Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Directors:

Gary Trousdale
Kirk Wise

Writers:

Tab Murphy (screenplay)
Tab Murphy (story)

Release Date:

15 June 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Go somewhere really different this year....

Plot:

A young adventurer named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.

Plot Keywords:

Atlantis | Adventurer | Submarine | Linguist | Boiler Room

Awards:

1 win & 12 nominations

Cast

Michael J. Fox	...	Milo James Thatch (voice)
Corey Burton	...	Gaetan 'The Mole' Moliere (voice)
Claudia Christian	...	Helga Katrina Sinclair (voice)
James Garner	...	Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke (voice)
John Mahoney	...	Preston B. Whitmore (voice)
Phil Morris	...	Dr. Joshua Strongbear Sweet (voice)
Leonard Nimoy	...	King Kashekim Nedakh (voice)
Don Novello	...	Vincenzo 'Vinny' Santorini (voice)
Jacqueline Obradors	...	Audrey Rocio Ramirez (voice)
Florence Stanley	...	Wilhelmina Bertha Packard (voice)
David Ogden Stiers	...	Fenton Q. Harcourt (voice)
Natalie Strom	...	Young Kida (voice)
Cree Summer	...	Princess 'Kida' Kidagakash (voice)
Jim Varney	...	Jebidiah Allardyce 'Cookie' Farnsworth (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Also Known As:

Atlantis (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for action violence.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX | SDDS | DTS-ES

Certification:

Norway:7 | Denmark:7 | Malaysia:U | South Korea:All | USA:TV-PG (cable rating) | New Zealand:PG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Chile:TE | Finland:K-7/5 | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Hong Kong:I | Netherlands:AL | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:G | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:U | USA:PG (certificate #38177) | Greece:K

Company:

Toon City

Trivia:

One of the Gargoyles from The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) is in Whitmore's library.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the group is settling at the campsite, when Milo asks Audrey about her life, in one scene she's taking her boots off. Note that she has only an overall and a sleeveless shirt. In the next scene, one can see her arm throwing her sock away, and she's wearing a sleeved shirt.

Quotes:

Milo: This is an illustration of the Leviathan, the creature guarding the entrance to Atlantis.
Vinny: With something like that I would have white wine, I think.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#27.10)" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Where the Dream Takes You

Haven't I Seen This Before?

Classic Disney Fodder. Host of big names doing voice-overs. Cliched baddies. Noble causes. Happy endings. As I said, just plain usual. No apparent graphical enhancements since Disney's last few feature outings. Personally I await 'Monsters Inc.', with more anticipation than this offering. Not to say that this was not enjoyable as it was and the story, as usual, will appeal to both children and adults. This adult has seen for too much of his wholesome mulch before, however, and it brought nothing outstanding to a Disney catalogue already burdened with titles not dissimilar to this. Michael J Fox and Leonard Nimoy, amongst others, all make characters believable, but as I said, it has all been done before. A winning formula no doubt, but it would be nice if Disney stretched themselves like they did when making the technological leap to 'The Lion King'. Harmless, bland and average.