Atlantis: The Lost Empire is a 2001 American traditionally animated science fiction action-adventure film created by Walt Disney Feature Animation—the first science fiction film in Disney's animated features canon and the 41st overall. Written by Tab Murphy, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, and produced by Don Hahn, the film features an ensemble cast with the voices of Michael J. Fox, Cree Summer, James Garner, Leonard Nimoy, Don Novello, Phil Morris, Claudia Christian, Jacqueline Obradors, and Jim Varney in his final role before his death. Set in 1914, the film tells the story of a young man who gains possession of a sacred book, which he believes will guide him and a crew of mercenaries to the lost city of Atlantis.
Development of the film began after production had finished on The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996). Instead of another musical, the production team decided to do an action-adventure film inspired by the works of Jules Verne. Atlantis was notable for adopting the distinctive visual style of comic book creator Mike Mignola. At the time of its release, the film had made greater use of computer-generated imagery (CGI) than any of Disney's previous animated features; it remains one of the few to have been shot in anamorphic format. Linguist Marc Okrand created a language specifically for use in Atlantis, while James Newton Howard provided the score. The film was released at a time when audience interest in animated films was shifting away from hand-drawn animation toward films with full CGI.
Atlantis: The Lost Empire premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California on June 3, 2001, and went into general release on June 15. Released by Walt Disney Pictures, Atlantis performed modestly at the box office. Budgeted at $100 million, the film grossed over $186 million worldwide, $84 million of which was earned in North America. Due to the film's lackluster box office performance, Disney quietly canceled both a spin-off television series and an underwater attraction at its Disneyland theme park. Some critics praised it as a unique departure from typical Disney animated features, while others disliked it due to the unclear target audience and absence of songs. Atlantis was nominated for a number of awards, including seven Annie Awards, and won Best Sound Editing at the 2002 Golden Reel Awards. The film was released on VHS and DVD on January 29, 2002; the Blu-ray released on June 11, 2013. Atlantis is considered to be a cult favorite, due in part to Mignola's unique artistic influence. A direct-to-video sequel, Atlantis: Milo's Return, was released in 2003.
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Milo James Thatch | Michael J. Fox | JoséAntonio Macías | Nagano Hiroshi | Manolo Rey | Patrice Dubois | Stefan Kampwirth | Luq Hamet | Massimiliano Manfredi | Kacper Kuszewski | Hans Somers | Tamás Markovics | Linus Wahlgren | Pete Lattu | Aksel Hennie | Christian Damsgaard | Roger Pera | Jordi Pons | Renato Godinho | Kang Soo-jin | Oded Menashe | Özgür Özdural | ||
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Princess KidagakashNedakh | Cree Summer | Nailea Norvind | Yoshino Kimura | Camila Pitanga | Christine Bellier | Maria Schrader | Laura Blanc | Stella Musy | Agata Buzek | Katja Schuurman | Haumann Petra | Sara Sommerfeld | Vuokko Hovatta | Andrea BræinHovig | Stine Stengade | Nuria Trifol | Eva Díez | Carla Salgueiro | Kim JeongAeh | Liraz Bergman | Ayça Bingöl | ||
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Young Kida | Natalie Strom | Fernanda Robles | Catarina Matos | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke | James Garner | Pedro ArmendárizJr. | Kazunaga Tsuji | José Santa Cruz | Vincent Davy | Reiner Schöne | Jean Barney | Michele Kalamera | Marek Barbasiewicz | Peter Blok | Ákos Kőszegi | Sven-Bertil Taube | CarlKristian Rundman | Sverre AnkerOusdal | Søren Spanning | Jesús Ferrer Baza | JuanAntonio Gálvez | Alfredo Brito | Park Jo-Ho | Eli Gorenstein | Nuri Gökaşan | ||
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Gaetan Moliere | Corey Burton | Arturo Mercado | Hiroshi Yanaka | Mauro Ramos | Sébastien Dhavernas | Thomas Albus | Patrick Timsit | Claudio Bisio | Tadeusz Kwinta | Jan Nonhof | Besenczi Árpád | Anders Öjebo | Jukka Rasila | Kim Fangen | Ole Thestrup | Joan Pera | Juan Perucho | Carlos Freixo | Yu Hae-Moo | Itzik Seidoff | Suat Sungur | ||
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Vincenzo "Vinny" Santorini | Don Novello | Pasquale Anselmo | Takashi Naitō | Márcio Simões | Luis De Cespedes | Udo Wachtveitl | Jean Reno | Pasquale Anselmo | Arkadiusz Jakubik | Erik van Muiswinkel | Trokán Péter | Michalis Koutsogiannakis | Tommi Raitolehto | Finn Schau | Lars Kaalund | Domenech Farell | Pasquale Anselmo | Rui Paulo | Seol YoungBeom | Ohad Shachar | Ali Gül | ||
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Dr. Joshua Strongbear Sweet | Phil Morris | Martín Hernández | Banjō Ginga | Maurício Berger | Maka Kotto | Tilo Schmitz | Mouss Diouf | Alessandro Rossi | Jacek Mikołajczak | Ruurt de Maesschalck | Galambos Péter | Mikael Persbrandt | Kari Tamminen | Preben Olram | Morten Staugaard | Joan Carles Gustems | Luis Bajo | Daniel Martinho | Lee Ho-In | Chén MíngYáng | Ami Mandelman | Mazlum Kiper | |
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Lieutenant Helga Katrina Sinclair | Claudia Christian | Cecilia Toussaint | Reiko Takashima | Maitê Proença | Manon Arsenault | Franziska Pigulla | Juliette Degenne | Cinzia De Carolis | Małgorzata Gudejko | Inge Ipenburg | Tóth Enikő | Anki Albertsson | Sari Siikander | Hege Schøyen | Andrea Vagn Jensen | Nuria Mediavilla | MaríaAntonia Rodríguez | Carla de Sá | Kang Hee-seon | Sarit Vino-Elad | Gülen Karaman | ||
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Audrey Rocío Ramírez | Jacqueline Obradors | Vanessa Garcel | Miwa Yoshida | Fernanda Crispim | Camille Cyr-Desmarais | Alisa Palmer | Ethel Houbiers | Marjo Berasategui | Monika Kwiatkowska | Cystine Carreon | Bálint Sugárka | Frida Nilsson | Maija Kinnunen | Kjersti Sandal | Anne OppenhagenPagh | Isabel Valls | Vanessa Garcel | Leonor Alcácer | Choi Duk-Hui | Orli Perl | Ayçıl Yeltan | ||
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King Kashekim Nedakh | Leonard Nimoy | Jorge Lapuente | Mikijirō Hira | Ênio Santos | Yves Massicotte | Hans Teuscher | Robert Party | Gianni Musy | Janusz Nowicki | Ton Lutz | Velenczey István | Sture Hovstadius | Esa Saario | Espen Skjønberg | William Rosenberg | Joaquín Díaz | Júlio Cardoso | Jeong Gi-Hang | Yehuda Efroni | Ender Yiğit | |||
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Preston B. Whitmore | John Mahoney | Jesse Conde | Osamu Saka | Ednaldo Lucena | Benoît Marleau | Berno von Cramm | Marc Cassot | Enzo Garinei | Stanisław Michalski | Wim van Rooij | Dobránszky Zoltán | Per Myrberg | Seppo Mäki | Roy Bjørnstad | Esper Hagen | Isidro Sola | Rafael de Penagos | Carlos VieiradeAlmeida | Yu Kang-Jin | Shlomo Bar-Shavit | Müşfik Kenter | ||
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Wilhelmina Bertha Packard | Florence Stanley | María Santander | Rie Shibata | Ruth Gonçalves | Johanne Garneau | Monika John | Laurence Badie | Franca Valeri | Antonina Girycz | Heddy Lester | Tábori Nóra | Gunvor Pontén | Inkeri Wallenius | Grethe Kausland | Margrethe Koytu | Gloria Roig | Lourdes Norberto | Na Su-Ran | Nurit Cohen | Göksel Kortay | |||
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Jebidiah Allerdyce "Cookie"Farnsworth | Jim Varney | Esteban Siller | Kôsei Tomita | Francisco José | LouisGeorges Girard | Erik Schumann | Gérard Hernandez | Ettore Conti | Andrzej Fedorowicz | Frits Lambrechts | Tibor Kristóf | Hans Lindgren | Jarmo Koski | Harald HeideSteenjr. | Lars Knutzon | Luis Marco | Eduardo Moreno | Pedro Pinheiro | Jang Seung-Gil | Yoram Yosefsberg | Bülent Kayabaş | ||
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Fenton Q. Harcourt | DavidOgden Stiers | Arturo Casanova | Orlando Drummond | André Montmorency | Hans Korte | Michel Ruhl | Paolo Lombardi | Krzysztof Kołbasiuk | Jérôme Reehuis | Sinkó László | Stefan Ljungqvist | Tom Wentzel | Tor Stokke | John Hahn-Petersen | Eduardo Muntada | Julio Núñez | Jorge Vasques | Lee Jeong-Gu | Yehoyachin Friedlander | Erhan Abir | |||