Titan A.E. (2000)

Directors:

Don Bluth
Gary Goldman

Writers (WGA):

Hans Bauer (story) and
Randall McCormick (story) ...

Release Date:

16 June 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Sci-Fi | Adventure

Tagline:

Get ready for the human race

Plot:

A young man learns that he has to find a hidden Earth ship before an enemy alien species does in order to secure the survival of humanity.

Plot Keywords:

Acronym In Title | Box Office Flop | Displaced Person | Father Son Relationship | Map

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Matt Damon	...	Cale Tucker (voice)
Bill Pullman	...	Capt. Joseph Korso (voice)
John Leguizamo	...	Gune (voice)
Nathan Lane	...	Preed (voice)
Janeane Garofalo	...	Stith (voice)
Drew Barrymore	...	Akima (voice)
Ron Perlman	...	Professor Sam Tucker (voice)
Alex D. Linz	...	Young Cale (voice)
Tone Loc	...	Tek (voice) (as Tone-Lõc)
Jim Breuer	...	The Cook (voice)
Christopher Scarabosio	...	Queen Drej (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Chowquin (voice)
Charles Rocket	...	Firrikash / Slave Trader Guard (voice)
Ken Hudson Campbell	...	Po (voice) (as Ken Campbell)
Tsai Chin	...	Old Woman (voice)

Also Known As:

Planet Ice (USA) (working title)
Titan A.E.: After Earth (USA) (trailer title)
Titan: After Earth (USA) (promotional title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for action violence, mild sensuality and brief language.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:LH (video rating) | Iceland:10 (original rating) | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Brazil:Livre | Chile:TE | Denmark:A | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:I | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:PG | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:PG | Australia:PG | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Canada:G (Québec) | Philippines:G

Filming Locations:

Fox Animation Studios - 2747 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Company:

David Kirschner Productions

Trivia:

Because Titan A.E. didn't do well at the box-office, 20th Century Fox closed its animation studios in Arizona after only two feature films, the other one was "Anastasia". Then Fox contacted Blue Sky studios to produce animated films using 3D computer graphics such as "Ice Age" or "Robots".

Goofs:

Plot holes: The reason for the Drej's destruction of Earth was that the humans were making the Titan. However, the reason for the creation of the Titan was because the Drej were going to destroy Earth.

Quotes:

Cale: The least they could do is kill my food before I eat it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Troldspejlet: (#25.10)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Cosmic Castaway

Nice Animation, Not-So-Nice Story

I gave this movie two opportunities. The animation is so brilliantly colorful and imaginative, I hated to give up on it. Scene after scene was a pleasure to watch. It's like a well-drawn sci-fi comic book come to life. It's extremely colorful.

But - and it's a big 'but' - the story is so blah and unlikeable to me that both times I viewed this, I went away feeling unsatisfied. The characters are such that I never could get involved about caring what happened. Most of them simply weren't appealing.

There are a few good twists at the end but it's too little-too late to make me watch this again.