Titan A.E. (2000)

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.

Directors:

Don Bluth, Gary Goldman

Writers:

Hans Bauer (story), Randall McCormick (story)

Stars:

Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Bill Pullman

1 win & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Drew Barrymore	...	Akima (voice)
Jim Breuer	...	The Cook (voice)
Ken Hudson Campbell	...	Po (voice) (as Ken Campbell)
Thomas A. Chantler	...	Male Announcer (voice)
Tsai Chin	...	Old Woman (voice)
Elaine A. Clark	...	Citizen (voice)
Roy Conrad	...	Second Human (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Chowquin (voice)
Matt Damon	...	Cale (voice)
Janeane Garofalo	...	Stith (voice)
Leslie Hedger	...	First Human (voice)
Roger Jackson	...	First Alien (voice) (as Roger L. Jackson)
David L. Lander	...	The Mayor (voice)
Nathan Lane	...	Preed (voice)
John Leguizamo	...	Gune (voice)

Storyline

One thousand years from now, aliens destroy Earth in fear of the Titan project. Some humans escape, becoming a downtrodden Diaspora, living in impoverished settlements. The mysterious Titan spacecraft also escapes, and its inventor has hidden it before dying. A spacecraft captain and its pilot, Korso and Akima, two humans, seek out Cale, the youthful son of the dead scientist and explain that he must help them find the Titan, which holds a mechanism to unite and save humanity. Cale refuses, but the arrival of the killer aliens persuades him to join Korso. Can he avoid his pursuers, know friend from foe, find the Titan, and embrace his humanity, a nature he has despised until now?

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Plot Keywords:

alien | cult film | escape | pilot | captain | 

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Taglines:

Saving the galaxy one planet at a time!

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for action violence, mild sensuality and brief language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Mandarin

Release Date:

16 June 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Planet Ice

Filming Locations:

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

Box Office

Budget:

$75,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$9,376,845, 18 June 2000

Gross USA:

$22,753,426

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$36,754,634

Company Credits

Production Co:

David Kirschner Productions, Fox Animation Studios, Twentieth Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Matthew Broderick were considered the role of Cale Tucker.

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Goofs

Gune's speech patterns suddenly and inexplicably change for a handful of scenes in the middle of the movie. He goes from being completely articulate to pidgin English ("Why they not say goodbye to Gune?" etc.) By the end of the film he's speaking correctly again, just as suddenly and inexplicably. This shows the character's absent-minded personality.

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Quotes

Preed: Fight the good fight, precious!
Stith: Preed, I'll kill you! Okay? I will kill you!

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Crazy Credits

Look for the Titan A.E. video game Available this fall from Fox Interactive. (But plans for the Titan A.E. game were abandoned.)

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Alternate Versions

The DVD includes deleted scenes, which, while some are still in pencil form, make the film more complete. They are as follows:

• "Green Drink" - This is a longer version of the scene where Cale and Korso discuss the Titan. It includes Cale fixing the broken machine and more dialogue about his father and the Titan.
• "Akima's Rescue" - This is another version of the scene where Korso and friends find Akima in the trade area. In this scene, she blows up an alarm and frees all the slaves.
• "Ice Crystals- Extended Version" - This is basically an extended version of the famous ice crystals scene. It includes more dialogue between Cale and Akima (in pencil form), and scenes in different angles.
• "Alternate Ending" - This is an extended ending where the Drej actually talk (not in subtitles) and more dialogue between Cale and Korso. Most of it is in pencil form, and it ends right after the Drej are destroyed.

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Connections

Referenced in Escape from Planet Earth (2013)

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Soundtracks

It's My Turn to Fly
Written by Steve Ewing, Karl Grable, Jerry Jost, Clif Magness, and John Pessoni
Performed by The Urge
Produced by Clif Magness
The Urge Performs Courtesy of Immortal/Virgin Records

User Reviews

A truly breathtaking space epic!

This can be a true revolutionary of all the animated films with its real eye-stunning graphics, a very imaginative sci-fi setting, more realistic-looking characters, and plenty of real action and yes, even some blood-spilling violence.

After years of churning out shots of sparkly-starry fantasy like Rock-A-Doodle-Doo, We're Back: A Dinosaur's Story, and Troll In The Central Park, Don Bluth's crew finally comes up with a very gritty, mature science fiction story all about humans being hunted down by the evil aliens who are out to destroy the planet Earth altogether. So a very brave young engineer grimly launched an enormous project that his little son was to carry on when he finally grew up. But it just wouldn't be a very easy path for the young hero to accomplish this great feat that would give a long ray of hope to all the innocent humans hiding out in the outer space. But with the help of a very spunky young female co-pilot, a group of bickering aliens, and a hardened space veteran, he just might...even with all those dread monsters hot on his very tail!

Beautifully made, this sweeping space odyssey really takes GIGANTIC steps to break from all the traditional aspects of an animated film to introduce mouth-droppingly MAGNIFICENT visions of the distant future as well as a more adult approach to storytelling and animation, so it may take awhile for the casual viewer to get used to it...and one day truly appreciate the great changes that is taking place in the whole animation industry.