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OFFICIAL FILM AUTHENTICATION BY CROWN GRADING
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AUTHENTIC
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Film cell NFV-000001904 Tap to enlarge
MOVIEScooby-Doo Movie Trailer
SCENEScooby and Shaggy
FILM FORMAT35mm
YEAR2002
CERTIFICATE IDNFV-000001904

FILM NOTES

Warner Bros. released Scooby-Doo in the summer of 2002, adapting the long-running Hanna-Barbera cartoon into a live-action feature with digital effects bringing the Great Dane to life. The film capitalized on nostalgia for the original Saturday morning series while introducing the Mystery Inc. gang to a new generation through blockbuster-scale production values. Its trailer campaign was a major marketing push for Warner Bros. that year, building anticipation with glimpses of the beloved duo ahead of release, and it remains a notable entry in the wave of cartoon-to-live-action adaptations of the era.

This piece captures Shaggy Rogers and Scooby-Doo, portrayed by Matthew Lillard and voiced by Neil Fanning, the inseparable pairing at the emotional center of the franchise. Collectors prize this duo above nearly any other combination in the property, since their friendship defines the tone of the series across every incarnation. As a trailer cell, it represents the promotional apparatus built to introduce audiences to this specific casting and effects work before the film's debut, a piece of the film's earliest public presentation.

Authentication Findings 8 checks

Consistent with a 35mm composite optical theatrical release print of the Scooby-Doo Movie Trailer (2002).

Gauge
35mm, 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 edges appear clean with no torn or deformed holes visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible below the picture area, appearing as a dual bilateral variable-area (stereo) track; Dolby Digital pixel blocks are visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the lower edge, indicating a composite Dolby Digital / analogue optical soundtrack.
Edge print
Upper edge carries embossed or printed text that reads partially as what appears to be 'EASTMANCOLOR' or similar stock identification; full text not fully legible in this capture.
Base & colour
Base appears with a light cyan-blue tint consistent with a colour print stock; dye image appears neutral with no visible red shift or fading.
Projection history
No visible scratches, splice marks, or cue marks seen; no evidence of heavy projection wear apparent.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be the same or near-identical consecutive frames from a single shot, consistent with a theatrical trailer print for the film on record.
Era check
The composite Dolby Digital plus analogue optical stereo soundtrack configuration, cyan-tinted base stock, and colour dye image are all consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print from the early 2000s, matching the 2002 record date.
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 000063764
Original Film Capture As received
The film strip as photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size