Titanic: The Legend Goes On... (2000)
"Titanic: La leggenda continua..." (original title)

An animated retelling of the worst passenger ship disaster in history. In this version, love blossoms between the upper-class Sir William and the blue-collar Angelica, who is hoping to find... See full summary »

Director:

Camillo Teti

Writer:

Camillo Teti

Stars:

Lisa Russo, Mark Thompson-Ashworth, Gisella Mathews

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lisa Russo	...	Angelica (voice)
Mark Thompson-Ashworth	...	William (voice) (as Mark Ashworth)
Gisella Mathews	...	Gertrude (voice)
Silva Belton	...	Bernice (voice)
Bianca Alessandra Ara	...	Hortense (voice) (as Bianca Ara)
Veronica Wells	...	Corynthia (voice)
Jacques Stany	...	Gaston (voice)
Clive Riche	...	Kirk (voice)
Doug Meakin	...	Dirk (voice)
Mickey Knox	...	Sam (voice)
David Brandon	...	Stockard (voice)
Kenneth Belton	...	The Captain (voice) (as Ken Belton)
Pat Starke	...	Molly (voice)
Caroline Yung	...	Maxie (voice)
Jill Tyler	...	Victoria (voice)

Storyline

An animated retelling of the worst passenger ship disaster in history. In this version, love blossoms between the upper-class Sir William and the blue-collar Angelica, who is hoping to find romance in America. At the same time, there are also a number of animal passengers, including talking dogs, cats and mice, who are also looking forward to arriving in the New World.

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Plot Keywords:

dog | cat | mouse | near death | rip off | 

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Genres:

Animation | Family

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian English

Release Date:

15 September 2000 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Titanic mille e una storia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Titanic Cartoons

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Edmund Purdom's final film.

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Goofs

As the ship is about to cast off, a crew member expands in height as he runs.

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Quotes

Maxie: If it hadn't been for you I would now be in someone else's digestion.
Fritz: You know there's something you should know, so I'm gonna tell you so, don't sweat it, forget it, enjoy the show!
[begins rapping]

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Crazy Credits

End credits run for 12 minutes.

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Connections

References The AristoCats (1970)

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Soundtracks

"Holding Me"
Written by Matt McGuire
Performed by Liz Callaway

User Reviews

doesn't even have juvenile appeal

I honestly can't figure out why a bunch of old Italian exploitation regulars like Camillo Teti (who produced EXTERMINATORS OF THE YEAR 3000) and a zany cast including former a few former porn stars (David Brandon - CALIGULA: THE UNTOLD STORY) and Gregory Snegoff (who did the English language voice dubbing in a number of Anime cartoons, etc.) got together and just suddenly decided to make a Disney/Don Bluth-style animated film. To my knowledge, this is the first internationally released animated movie to come out of Italy, and after viewing it twice, I realize that it's probably for a very good reason.

The animation is actually surprisingly good in places considering the circumstances and the fact that this film was made really, really on the cheap. However, as I said, it is really cheapo, with lots of the same shots being used over and over again. Also a lot of the time the frame rate seems to be really slow, like 5-6 frames per second where most Disney movies are 24. Therefore the movement looks a lot less fluid, almost slideshow-like.

As for the plot and concept of the film itself, it fits well with the lack of technical razzle-dazzle by providing equally an underwhelming story. Basically, there's several stories going on at once, but the film is so short that nothing comes out of any of the stories. There's the typical boy-meets-girl love story, itself a thinly disguised CINDERELLA, plus a subplot involving a Cruella Deville-type crooked lady and her two bumbling henchmen, a story of a detective hunting down some diamond thieves, an aspiring Celine Dion-esque Diva, and several mice resembling the cast of AN AMERICAN TALE. None of these stories have any sort of plot arc and exist only as filler before the ship finally hits the iceberg and many of the annoying characters are unfortunately rescued. As for the not-so-lucky ones, the film just glosses right over that sordid chapter of the Titanic disaster, which historically was not all the fun-and-games that this movie depicts it to be.

To put it bluntly, most parents will be so shocked at the mere mention of the title of the film that they'd not even consider buying it for their children. Thus, this film was bound from the conception stage to wind up as a financial disaster - and another sad reminder as to why the Italian movie industry is on the rocks.