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OFFICIAL MOTION PICTURE FILM AUTHENTICATION
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Film cell 000067096 Tap to enlarge
MOVIEPokémon: The Movie 2000 - Trailer
SCENESlowking
FILM FORMAT35mm
YEAR2000
CERTIFICATE ID000067096

FILM NOTES

Pokémon: The Movie 2000 arrived as Warner Bros. and Nintendo pressed their advantage while Pokémania still ran hot in American culture, following the original film's blockbuster debut. Built around the Legendary birds Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres, it broadened the franchise's mythology beyond the pocket monsters kids already knew from television, folding in new creatures for audiences eager for more. The theatrical trailer campaign that preceded it was engineered to stoke that appetite, teasing footage months ahead of release to theaters nationwide.

This piece comes from that promotional reel, a 35mm trailer strip built to spread word of the film before its run. Slowking, a rarer and more obscure evolution within the Pokémon roster, gives this cut particular appeal to collectors who prize the era's lesser-seen species over the marquee names. Its inclusion in early promotional material marks a moment when Pokémon's expanding catalog was being introduced to a mainstream film audience, a small but genuine artifact of that wider rollout.

Authentication Findings 8 checks

Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of Pokémon: The Movie 2000.

Gauge
35mm, confirmed by four perforations per frame on both edges; the strip holds two frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced; punched edges appear clean with no torn or missing perforations visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible below the picture area, appearing as a dual bilateral (two-track) waveform pattern; a blue photographic stripe and what appears to be a Dolby Digital data block region are also visible between the perforations on the lower edge.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture at sufficient resolution to read any key numbers or manufacturer text.
Base & colour
Base shows a slight blue-teal tint consistent with modern safety stock; dye image appears warm-pink shifted, typical of Eastmancolor-type release print stock.
Projection history
No splices, cue marks, or significant scratches are visible in this capture.
Picture
Positive colour image; both frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single shot, and the animated character visible is consistent with Pokémon franchise animation matching the film on record.
Era check
The dual bilateral optical track, Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks, blue-base safety stock, and warm dye image are all consistent with a 1999-2000 theatrical release print.
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, 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.
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