Titan AE

Titan A.E.
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Directed by	Don Bluth Gary Goldman
Produced by	Don Bluth Gary Goldman David Kirschner
Screenplay by	Ben Edlund John August Joss Whedon
Story by	Hans Bauer Randall McCormick
Starring	Matt Damon Bill Pullman John Leguizamo Nathan Lane Janeane Garofalo Drew Barrymore
Music by	Graeme Revell
Edited by	Bob Bender Paul Martin Smith Fiona Trayler
Production company	Fox Animation Studios David Kirschner Productions
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	June 16, 2000 (2000-06-16)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$75–$90 million
Box office	$36.8 million

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Titan A.E. is a 2000 American animated science fiction film directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. Its title refers to the spacecraft central to the plot, with A.E. meaning "After Earth". It stars Matt Damon, Bill Pullman, John Leguizamo, Nathan Lane, Janeane Garofalo and Drew Barrymore. The film's animation technique combines traditional hand-drawn animation and extensive use of computer generated imagery. Its working title was Planet Ice. It was theatrically released on June 16, 2000, by 20th Century Fox and was the final film for Fox Animation Studios. The film grossed $36.8 million on a $75–$90 million budget, making a $100-million loss for the studio.

The film is set in the 31st century and the enemy alien species destroy Earth. It also follows a salvage yard nomad attempting to find the planet creating invention ship, in order to save humanity.

In 3028 A.D., humanity has mastered deep space travel and interacted with several alien species. A human invention called "Project Titan" alarms the Drej, a pure energy-based alien species. As the Drej start to attack Earth, Professor Sam Tucker, the lead researcher for "Project Titan", sends his son Cale on one of the evacuation ships with his alien friend Tek, while Tucker and other members of his team fly the Titan spacecraft into hyperspace. When the Drej mothership destroys Earth and the Moon with a massive directed-energy weapon, the surviving humans become nomads, generally ridiculed by other alien species.