Sources: Wikidata · OpenAlex. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Lilo & Stitch arrived from Walt Disney Feature Animation in 2002, a hand-painted counterpoint to the studio's growing embrace of computer animation. Set in Hawaii and built around themes of family, loyalty, and belonging, it earned an Academy Award nomination and became one of the most beloved entries of Disney's early 2000s output, prized for its watercolor backgrounds and its refusal to follow the fairy tale template. Stitch, the genetically engineered alien at its center, became an instant merchandising and fan phenomenon, beloved for his chaos and his capacity for change.
This cell isolates a moment shared with David, Nani's friend and eventual love interest, a supporting figure whose scenes with Stitch mark small steps in the creature's integration into island life. Cells naming this pairing are sought by collectors tracing Stitch's arc away from destruction and toward community, since David represents the human world gradually accepting him. As a 35mm frame, it preserves a single hand-inked instant from that ongoing transformation, a physical fragment of the animation process behind one of Disney's most distinctive modern classics.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Lilo & Stitch (2002).
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on each edge, evenly spaced; punched edges appear clean with no visible tearing or distortion.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area, appearing as a dual bilateral (two-track) waveform; Dolby Digital data blocks are also visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the same edge.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at readable resolution; no key numbers or manufacturer text can be confirmed.
Base & colour
Base appears with a slight blue-cyan tint consistent with a dyed safety base stock; dye image reads as neutral with no visible red shift or fading.
Projection history
Light longitudinal lines are visible running parallel to the film edge, consistent with a projected print that has passed through a gate.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, and the animated characters visible are consistent with the Disney animated feature Lilo & Stitch (2002).
Era check
The combination of dual bilateral optical track, Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks, blue-tinted polyester safety base, and positive colour image is 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 000063459
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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