Titan A.E. (2000)

Directors:

Don Bluth
Gary Goldman

Writers (WGA):

Hans Bauer (story) and
Randall McCormick (story) ...

Release Date:

16 June 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Sci-Fi | Adventure

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:

Acronym In Title | Box Office Flop | Displaced Person | Father Son Relationship | Map

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)

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) | South Korea:All | Iceland:LH (video rating) | 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:

The girl in the drifter colony who shows Cale a photo of her soccer-playing father is reading "Robinson Crusoe," another story about humans set adrift (this time at sea instead of in outer space).

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:

Gune: [holding up a small device] Does this look familiar? Do you know what it is? Neither do I. I made it last night in my sleep. Apparently I used Gindrogac. Highly unstable.
Preed: Gune...
Gune: I put at button on it. Yes. I wish to press it, but I'm not sure what will happen if I do.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#25.10)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Not Quite Paradise

Interesting effort.

Saw this on DVD, missing it completely at the cinema. Which was probably what happened to the audience for the film, as it was difficult to market for any target group. Having seen it, it's apparent that lot of very hard work went into producing it.

I can compare it to a few other sci-fi animated films of recent years...

As ground-breaking as The Last Starfighter was in its day. Though not pure animation, Starfighter showed off what even early CG could do in terms of gimbal-free animation of spaceships and vehicles.

Much, much better than Final Fantasy, as the action is genuinely epic. The story goes places and uses the chosen technology very nicely. Titan is not a boring film.

Very similar to Disney's later production of the Treasure Island book. Disney appeared to have cribbed one or two scenes from Titan A.E. Not nice.

Graphically, it's up there with Iron Giant, using finely animated CG figures mixed with traditional cell animation. The scene where we first see the older Cale Tucker (in space, cutting up junk) is very impressive.

But something bugs me. There was something missing. Iron Giant gave me a sense of wonder, which was achieved by some great character acting, clever pacing and a wonderful story line. At no point was I "taken" by what I saw on-screen while watching Titan A.E.

I think Titan tripped over itself in the drama department more than a few times. Along with the latest Star Wars films, it tumbles along without stopping up and letting the audience know what the characters are feeling. The actors have to have the skills to enable the audience to feel, to immerse. Without that, the action has a risk of becoming incomprehensible.

Pretty, fast-paced, intriguing. But I wish someone would use these toys to produce something great, something big.

Something wonderful.