Titan A.E. (2000)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Directors:

Don Bluth
Gary Goldman
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Writers (WGA):

Hans Bauer (story) and
Randall McCormick (story) ...
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Release Date:

16 June 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Saving the galaxy one planet at a time!

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:

Alien | Humanity | Escape | Ring | Energy

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)
Crystal Scales	...	Drifter Girl (voice)
David L. Lander	...	The Mayor (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Thomas A. Chantler	...	Male Announcer (voice)
Elaine A. Clark	...	Citizen (voice)
Roy Conrad	...	Second Human (voice)
Leslie Hedger	...	First Human / Additional voices (voice)
Roger Jackson	...	First Alien (voice) (as Roger L. Jackson)
Shannon Orrock	...	Female Announcer (voice) (as Shanõn Orrock)
Alex Pels	...	Soldier (voice)
Eric Schniewind	...	Alien (voice)
Stephen Stanton	...	Colonist, Alien Prisoner (voice) (as Stephen W. Stanton)

Directed by
Don Bluth
Gary Goldman
Art Vitello		(some scenes)

Writing credits (WGA)
Hans Bauer		(story) and
Randall McCormick		(story)
Ben Edlund		(screenplay) and
John August		(screenplay) and
Joss Whedon		(screenplay)

Produced by
Hans Bauer	....	associate producer
Don Bluth	....	producer
Paul Gertz	....	executive producer
Gary Goldman	....	producer
David Kirschner	....	producer

Original Music by
Graeme Revell
Tim Simonec

Film Editing by
Bob Bender
Paul Martin Smith
Fiona Trayler

Casting by
Marion Levine

Production Design by
Philip A. Cruden

Art Direction by
Kenneth Valentine Slevin

Costume Design by
Kym Barrett

Production Management
Gerry Carty	....	production manager
Melissa Kurtz	....	production manager
Brenda McGuirk	....	production manager
Ciaran Morris	....	production manager
Colum Slevin	....	production manager
Catherine Winder	....	production executive (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jason Ayon	....	assistant director

Art Department
Steve Burg	....	conceptual artist
Russell G. Chong	....	additional conceptual artist (as Russell Chong)
Ron Cobb	....	conceptual artist
Joe Ekers	....	storyboard artist (as Joseph Ekers)
Yacine Elghorri	....	additional conceptual artist
Andy Friend	....	storyboard artist
David J. Hardy	....	visual development (as David Hardy)
Barry E. Jackson	....	conceptual designer (as Barry Jackson)
John Lakey	....	pre-production designer
F.Q. 'Jun' Lofamin	....	visual development (as Jun Lofamin)
David Lux	....	storyboard artist
Stephan Martinière	....	conceptual artist
Rae McCarson	....	additional conceptual artist
Michael G. Ploog	....	storyboard artist (as Michael Ploog)
Lenord Robinson	....	additional conceptual artist
Oliver Scholl	....	conceptual designer
Vladimir Spasojevic	....	additional conceptual artist
Gabor Tom Steisinger	....	storyboard artist (as Gabor T. Steisinger)
Danny Taverna	....	visual development
Rosalina Tchouchev	....	additional conceptual artist
Hank Tucker	....	storyboard artist
Simon Valdimir Varela	....	conceptual artist (as Simon Varela)
George Villaflor	....	visual development
Suzanne Lemieux Wilson	....	conceptual artist
Bruce Zick	....	conceptual artist
James Clyne	....	conceptual artist (uncredited)
Steven E. Gordon	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Rob Meyers	....	conceptual artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Sandina Bailo-Lape	....	foley editor
Jennifer Barin	....	digital sound re-recordist
Gloria S. Borders	....	Skywalker post-production liaison (as Gloria Borders)
Christopher Boyes	....	sound designer
Christopher Boyes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brian Carrigan	....	sound recording engineer
Tony Eckert	....	foley mixer
Coya Elliott	....	sound apprentice
Michael Ferdie	....	sound effects editor: production editorial
Chris Fogel	....	sound recording engineer
Andrea S. Gard	....	sound effects editor (as Andrea Gard)
Frank 'Pepe' Merel	....	foley recordist
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Colin O'Neill	....	assistant sound effects editor
Juan Peralta	....	digital sound mix technician
Susan Sanford	....	foley editor
Christopher Scarabosio	....	assistant sound designer
Christopher Scarabosio	....	sound effects editor
Kevin Sellers	....	supervising assistant sound editor
Mark Server	....	production sound supervisor
Scott Seymann	....	dialogue editor: production editorial (as Scott B. Seymann)
Steve Slanec	....	assistant sound editor
Gary Summers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
Jana Vance	....	foley artist
Matthew Wood	....	supervising sound editor
Mark Kenna	....	consultant: Dolby film sound (uncredited)
Brian Magerkurth	....	machine room operator (uncredited)
Paul S. Shapiro	....	sound mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Andrew Beddini	....	technical director
Charlie Breakiron	....	special effects coordinator
Christopher M. Burrows	....	technical director
Jan Carlee	....	effects director
Joy Carmeci	....	special effects coordinating supervisor
Robert V. Cavaleri	....	technical director (as Rob Cavaleri)
Michael Eringis	....	lead technical director
Lisa Kalmanson	....	technical assistant
Mitch Kopelman	....	senior technical director
Ken Lee	....	technical assistant
André Mazzone	....	production programmer: Blue Sky Studios
Kelly Nelson	....	3D special effects
Andee Ott	....	special effects animator
Michael K. Reed	....	production programmer
Robert J. Reed	....	special effects key assistant animator
Maurice Van Swaaij	....	production programmer

Visual Effects by
Jennifer Alton	....	animation checker: additional visual effects
Christian Argueta	....	digital artist (as Chris Argueta)
Eric Ashenfelter	....	scanner operator
Kevin Baillie	....	visual effects sequence supervisor: Ice Crystal Sequence
Andrew Beddini	....	technical director: Blue Sky Studios
Steve Burg	....	visual development: pre-production
Christopher M. Burrows	....	technical director: Blue Sky Studios
Jan Carlee	....	animation director: Blue Sky Studios
Robert V. Cavaleri	....	technical director: Blue Sky Studios (as Rob Cavaleri)
Suzanne Darcy	....	2D special effects animator
Thuan Do	....	digital inker and painter
David Dozoretz	....	visual effects supervisor (as David Paul Dozoretz)
Michael Eringis	....	lead technical director: Blue Sky Studios
Eric Fernandes	....	digital artist
Patricia Frazier	....	3D artist (as Patty Frazier)
Gregory Galliani	....	modeler: Fox
Brad Gayo	....	digital effects artist
Daniel D. Gregoire	....	digital artist (as Dan Gregoire)
Chandra Joy Hagopian	....	visual effects producer
Andrew Heimbold	....	digital artist
Andrew Honacker	....	digital artist
Julian Hynes	....	special effects supervising animator
Barry E. Jackson	....	digital artist (as Barry Jackson)
Jimmy Jewell	....	digital effects artist
Kory Jones	....	co-visual effects supervisor
Mitch Kopelman	....	senior technical director: Blue Sky Studios
Chris Kurash	....	visual effects animator
Carol Laufer	....	digital effects executive producer: Blue Sky Studios
Euisung Lee	....	digital artist
Jon Le Mond	....	visual effects animator
Alex Lindsay	....	digital artist
Brien Manning	....	digital artist
Peter Matheson	....	special effects animation supervisor
Bae Moon	....	digital artist
Victor Navone	....	digital artist
Kelly Nelson	....	3D digital effects
Kelly Nelson	....	CGI animator
Jenny Neuburger	....	digital inker and painter
Amy Newman	....	assistant animator
Tim Nordquist	....	digital effects editor
Greg Notzelman	....	digital artist
George O'Barts	....	digital artist
Loren Olson	....	technical director: Rhonda Graphics
Scott Olson	....	animator: Rhonda Graphics
Evan Pontoriero	....	visual effects
Tod Price	....	2D special effects animator
Lauren Prince	....	digital effects coordinator: Blue Sky Studios
Sarah Rice	....	digital effects production assistant: Blue Sky Studios (as Sara Rice)
David Robert	....	digital artist
Rick Rogers	....	animator: Rhonda Graphics
Barry Safley	....	compositor: Fox Animation Studios
Jason Salata	....	digital compositor
Rhonda Sanders-Olson	....	producer: Rhonda Graphics (as Rhonda Sanders Olson)
Christopher Scollard	....	digital effects producer: Blue Sky Studios
John Siczewicz	....	senior digital artist: Blue Sky Studios
David Summers	....	digital artist
Raleigh L. Swick II	....	digital 3D modeler: Fox Animation
Anita Tate	....	2D special effects animator
Paul Topolos	....	digital artist
Blake Tucker	....	visual effects
Ryan Tudhope	....	visual effects sequence supervisor
Bil Van Ness	....	computer animator
Robert Wadell	....	associate visual effects producer
Steven Walker	....	digital artist
Matthew A. Ward	....	3D animator/animatic artist: POVDE (as Matt Ward)
Gabe Watson	....	digital artist
Dan Weeks	....	production programmer: Blue Sky Studios (as Dan "Danimal" Weeks)
Dan Whiting	....	animator: Blue Sky Studios
David Wicklander	....	digital inker and painter
Danny Williams	....	modeler: Blue Sky Studios (as Daniel Williams)
Jeff Wozniak	....	pre-visualization/effects artist
Tom Bisogno	....	pre-visualization artist (uncredited)
Darin Hilton	....	character animator (uncredited)
Justin Leach	....	pre-visualization storyboard artist (uncredited)

Stunts
George Marshall Ruge	....	stunts
Jim Vickers	....	stunts

Animation Department
Rosie Ahern	....	key character clean-up artist
Jane Anderson	....	assistant animator
Winston B. Aquino	....	background artist
Cesar Avalos	....	2-D final line animator
Kelly Baigent	....	character animator
Wayne D. Barlowe	....	character designer (as Wayne Barlowe)
Adam Beck	....	rough animator
Carol David Bocalan	....	2-D final line animator
Edwin Bocalan	....	2-D final line animator
Nelson 'Rey' Bohol	....	layout artist
Rafael Diaz Canales	....	character animator
Jan Carlee	....	3-D animation supervisor
Troylan Caro	....	layout artist (as Troylan B. Caro)
Mick Cassidy	....	key character clean-up artist (as Mickie Cassidy)
Paul Cheng	....	color key stylist (as Paul X.X. Cheng)
Greg Chin	....	2-D final line animator
Anthony B. Christov	....	layout supervisor (as Anthony Christov)
Mary Clarke-Miller	....	directing 3-D animator
Jocelyn 'Joy' D. Clemente	....	background artist
Kevin Condron	....	key character clean-up artist
Phaedra Craig	....	background artist
Pearse Cullinane	....	character clean-up artist
Steve Cunningham	....	character animator
Stephen Deane	....	animator
Manny A. DeGuzman	....	final line animator
Abraham 'Abe' De Ocampo	....	layout artist
John Devlin	....	background artist
Peter Donnelly	....	2-D final line animator
Renato Dos Anjos	....	directing animator
Scott Douthitt	....	2-D final line animator
Michael Dunne	....	inbetween artist
Paul Dutton	....	animator
Zoë J. Evamy	....	color key stylist (as Zoe Evamy)
Martin Fagan	....	2-D final line animator
Allan Fernando	....	character animator
Alan Fleming	....	key character clean-up artist
Nicola Flynn	....	key character clean-up
Robert Fox	....	directing animator
Manuel Galiana	....	character animator
Shawn Gibson	....	2-D final line animator
Vikki Pena Gibson	....	2-D rough animator (as Vikki Pena)
Debbie J. Gold	....	additional character animator (as Debbie Gold)
Edison Goncalves	....	directing animator
Micah R. Gosney	....	background artist
Dick Heichberger	....	assistant background supervisor
John Hill	....	directing animator
John Hoffman	....	rough inbetween artist
Michael Hogue	....	assistant animator (as Mike Hogue)
Derek Holmes	....	background artist
Róisín Hunt	....	assistant animator
Juliet Indonila-Cabral	....	2-D final line animator
Barry Iremonger	....	additional character animator
Jack J. Joseph	....	2-D final line animator
Jean Kalile	....	character animator
Dean Kawada	....	character breakdown artist
Sandra Keely	....	additional character animator (as Sandra R. Keely)
Paul J. Kelly	....	animation supervisor
Blair Kitchen	....	inbetween animator
Pete Kranjcevich	....	animation checker
Michael Lahay	....	additional character animator
Niall Laverty	....	inbetween artist
Karri Lindamood	....	3-D animation coordinating supervisor
Grant Lounsbury	....	2-D rough animator
Juan 'Jo' Luna	....	layout artist
Lisa Maher	....	digital animation checker
Joseph Manifold Jr.	....	assistant animator (as Joseph Manifold)
Ciara McCabe	....	2-D final line animator
Ryan McElhinney	....	additional character animator
Henry McGrane	....	background artist
Mark McLoughlin	....	key character clean-up artist
Thomas M. Miller	....	3-D animation supervisor
Ashley Mims	....	animator
John L. Morris Jr.	....	2-D rough animator
David Munier	....	3-D lead animator
Rob Nason	....	background supervisor
Max Nepomuceno	....	character animator (as Maximillan Nepomuceno)
Paul Newberry	....	directing animator
Darren Nicoll	....	assistant animator
Terry O'Toole	....	clean-up artist
Joey Paraiso	....	character animator
Kris Pearn	....	character layout artist
Alex Perez	....	2-D final line animator
Andrzej Piotrowski	....	2-D final line animator
Marco Plantilla	....	character animator
John Power	....	character animator
Vittoria Quane	....	clean-up artist
David M. Rabbitte	....	background artist
Pio Ravago	....	background artist
Pio Ravago	....	digital background painter
Fred Reilly	....	layout artist (as Fred A. Reilly)
Michael Rider	....	2-D final line animator
Owen Rohu	....	background artist
Troy Saliba	....	directing animator
Rhonda Sanders-Olson	....	3-D animation supervisor
David Satchwell	....	directing 3-D animator: 20th Century Fox
Chris Schouten	....	character layout artist
Toby Schwarz	....	character animator (as Tobias Schwarz)
Melvin Silao	....	character animator
Richard Simms	....	2-D final line animator
Richard Simms	....	character clean-up artist
Len Simon	....	animation director
Sinéad Somers	....	layout artist
Sinéad Somers	....	special character designs
Robert Sprathoff	....	character animator
Gail Springsteen-Fraizer	....	2-D final line animator
Gabor Tom Steisinger	....	special character designs
Helio Takahashi	....	character animator
Hugo M. Takahashi	....	character animator
Joseph M. Tangonan	....	background artist
Dimitri Tenev	....	character animator
Mark Thornton	....	assistant animator
Mayo Tirado	....	3D-animator
Michael Tweedle	....	character animator
Athanassios Vakalis	....	additional character animator (as Nasos Vakalis)
Wendo Van Essen	....	2-D final line animator
Jeffrey James Varab	....	additional character animator (as Jeff Varab)
Kenna Diane Vaughn	....	2-D final line animator
Melanie Walchek	....	2-D rough animator
Jojo Young	....	character animator (as Salvador 'JoJo' Young)
Noly Zamora	....	layout artist
Louise Zingarelli	....	character designer
Troy Quane	....	animator (uncredited)
Eric D. Simmons	....	background artist (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lois DeArmond	....	costume illustrator

Editorial Department
Dale E. Grahn	....	color timer
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Peter Fandetti	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Wolfgang Amadeus	....	electronic scoring mixer
Kevin Baldes	....	composer: song "Over My Head
Glen Ballard	....	music supervisor
Debbi Datz-Pyle	....	music contractor
Paul Haslinger	....	music programmer
Melissa R. Kaplan	....	composer: song "Karma Slave"
Gregg Nestor	....	music preparation
Bobbi Page	....	choir contractor
A. Jay Popoff	....	composer: song "Over My Head
Jeremy Popoff	....	composer: song "Over My Head"
John Rodd	....	orchestral scoring recordist
Allen Shellenberger	....	composer: song "Over My Head
Tim Simonec	....	conductor
Tim Simonec	....	orchestrator
Pamela Turbov	....	soundtrack consultant
Joshua Winget	....	music editor
Patti Zimmitti	....	music contractor
Melissa Deanne Ferguson	....	assistant music editor (uncredited)
Julia Michels	....	executive in charge of music (uncredited)
Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz	....	music editor: temp music (uncredited)

Other crew
Scott Dillon	....	live action reference
Mathias Dougherty	....	executive assistant
Ben Edlund	....	creative consultant
Kip Goldman	....	scene planner
Kim Hyde	....	set medic
Zack Olin	....	assistant production manager: editorial
Debbie Peters	....	continuity checker
Jodi Smaciarz	....	software supporter
Christopher Smith	....	production assistant
Mireille Soria	....	creative consultant
Debbie Vercellino	....	sub-contracting coordinator
Holly Harold	....	development coordinator (uncredited)

Production Companies

• David Kirschner Productions
• Fox Animation Studios
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (VHS)
• 20th Century Fox Italia
• 20th Century Fox (Far East)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (Argentina)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (Germany)
• Filmes Castello Lopes (Portugal)
• Fox Family Films
• Hispano Foxfilms S.A.E. (Spain)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD) (France)

Special Effects

• Blue Sky Studios (3D animation: creation of the new world)
• Giant Film Productions (additional special effects)
• Persistence of Vision Entertainment (ice crystals and wake angels sequences) (as Persistence of Vision Digital Entertainment)
• Reality Check Studios (ice crystals and wake angels sequences)
• Rhonda Graphics (additional CGI animation and effects)
• Yowza Animation (additional animation)

Other Companies

• Capitol Records  soundtrack
• Cinesite  digital film recording services
• DeLuxe Laboratories  prints
• Hollywood Film & Video  negative development
• K.B.A. Voice  loop group casting
• Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox Studios, The  score recorded and mixed at (as The Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox)
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• Technicolor  color
• Technicolor  prints

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:10 (original rating) | Iceland:LH (video 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:

When the rebuilt ship in the drifter colony fail to launch Akima asks Cale if she should get out and push. Princess Leia asks the same question to Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) after the Falcon fails to go into lightspeed.

Goofs:

Continuity: After stating that all of the Titan's guns have been destroyed, one shot shows Stith sitting in front of her gun display with one gun still indicating operational status.

Quotes:

[Walking around inside the Titan]
Akima: What exactly are we looking for?
Cale: This ship's gonna help us save mankind.
Akima: What *exactly* are we looking for?
Cale: Not a clue.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Making of 'Alien³' (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

Karma Slave

Don't dis this movie!

The first time I saw this I was 13 or 14. I saw it in a theatre with some friends. Most of em didn't really seem impressed but I really thought it rocked. I really like Cale's character. He seemed to "click" as a normal guy you wouldn't mind being identified with. And that Goon character was just fantastic. I really liked the scene with the giant ice crystals, and the sound effects during that scene were awesome. And I noticed this movie had a lot of Starwars references, but who cares. Didn't bother me in the least---in fact I like that kind of thing.

I was sort of disappointed at how this one just sort of dried up and blew away (I don't even think it played a whole week at the theatre). Luckily a friend, knowing I liked this movie, gave me a DVD he'd bought and no longer wanted. So, again, I watched and enjoyed this unappreciated great creation. Somehow it seemed even better now.

As usual, I'll leave all the technical discussions to other reviewers (of which there are a multitude). I try to review on an entertainment level only...yeah, I suppose I'm the shallow guy who only sees what's right up front.

Anyhow, if you care a whit about sci-fi, don't miss this one even if it is animated. It doesn't really have that "anime" feel to it. So if you're turned off by anime, check this one out anyway.

BTW, this movie is great for family viewing.