's performance within the wider crew dynamic.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm colour theatrical release print of The Fast and the Furious (2001).
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame visible on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges; spacing appears even and the punched holes appear cleanly formed with no visible tearing.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along the bottom edge beside the perforations, appearing as a two-track variable-area pattern with what appears to be a Dolby noise-reduction encoded waveform.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any key numbers or manufacturer codes.
Base & colour
The base shows a warm amber-golden cast across all three frames, consistent with a colour dye image on a clear safety base; no obvious fading or red shift is apparent.
Projection history
Light horizontal abrasion lines are visible across the frame area, consistent with a print that has passed through a projector gate.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, consistent with a theatrical release print of The Fast and the Furious (2001).
Era check
The variable-area optical soundtrack, colour positive print on safety base, and perforation style are all 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 000062866
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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