Atlantis Planet

Atlantis Planet is a 2005 American traditionally animated action-adventure created by Walt Disney Feature Animation-the second fantasy science fiction film in Disney's animated features canon-the fifth science fiction and the 46th overall. Written by Tab Murphy, Brian Pimental, Jeanee Rosenberg, and Alicia Kirk. by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise and produced by Don Hahn, Ron Clements and John Musker, the film features an ensemble cast with the voices of Tobey Maguire, Alexander Gould, Michael J. Fox, Patrick Stewart, Christian Bale, Hayden Panettiere, Andrea Bowen, Emma Thompson, Claudia Christian, Sinbad, Brendon Baerg, Nicky Jones, Richard E. Grant and Jeff Bridges.

Plot
The film begins with a narration by King Milo James Thatch (Michael J.Fox) telling how Atlantis returned to the surface of the Earth, and that a new legacy for Atlantis was created with a world called Atlantis Planet. The film later starts in 1918 with a large tidal wave, triggered by a distant explosion, which threatens to drown the island of Atlantis, In the midst of an evacuation from the capital city, the Queen of Atlantis, Kida (Cree Summer) 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 city's innermost district. She leaves behind a young daughter, a fox, Princess Kika (Hayden Panettiere) and husband, King Milo, as the island warps to the world known as Atlantis Planet.

Twenty years later in 1938, Roland Sammi Dante (Edward Glen)-a orange and white tab cat, cartographer and linguist at the American Museum of Natural History who is marginalized for his research on Atlantis Planet—believes that he has found the location of The Nova Map, a small ancient talisman based on The Triangle Of Light from Lara Coft:Tomb Raider with a holographic projector, showing a map to the lost planet and The Star-Shepherd's Journal, an ancient manuscript allegedly containg directions to the lost island on the world.

Months later, The Great Prince (Patrick Stewart) allows Bambi (Alexander Gould) to accompany his friends, Thumper (Brendon Baerg), and Flower (Nicky Jones), to see the Groundhog, whose shadow will foretell if winter will end soon. Bambi lies to them about how close he and his father are, while the Great Prince keeps the truth of his mother's death from him.

At the ground hog ceremony, Bambi meets up with his crush Faline (Andrea Bowen). The Groundhog (Max Casella) is coaxed out of his hole, only to be scared backed again by Ronno (Anthony Ghannam), an older fawn than Bambi. Ronno tries to impress Faline with his stories of hunters near the woods, and the whistles they use to imitate deer, But Bambi and Faline don't believe his tall tale. Bambi and Ronno immediately dislike each other, but Bambi is intimidated by Ronno, afraid to stand up for himself, and is relieved when he leaves with his mother.

The other animals leave as well, and Bambi falls asleep waiting for his father to come get him but after many hours of waiting,Bambi dreams of his mother and finds The Nova Map, and also hears her voice calling him into a meadow. It turns out to be an ambush by human hunters, the same ones Ronno warned him about. The Great Prince comes to his rescue and orders Bambi to run, but the fawn is too scared to obey. Both manage to escape and Bambi is yelled at for almost getting himself killed. It's then that Bambi realizes the hunters killed his mother, and The Great Prince confirms it. While Bambi sleeps, The Great Prince tells Friend Owl (Keith Ferguson) that spring is ending and he should have no problem finding a doe now. Meanwhile, Roland gets in trouble at school with a fox bully named Sid (Amy Sedaris) involving getting into a fight and setting off the fire alarm during gym class and flooded the school. He is sent to the Principals office for getting into trouble. Kim Taylor (Anika Noni Rose) sends the animals in the car and drive off. Kim was unhappy with Roland because he gets into trouble. Kim severely told Roland that she's doing what's best for him.

In the days following, The Great Prince confines Bambi to the den where he'll be safe, not trusting him to be out by himself anymore. When he leaves Bambi confesses to Thumper and Flower the estranged relationship he and his father share and tells them he wishes he could impress him. They decide to help Bambi learn how to be brave by sneaking out, and while doing so get into an altercation with a porcupine. It ends with quills rammed into Bambi's backside and his father almost catching him outside of the den. Ronno and Faline, hearing the commotion, investigate. Bambi gets into another fight with Ronno when he sees him bothering Faline. Ronno chases him trough the forest until Bambi leaps to safety over a large ravine, The Great Prince, having seen the whole thing, is both angry at Bambi and impressed by his feat. Ronno(jealous of the young prince)tries to leap after him, but falls into the chasm, thwarted for now. At the Great Prince's den, he and Bambi meet a mysterious woman, Natasha Mirage (Moon Bloodgood). For Roland, after his proposal to search for the journal is rejected by the museum board, now protagonist, Helga Sinclair (Claudia Christian), introduces him and Bambi to Winston J. Whitmore (Christopher McDonald) an eccentric millionaire. Whitmore has already funded a successful effort to retrieve the Journal as repayment of a derv to Roland's uncle and Bambi's mother, and recruits Roland and Bambi to go to the spaceport and meet Captain Amelia and lead an expedition to Atlantis Planet as soon as he deciphers it. The Great Prince is force to stay at home and call off finding a doe for Bambi after he reads his mother's will that he take care of their son if anything happened to her.

Cast

 * Edward Glen as Roland Sammi Dante
 * Alexander Gould as Bambi
 * Michael J. Fox as King Milo James Thatch
 * Patrick Stewart as The Great Prince Of The Forest
 * Christian Bale as Commander James Tiberius Brock
 * Hayden Panettiere as Kikanakash "Kika" Nedakh Thatch
 * Andrea Bowen as Faline
 * Sinbad as Riley
 * Christopher McDonald as Winston J. Withmore
 * Brendon Baerg as Thumper
 * Nicky Jones as Flower
 * Anthony Ghannam as Ronno
 * Jacqueline Obradors as Audrey Rocio Ramirez
 * Don Novello as Vincenzo "Vinny" Santorini
 * Anthony LaPaglia as Mark "Hero" Parr
 * John Leguizamo as Robert "Jamie" Billy
 * Richard E. Grant as Christopher Andrell "Whistler" Mike Jones
 * Betty White as Wilhelmina Bertha Packard, a radio operator. Betty White replacing the late Florence Stanley who passed away after production ended was Atlantis: Milo's Return.
 * Liam Neeson as Sean Kind, a medical officer and a doctor.
 * Moon Bloodgood as Lieutenant Natasha Leroy Mirage
 * Emma Thompson as Captain Amelia, the captain of the RLS Saga and Roland's friends.
 * Claudia Christian as Corporal Helga Katrina Sinclair
 * Phil Morris as Doctor Joshua Strongbear Sweet
 * Blake Clark as Jebidiah Allardyce "Cookie" Farnsworth
 * Corey Burton as Gaetan "The Mole" Moleire
 * Scott Caan as Jarvis Copper "D'oh" Barker
 * Tom Kenny as Tony "Ton" Braff
 * Keith Ferguson as Friend Owl
 * Makenna Cowgill, Emma Rose Lima, Ariel Winter as Thumper's Sisters
 * Anika Noni Rose as Kim Ralph
 * Cree Summer as Queen Kidagakash "Kida" Nedkah
 * Max Casella and Brian Pimental as The Groundhog and Porcupine
 * Roscoe Lee Browne as Mr. Hark
 * Rowan Atkinson as Obby
 * Amy Sedaris as Sid
 * David Odgen Steirs as Mr. Goldking
 * John Ratzenberger as Crex, an alien space pirate.
 * Wallace Shawn as Greedy, an alien space pirate.
 * Rodger Bumpass as Mr Turnbuckle
 * Clancy Brown as Mertock and Principal
 * Don Rickles as Mackriki
 * Eric Idle as Dogbreath
 * Bill Fagerbakke as Trent
 * Mary Joe Catlett as Miss Amy
 * Sam Neill as The Coach and Mercenarie 1
 * Hugo Weaving as Gym Teacher
 * Miriam Margoyles as Ms. Rosie
 * Frank Welker as Bloodtooth

Soundtrack
Atlantis Planet soundtrack was released on May 27, 2005 and the score by James Newton Howard.

Home Media
Atlantis Planet was released on DVD and VHS on February 7, 2006. During the first month of its home release, the film sold 2.6 million DVDs and 1.5 million VHS. Sales and rentals of the DVD and VHS would eventually accumulate $235 million in revenue by mid-2006.

Both a single-disc DVD edition and a two-disc collector's edition (with bonus features) were released. The single-disc DVD gave the viewer the option of viewing the film either in its original theatrical 2.35:1 aspect ratio or a modified 1.33:1 ratio (utilizing pan and scan).

Trivia

 * Atlantis Planet was a crossover to Bambi, Atlantis and Treasure Planet.
 * Captain Amelia was going to have a small appearance, but the directors made her full and extended appearance.
 * However, This film was going to be titled as Bambi meets Atlantis In Space, but it was titled as Atlantis Planet.
 * When the Movie starts in theatres, A PG rating has violence and gore in the film. In United Kingdom, a certificate U contains action and violence instead.
 * The Nova Map can be shown for the rest of the movie.
 * All of the alien pirates from Treasure Planet made an appearance and were voiced by John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Don Rickles, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass and Eric Idle.
 * This was the second time that Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson and Rowan Atkinson starred in a Disney film, the first is Universal's Love Actually.
 * When Bloodtooth attacks Bambi and Thumper in the thron bushes, the sounds of roaring were a mix of T-Rex, Godzilla, a lion and a Carnotuar.
 * When this movie was aired on Disney Channel, The Leviathan prologue can be seen as extended version along with the destruction of Atlantis.
 * Lots of fully graphic footage were all cut and made it a G rating, but directors said that the footage were put all of the storybook, stickers and art book images into the film and made the film a PG rating.
 * During the film, Bambi has most of his spots on his side. But when Bloodtooth scratched his side with his sharp pinchers, his spots were bleeding for the rest of the movie. When his antlers growing in after going to Atlantis Planet, the scratches disappered when his right side was healed.
 * This the first film to be in widescreen with full shots
 * Liam Neeson, Anika Noni Rose and Richard E. Grant later starred in Khumba in 2013.
 * While the teaser trailer attached to Home On The Range, The teaser trailer has a diffrent setting than the movie ends up in the film.