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FILM NOTES
Universal Pictures released The Fast and the Furious in 2001, a modestly budgeted action picture that became a cultural touchstone and launched one of the most enduring franchises in modern cinema. Built around illegal street racing and a tight-knit crew bound by loyalty, it introduced audiences to a world of modified cars and underground culture that would define an entire genre for the decades that followed, turning its ensemble cast into household names.
This 35mm cell, marked Street Racing, preserves a moment centered on Mia Toretto, played by Jordana Brewster. Mia stands apart from the film's outlaw racers as the emotional throughline, sister to Dominic and eventual bridge between two worlds. Collectors seek her likeness for that grounding presence, the human counterweight to the film's high speed spectacle. A cell tied directly to the street racing milieu situates her within the franchise's founding identity, a single frame drawn from thousands, offering a physical fragment of the movie that started it all.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm positive release print of The Fast and the Furious (2001).
Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame visible on the top edge; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on the top edge; bottom edge perforations are partially obscured by image overlap and film curl but appear present; spacing looks even and punching appears clean.
Soundtrack
Not visible in this capture; the area beside the picture frames that would carry a soundtrack is not clearly resolved.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture.
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight blue-cyan tint consistent with modern safety stock; dye image reads as warm-orange dominant, appearing neutral in overall balance.
Projection history
Horizontal abrasion lines are visible across the lower portion of the strip, consistent with evidence of projection; no splices or cue marks are visible.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be from the same continuous shot, and the subject matter is consistent with the automotive content associated with the film on record.
Era check
The base tint, perforation style, and positive colour print format are consistent with a theatrical release print from the early 2000s period 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 000062881
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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