A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.A young linguist named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 14 nominations
Michael J. Fox
- Milo
- (voice)
Jim Varney
- Cookie
- (voice)
Corey Burton
- Moliere
- (voice)
Claudia Christian
- Helga
- (voice)
James Garner
- Rourke
- (voice)
John Mahoney
- Preston Whitmore
- (voice)
Phil Morris
- Dr. Sweet
- (voice)
Leonard Nimoy
- Atlantean King
- (voice)
Don Novello
- Vinny
- (voice)
Jacqueline Obradors
- Audrey
- (voice)
Florence Stanley
- Mrs. Packard
- (voice)
Natalie Strom
- Young Kida
- (voice)
Cree Summer
- Princess Kida
- (voice)
Patrick Pinney
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (as Pat Pinney)
Steven Barr
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (as Steve Barr)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMarc Okrand, who created the Atlantean language, also created the Vulcan and Klingon languages for the "Star Trek" franchise. Coincidentally, Star Trek (1966) cast member Leonard Nimoy is in this movie as Kida's father, the King of Atlantis.
- Goofs(at around 53 mins) Cookie tells Audrey that he has 'all 38 United States' as a tattoo. In 1914 the United States consisted of 48 states, but Cookie probably got his tattoo years before, maybe when the United States did consist of 38 states - between 1877 and 1890.
- Crazy creditsThe Walt Disney Pictures logo is embossed onto steel.
- Alternate versionsOn the DVD version, there is an alternate prologue in which Vikings from Iceland attempt to find Atlantis but are destroyed by the Leviathan.
- ConnectionsEdited into Zenimation: Cityscapes (2020)
- SoundtracksWhere the Dream Takes You
Lyrics by Diane Warren
Music by Diane Warren and James Newton Howard
Performed by Mya
Mya appears courtesy of A&M Records
Featured review
Well, I liked it!
Here's what I knew about "Atlantis" before watching it:
* - It's officially Disney's first animated sci-fi adventure. I'm not sure how accurate that is (I like to nitpick) but it made me curious first time I heard it described.
* - The preview looked, for the most part, damn cool. Evidently, it was also "too cryptic" according to some critics after the fact.
* - It apparently did SO badly that Disney said, "Screw it, let's re-release 'Spy Kids'".
So, with all that said, how is the movie?
Hella-cool.
I'm a sucker for animated fantasy that involves stirring music and rampant special effects anyway, but "Atlantis" goes all out. It's a throwback to all the CGI eye-candy shots in "Beauty and the Beast" and "Aladdin", so much so that it's almost an effects animator's Best-Of Show. The characters maybe aren't that memorable (except, perhaps, for the ship's medical officer), and the plot's a little dull, but this isn't a movie you watch for the plot.
Here's a controversy that bothers me. The "failure" (as in, it "only" took in, like, five-hundred-million or something; I know animators who'd kill to see fifteen bucks of that) of this movie compared to the popularity of "Shrek" and "Monsters Inc." has been seen as evidence of the death of traditional animation. I don't think that's true. How do you account for the "South Park" movie? What about "Final Fantasy"? Really, the story and the artistry is everything, not the method. I don't know what Disney's comeback movie will be like, but I don't think they're out of the picture yet.
* - It's officially Disney's first animated sci-fi adventure. I'm not sure how accurate that is (I like to nitpick) but it made me curious first time I heard it described.
* - The preview looked, for the most part, damn cool. Evidently, it was also "too cryptic" according to some critics after the fact.
* - It apparently did SO badly that Disney said, "Screw it, let's re-release 'Spy Kids'".
So, with all that said, how is the movie?
Hella-cool.
I'm a sucker for animated fantasy that involves stirring music and rampant special effects anyway, but "Atlantis" goes all out. It's a throwback to all the CGI eye-candy shots in "Beauty and the Beast" and "Aladdin", so much so that it's almost an effects animator's Best-Of Show. The characters maybe aren't that memorable (except, perhaps, for the ship's medical officer), and the plot's a little dull, but this isn't a movie you watch for the plot.
Here's a controversy that bothers me. The "failure" (as in, it "only" took in, like, five-hundred-million or something; I know animators who'd kill to see fifteen bucks of that) of this movie compared to the popularity of "Shrek" and "Monsters Inc." has been seen as evidence of the death of traditional animation. I don't think that's true. How do you account for the "South Park" movie? What about "Final Fantasy"? Really, the story and the artistry is everything, not the method. I don't know what Disney's comeback movie will be like, but I don't think they're out of the picture yet.
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- Feb 14, 2002
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- Atlantis
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- Budget
- $120,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $84,056,472
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $329,011
- Jun 10, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $186,053,725
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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