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 | Submarine | Adventurer | Boiler Room | Linguist

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:

Denmark:7 | Norway:7 | Malaysia:U | South Korea:All | USA:TV-PG (cable rating) | 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:

Commander Rourke tells Milo that he prefers "a good western". James Garner, who voices Rourke, got his start in westerns; one of his best-known roles was Bret Maverick in "Maverick" (1957).

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In several scenes, the submarine's crew are seen wearing gas masks akin to those developed for trench warfare. Gas had not been deployed as a weapon yet, so gas masks did not actually exist in 1914.

Quotes:

Princess Kida: Cookies are sweet, but yours is not. Sweet is kindly, but that is not his name. Audrey is sweet, but she is not your doctor. And the little digging animal called Mole, he is your pet?
Milo: Close enough.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "House of Mouse: House of Scrooge (#3.5)" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Where the Dream Takes You

Another good animated picture

Strangely resembling the plot of an adventure computer game, "Atlantis" is nonetheless well worth viewing. Full of action and great locations this movie continues the predictable run of good recent animated feature films. Not just for kids. Thankfully lacking those annoying talking animals which are usually used for comic relief.