Titan A.E. Review

Titan A.E.

Release Date: 4th January 2001 – Australia

Production Companies
20th Century Fox (presents)

David Kirschner Productions (in association with)

Fox Animation Studios

Distribution
20th Century Fox Australia

Genre: Animation/Family/

Sci-Fi

Rating: PG

Runtime: 94 minutes

Budget: $90,000,000

Box Office Gross: $36,754,634 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

Fifteen years after Earth gets destroyed by the Drej, a race of energy beings, Cale Tucker discovers that he has a genetically encoded map in his ring. It leads him to a lost spaceship known as the Titan. This ship's secret gives humanity a chance at a new home. The Drej seek to destroy the Titan, so Cale joins the crew of the Valkyrie. Together, they must find the Titan in time, as the survival of humanity depends on them.

Voice Cast

Matt Damon – Cale Tucker

Bill Pullman – Captain Joseph Korso

John Leguizamo – Gune

Nathan Lane – Preed

Janeane Garofalo – Stith

Drew Barrymore – Akima

Alex D. Linz – Young Cale

Tone Loc – Tek
Jim Breuer – The Cook
Christopher Scarabosio – Queen Drej
Jim Cummings – Chowquin
Charles Rocket – Firrikash/
Slave Trader Guard
Ken Hudson Campbell – Po
Tsai Chin – Old Woman
Crystal Scales – Drifter Girl
David L. Lander – The Mayor

Roger L. Jackson – First Alien

Crew

Producers/Directors – Don Bluth and Gary Goldman

Story/Associate Producer –

Hans Bauer

Story – Randall McCormick

Writer/Creative Consultant –

Ben Edlund

Writers – John August and Joss Whedon
Executive Producer – Paul Gertz
Producer – David Kirschner

Creative Consultant – Mireille Soria
Pre-Production Designer – John Lakey
Production Designer – Phillip A. Cruden
Art Director – Kenneth Valentine Slevin

Conceptual Artists – Oliver

Scholl, Suzanne Lemieux

Wilson, Bruce Zick, Simon

Valdimir Varela, Ron Cobb,

Steve Burg, Stephan Martinière,

Doug Henderson, James Clyne

(Uncredited) and Rob Meyers

(Uncredited)

Conceptual Artist/Digital Artist: Ice Crystals

and Wake Angels Sequences – Barry E. Jackson

Animation Color Styling Supervisor –

Carmen Oliver

Character Designers – Wayne D. Barlowe

and Louise Zingarelli
Costume Designer – Kym Barrett

Layout Supervisor – Anthony Christov

Character Layout – Chris Schouten

and Kris Pearn

Background Supervisor – Rob Nason

Action Consultant: Live-Action Reference –

Glenn Randall Jr.

Director of Animation – Len Simon

Directing Animators – Renato Dos Anjos,

Robert Fox, Edison Gonclaves, John Hill,

Paul Newberry and Troy Saliba

Animation Supervisor – Paul J. Kelly

Special Effects Animation Supervisor –

Peter Matheson

3D Animation Supervisor – Thomas M. Miller

3D Animation Director/Effects Supervisor:

Blue Sky Studios – Jan Carlee

3D Animation Producer: Rhonda Graphics –

Rhonda Sanders-Olson

3D Directing Animators – Chris Kazmier,

Charlie Breakiron, Mary Clarke-Miller and

David Satchwell

3D Lead Animator – David Munier

Visual Effects Supervisor: Ice Crystals and

Wake Angels Sequences – David Dozoretz

Visual Effects Sequence Supervisors: Ice

Crystals and Wake Angels Sequences –

Kevin Baillie and Ryan Tudhope

Picture Editors – Bob Bender and Fiona Trayler
Editor: Ice Crystals and Wake Angel

Sequences – Paul Martin Smith

Supervising Sound Editor – Matthew Wood

Supervising Sound Editor (Uncredited)/
Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer –

Christopher Boyes

Assistant Sound Designer –

Christopher Scarabosio

Post-Production Liaison: Skywalker Sound –

Gloria S. Borders

Sound Effects Editor – Andrea Gard

Foley Editors – Sandina Bailo-Lape and

Susan Sanford

Foley Artists – Dennie Thorpe and

Lana Vance

Foley Mixer – Tony Eckert

Re-Recording Mixer – Gary Summers

Music – Graeme Revell

Score Orchestrator and Conductor –

Tim Simonec

Music Supervisor – Glen Ballard

Score Recordist and Mixer – John Kurlander

Review

Despite being a major box office bomb, TITAN A.E. was a good sci-fi movie by Don Bluth that blends traditional 2D and computer-generated 3D animation. It contains references to the first two Star Wars films. The aspects of the movie I liked were the action, the voice acting of Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore and Nathan Lane, and the soundtrack. The scenes that impressed me include the opening sequence when Earth gets destroyed, the Wake Angels and the chase on the Ice Rings of Tigrin.

I always loved TITAN, but Disney's similar movie, Treasure Planet, was way better than the former because it was set in an alternate universe and had a terrific storyline. However, the problem is that no one knew what kind of audience TITAN A.E. was targeting. Due to being an animated film, its obvious demographic would generally be kids. Then again, it has several adult themes and violence. Because of this combination of features, TITAN A.E. is more like a young adult film.

I recommend this film, particularly for science-fiction and animation lovers, especially those who've grown up with Don Bluth's work.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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