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FILM NOTES
FILM NOTES
Universal's The Fast and the Furious arrived in 2001 as a modest street racing picture that quickly became a cultural touchstone, launching one of the studio's most durable franchises. Built around illegal drag racing subculture, undercover police work, and a cast anchored by Paul Walker and Vin Diesel, the film's low budget belied its box office performance and long tail of sequels. It captured an early 2000s fascination with import tuner culture, establishing archetypes and rivalries that later installments would keep revisiting.
This cell preserves Johnny Tran, played by Rick Yune, alongside Lance Nguyen, portrayed across the production by both RJ De Vera and Reggie Lee. Tran remains a favorite among collectors as the film's central antagonist, the rival racer whose crew embodies the tension driving much of the plot. Lance functions as his loyal second, and having him represented by two credited performers adds a layer of production history to the cell, a small but genuine curiosity for those who track casting and continuity across the era's street racing productions.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of The Fast and the Furious (2001).
Gauge
35mm, 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 look clean throughout the strip.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track with two tracks is visible below the picture area, alongside what appears to be a Dolby Digital data block pattern in the inter-perforation gaps on the lower edge.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any key numbers or manufacturer text.
Base & colour
The base carries a slight blue-cyan tint consistent with a colour print stock; the dye image reads warm-amber overall with no obvious fading or red shift.
Projection history
Light vertical scratching is visible across the frame area, 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 subject matter is consistent with an action sequence from The Fast and the Furious (2001).
Era check
The dual variable-area optical track combined with Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks and the blue-tinted polyester base stock 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 000062878
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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