Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Atlantis The Lost Empire is a 2001 American traditionally animated science fiction actionadventure film created by Walt Disney Feature Animationthe first science fiction film in Disneys 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.

A large tidal wave, triggered by a distant explosion, threatens to drown the island of Atlantis. In the midst of an evacuation from the capital city, the Queen of Atlantis is caught by a strange, hypnotic blue light and lifted up into the Heart of Atlantis, a powerful crystal protecting the city. The crystal consumes her and creates a dome barrier that protects the citys innermost district. She leaves behind a young daughter, Princess Kida, as the island sinks beneath the ocean.Several thousand years later, in 1914, Milo Thatcha cartographer and linguist at the Smithsonian Institution who is marginalized for his research on Atlantisbelieves that he has found The Shepherds Journal, an ancient manuscript allegedly containing directions to the lost island. After his proposal to search for the Journal is rejected by the museum board, a mysterious woman, Helga Sinclair, introduces Milo to Preston B. Whitmore, an eccentric millionaire. Whitmore has already funded a successful effort to retrieve the Journal as repayment of a debt to Milos grandfather, and recruits Milo to lead an expedition to Atlantis as soon as he deciphers it. ........

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