Sources: Wikidata. The record of the motion picture, not an assessment of this cell.
FILM NOTES
Pokémon: The Movie 2000 arrived from Warner Bros. and Nintendo at the height of Pokémania, the second theatrical feature built around the franchise's explosive late-1990s popularity. Known in Japan as Mewtwo Strikes Back's follow-up, Revelation Lugia, the film brought the saga's elemental legend of Lugia and the three bird guardians to American audiences, backed by a marketing push that rivaled any family release of its year. For a generation raised on the anime and trading cards, this was an event picture, and surviving 35mm material from its theatrical run remains a tangible link to that cultural moment.
This cell preserves the Shamouti Island Legend Festival Outfit, tied directly to the villagers whose annual ceremony frames the film's mythology. Their traditional dress marks the festival as the story's anchor point, the ritual meant to call the legendary birds and restore balance to the islands. Collectors prize imagery connected to this sequence because it represents the narrative's cultural heart, distinct from the battle-driven spectacle elsewhere in the film. A frame like this one serves as a quiet counterpart to the action, documenting the community and tradition that give the legend its stakes.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm Dolby Digital release print of Pokémon: The Movie 2000.
Gauge
35mm layout: four perforations per frame along both edges, and the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced, rounded-rectangle holes that look cleanly punched with no tears or missing teeth.
Soundtrack
A dashed Dolby Digital data line sits in the gaps between the lower perforations, with two variable-area optical tracks and a purple-tinted analogue band beside the picture.
Edge print
Reads "KODAK 2383 29 1999" followed by a small purple square, quoted as read (mirrored, strip emulsion-up).
Base & colour
Pale blue-tinted base with a neutral dye image; colours look full and saturated, with no visible fading or red shift.
Projection history
Not visible in this capture; no scratches, cue marks or splices seen at this size, and the one oval ghost on the middle frame is a camera reflection.
Picture
Positive image; the three frames run consecutively as one near-identical shot, and the artwork is consistent with an animated feature like the film on record.
Era check
Kodak 2383 print stock with Dolby Digital data plus optical tracks matches a 35mm release print from around 2000, in line with 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 000071317
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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