2000 Italian animated film by Camillo Teti
Titanic: The Legend Goes On
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Theatrical release poster
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Directed by
| Camillo Teti
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Written by
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Produced by
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- Camillo Teti
- Gian Paolo Brugnoli
- Marco Scaffardi
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Starring
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- Lisa Russo
- Mark Thompson-Ashworth
- Gisella Matthews
- Kenneth Belton
- Gregory Snegoff
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Edited by
| Giovanni Conti
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Music by
| Detto Mariano
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Production
company
| Titanic Cartoons SRL Roma
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Distributed by
| Medusa Film
[1]
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Release date
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- 15 September 2000
(
2000-09-15
)
(Italy)
[1]
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Running time
| 82 minutes (uncut)
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Country
| Italy
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Titanic: The Legend Goes On
(
Italian
:
Titanic, mille e una storia
[5]
or
Titanic: La leggenda continua
), also released as
Titanic: The Animated Movie
,
[6]
is a 2000 Italian
animated
musical film
about
the sinking of the RMS
Titanic
, written and directed by Camillo Teti.
[7]
Plot
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The story begins on the
White Star Line
?chartered
boat train
, which is carrying passengers to the
RMS
Titanic
. A poor girl named Angelica, is treated as a servant by her wicked stepmother and two stepsisters. She dreams of finding both love and her missing mother, with only a blue locket as a clue to her mother's identity.
At the same time, an upper-class English man named William boards with his maid, who laments the loss of her daughter years ago, and his secretary, Gaston. Other passengers include the gold-digging Winnie, a failing banker named Jeremy McFlannel, a jewel thief named Corynthia Meanstreak, her two henchmen Kirk and Dirk, a detective named Sam Bradbury, who has been sent to pursue them, and Molly, a gorgeous singer. Also boarding in the cargo hold are a group of animals, including a family of Yiddish mice, some geese, a dog named Fritz, a magpie named Hector, and a band of Mexican mice. Throughout the voyage, the various passengers meet and interact. William and Angelica fall in
love at first sight
, while Winnie and Jeremy fall for each other after Winnie's dog Flopsy trips him. Gaston, meanwhile, attempts to woo Molly with Angelica's locket, which he found after she unknowingly dropped it. Sam goes undercover to find Corynthia, while Kirk and Dirk make several unsuccessful attempts to steal jewelry from Winnie.
The film reaches its climax at a reception held in honor of the passengers. Angelica is able to attend with William after her cabinmate Victoria loans her a suitable dress. Meanwhile, the Yiddish mouse child Maxie discovers that Angelica is missing her locket and recruits the other animals to help search for it, finding it in time for her to wear it to the reception. Upon seeing the locket being worn by Angelica, and hearing the correct implication from one of the ship's officers that it was stolen when she received it, Molly slaps Gaston and leaves him. When Gertrude, Bernice and Hortense (the stepmother and stepsisters, respectively) attempt to break up Angelica and William, Maxie scares them off. Kirk and Dirk manage to successfully steal a pearl choker from Winnie, but learn that it is fake, as Winnie is not rich and uses fake jewelry to infatuate wealthy men.
The
Titanic
hits an iceberg
and begins to sink as the passengers rush for the
lifeboats
. Angelica, Victoria, and Victoria's grandchildren manage to avoid her stepfamily, who have boarded a lifeboat, reunite with William and they lead the steerage passengers to the boat deck. All of the animals escape on floating crates, rescuing
the ship's cook
in the process, and are led to safety by dolphins. Winnie chooses to stay behind with Jeremy, who reveals to her that he is not the rich man she thought he was ? he was on his way to America to be bailed out after his bank failed.
Despite learning this, Winnie still loves him and they remain on the ship to die together. Molly also chooses to stay on the ship, singing and dying with
the band
. William grabs a small child to protect them as he falls overboard, while the ship breaks in half and sinks beneath the ocean. He puts the child safely in a nearby boat, but his foot is trapped in a rope from the ship's
stern
, and he is dragged down with the ship, apparently dying. On one of the lifeboats, Angelica discovers that William's maid is actually her mother and the two are reunited. They come across Sam in the water and pull him aboard. William surfaces (having freed himself from the rope and stayed alive underwater) alongside the boat and is reunited with Angelica. An epilogue reveals that the two were married and lived happily ever after, Detective Sam Bradbury put Corynthia behind bars, Kirk and Dirk married Angelica's stepsisters, and Gaston married a wealthy
socialite
, hoping to live off her money but ending up in charge of her home's household chores.
Voice cast
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- Italian version
- Francesca Guadagno ? Angelica
- Francesco Pezzulli
? William
- Valeria Perilli ? Gertrude
- Claudia Pittelli ? Berenice
- Eliana Lupo ? Ortensia
- Stefania Romagnoli ? Amalia
- Lucio Saccone ? Gaston
- Luigi Ferraro ? Kirk
- Diego Reggente ? Dirk
- Mino Caprio ? Sam
- Stefano Mondini ? First Officer Stockard
- Pieraldo Ferrante ? Capitano
- Antonella Giannini ? Molly
- Letizia Ciampa
? Pablito
- Graziella Polesinant ? Victoria
- Bobby Solo
? Fritz
- English version
- Lisa Russo ? Angelica
- Mark Thompson-Ashworth ? William
- Caroline Yung ? Maxie the Mouse / Swedish Mouse
- Gregory Snegoff
? Fritz / Geoffrey
- Giselle Matthews ? Gertrude
- Silva Benton ? Bernice
- Bianca Alessandra Ara ? Hortense
- Veronica Wells ? Corynthia
- Clive Riche ? Kirk
- Doug Meakin ? Dirk
- Jacques Stany ? Gaston
- Mickey Knox
? Sam
- Edmund Purdom
? Jeremy McFlannel
- David Brandon ? First Officer Stockard
- Kenneth Belton ? Captain Smith
- Pat Starke ? Molly
- Jill Tyler ? Victoria
- Susan Spifford ? Angelica's Mother (uncredited)
Production and release
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Titanic: The Legend Goes On
was in production for three years.
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It was released to theaters on 15 September 2000 in Italy,
[1]
and received a DVD premiere in Canada the following July.
[4]
The Canadian VHS by Equinox Entertainment (titled
Titanic: The Animated Movie
) and DVD has since gone out of print, though it has been re-released by Third Millennium Distributions.
[8]
English versions
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There are two English versions done with the same cast: an uncut dub, and a drastically cut and re-edited dub. The latter one features an altered plot, with entire scenes edited in a different sequence, removed, re-used, or placed before other scenes, as well as different music score and songs by Matt McGuire.
[9]
While the uncut version is 82 minutes long, this version was shortened to 58 minutes, plus 12 minutes of credits showing some deleted scenes, bringing the runtime to 70 minutes.
Reception and legacy
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The film was described by
Linda Maria Koldau
, author of
The Titanic on Film: Myth versus Truth
, as being "a failed
Disney
imitation that excels in bad taste".
[10]
Christopher Campbell of
IndieWire
wrote that the film was "inappropriate for children" and that "it's so terribly written and drawn that it's offensive to the Titanic's memory."
[11]
Film critic Tim Brayton of
Alternate Ending
said it was "Among the most nuttily enjoyable bad movies of the 2000s."
[12]
[13]
Titanic: The Legend Goes On
has appeared on several "
worst-ever
" lists. British film magazine
Total Film
named it as the worst film ever made, after it topped a list of the 66 worst films ever in 2012.
[14]
Total Film
also included it on a list of the "50 Worst Kids Movies", noting that it is "Widely considered one of the worst animated movies ever made."
[15]
Likewise, Spanish film magazine
Fotogramas
selected it as one of the 20 worst films ever made.
[16]
Collider
also described it as one of the worst films ever made, but notes that it "[lacks] the cult following that other bad films often acquire."
[17]
While noting its inclusion on list of the worst films, Rachael Johnson of
MovieWeb
listed it as the worst film about the
Titanic
.
[18]
Will Roberts of American-based
Showbiz Cheat Sheet
listed it as the worst animated film ever made, while
Screen Rant
included it on a list of the twelve worst animated films of all time.
[19]
[20]
It became the lowest-rated film on
IMDb
's Bottom 100 list in 2012.
[21]
See also
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References
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December 3,
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FilmTV.it
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December 3,
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May 29,
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The Titanic on Film: Myth versus Truth
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MusicWerks Productions
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Campbell, Christopher (April 15, 2011).
"100 Years of Terrible "Titanic" Exploitations in Film, TV and Slides"
.
IndieWire
. Retrieved
May 17,
2019
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"Titanic: The Animated Movie"
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Rotten Tomatoes
. Retrieved
25 January
2022
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Brayton, Tim (20 May 2020).
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Alternate Ending
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25 January
2022
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Winning, Josh (February 15, 2012).
"66 Worst Movies Of All Time"
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Total Film
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GamesRadar+
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Winning, Winning (8 November 2011).
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GamesRadar+
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2022
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Rosado, Ricardo (1 October 2020).
"Las 20 peores peliculas de la historia del cine: un homenaje"
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Fotogramas
(in European Spanish)
. Retrieved
25 January
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Mattson, Kelcie (11 September 2023).
"I Watched the Animated Titanic Musical So You Don't Have To"
.
Collider
. Retrieved
3 May
2024
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Johnson, Rachel (25 June 2023).
"Best Movies About the Titanic, Ranked"
.
MovieWeb
. Retrieved
10 February
2024
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"12 Worst Animated Movies of All Time"
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Screen Rant
. 15 January 2017
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22 November
2015
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Roberts, Will (15 January 2017).
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Showbiz Cheat Sheet
. Retrieved
25 January
2022
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Renzetti, Jackie.
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The Minnesota Daily
. Retrieved
26 January
2022
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