Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
Movie: Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
“1914: Milo Thatch, grandson of the great Thaddeus Thatch works in the boiler room of a museum. He knows that Atlantis was real, and he can get there if he has the mysterious Shephards journal, which can guide him to Atlantis. But he needs someone to fund a voyage. His employer thinks he’s dotty, and refuses to fund any crazy idea. He returns home to his apartment and finds a woman there. She takes him to Preston B. Whitmore, an old friend of his Grandfathers. He gives him the shepherds journal, a submarine and a 5 star crew. They travel through the Atlantic ocean, face a large lobster called the Leviathan, and finally get to Atlantis. But does the Atlantis crew have a lust for discovery, or something else? Written by {laserwatch007@yahoo.com}”
- Release Date: 15 June 2001 (USA)
- Run Time: 95 min
- Country: USA
- Genre: Animation , Adventure , Family , Fantasy , Sci-Fi
- MPAA: Rated PG for action violence.
Tagline: Go somewhere really different this year….
Trivia: Lloyd Bridges was originally cast as Whit, but he died shortly after production began.
Goofs: Anachronisms: In several scenes, the submarine’s crew are seen wearing gas masks akin to those developed for trench warfare. Gas had not been deployed as a weapon yet, so gas masks did not actually exist in 1914.