Pokémon: The Movie 2000 arrived in American theaters in the summer of that year, the second theatrical feature from the franchise following the enormous success of Pokémon: The First Movie. Distributed by Warner Bros. in the U.S. and built on Nintendo's and Game Freak's sprawling media empire, the film rode the peak of Pokémania, a cultural moment when the property dominated toy aisles, television, and playgrounds alike. Promotional material for the release, including trailers and tie-in web addresses, was part of a marketing push that treated the film as a theatrical event for a generation of young fans.
This cell preserves a promotional title card bearing the web address www.p2kthemovie.com, a piece of the trailer reel rather than the feature itself. Such cards were common in theatrical promotion of the era, directing audiences to official websites for further content, merchandise tie-ins, or sneak peeks ahead of release. For collectors, a trailer title card like this one marks a specific moment in the film's release campaign, a physical trace of how Pokémon: The Movie 2000 was marketed directly to its audience at the height of the franchise's popularity.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm release trailer print of Pokémon: The Movie 2000.
Gauge
35mm: four perforations per frame along both edges; the strip holds roughly three frames of a black end card, each bearing the same repeated yellow web address and card graphics.
Perforations
Four per frame on both the top and bottom edges, rounded-rectangle holes, evenly spaced and cleanly punched, with no torn or missing holes seen.
Soundtrack
A two-track variable-area optical analogue track runs beside the picture, with Dolby Digital data blocks visible in the gaps between the bottom-edge perforations; no DTS or SDDS seen.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture
Base & colour
The base shows a light blue tint at both edges; the picture area is black with yellow text and blue card graphics, with no fading or colour shift visible.
Projection history
Faint dust specks across the black area and a few short horizontal marks near the top of the middle frame; no splices or cue marks seen at this size.
Picture
Positive image; the three frames run consecutively as one static end card repeating a web address that reads www.p2kthemovie.com, with Pokémon card backs, matching the film on record.
Era check
The optical track plus Dolby Digital blocks on a 35mm print is consistent with a theatrical release print of a 2000 trailer, and the p2kthemovie.com address fits the title.
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 000071294
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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