Action, Adventure, and Excitement combined that raised the island of Atlantis that only Disney can envision - from the same crew who brought the previous musicals 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' • In 1914, Milo Thatch—a cartographer and linguist at the Smithsonian Institution who is marginalized for his research on Atlantis—believes that he has found The Shepherd's 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 Milo's grandfather, and recruits Milo to lead an expedition to Atlantis as soon as he deciphers it. Throughout the entire production pipeline, the crew's motto was "Less Singing; More Explosions" • Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise direct from the screenplay by Tab Murphy; Story by Wise & Trousdale, Joss Whedon, Bryce & Jackie Zabel and Murphy. Produced by Don Hahn. Original Score Composed by James Newton Howard; featuring Mya performing "Where the Dream Takes You" - Soundtrack available on Walt Disney Records. from Walt Disney Pictures. Opened first in U.A.B. and Kuwait • NYC/L.A./Berlin: 6/8/01 • General: 6/15/01 Approved [No. 38177]/rated PG for action violence. © 2001 Walt Disney Pictures & Television [Disney Enterprises, Inc.]. All rights reserved.