Milo has difficulty getting along with the other members of the expedition whom he makes a bad impression on firsthand, some even pulling pranks on him. All that's left is for Milo to fill in for his grandfather to translate the directions from the book. This is exactly what I wanted to hear." He also reveals that the expedition is all set and ready to go. Milo then tells him, "I will find Atlantis on my own! Even if I have to rent a rowboat!" With a satisfied smile, Whitmore tells him, "Congratulations, Milo. Whitmore then begins to test Milo's commitment to finding Atlantis pretending he doesn't believe it either. He said if anything should happen to him, I should give it to you when you were ready." Milo opens it and finds it to be the Shepherd's Journal. Whitmore presents a parcel from Milo's grandfather, "He brought that package to me years ago. Milo is then left in defeat as the car splashes him as it drives over a puddle.Ī disheartened Milo returns home to find Helga Sinclair waiting to bring him to her employer, discovered to be a friend of Milo's grandfather in Preston Whitmore. When Harcourt has his chauffer back up to Milo, Milo goes on to say, "I mean it, sir! If you refuse to fund my proposal-" but Harcourt cuts him off asking, "You'll what? Flush your career down the toilet just like your grandfather?" He tells Milo that he has potential, and he shouldn't throw it away chasing a fairy tale. Milo literally chases him down threatening to turn in a letter of resignation if the board wouldn't fund the expedition. Harcourt lays it thick that the museum only funds expeditions based on fact and not folklore, also belittling Milo's skills by saying that he is needed to tend to the boiler during winter. He then immediately receives another notice that the matter is closed due to his supposed no-show.įurious by the deceit, he chases after the board members and manages to catch his boss, Fenton Harcourt. Shortly after four o'clock, he receives notice that the meeting had to be moved to three-thirty. He is preparing for a presentation he has scheduled with the board of directors to seek funding to locate a book called the Shepherd's Journal in Iceland, believing it will lead them to the lost city of Atlantis. In 1914, Milo James Thatch is working as a linguist at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. James Arnold Taylor replaced Fox as the voice of Milo in the sequel for budgetary reasons, he previously voiced him in the game for the first movie. Co-director Gary Trousdale noted that Fox, despite being in his late thirties at the time, could still project a youthful exuberance needed to voice a character like Milo. Fox enjoyed not having to worry about the way he looked and could do what he needed, be it contorting himself, in order to project the right emotion through his voice. (another science fiction animated feature, directed by Don Bluth) and left it to his son to decide. Fox reportedly had to decide between this film and Titan A.E. Because Milo appeared in virtually every scene of the film, he was one of the few characters requiring a team of animators working under Pomeroy. Pomeroy has also noted that Milo was the closest in his then thirty years in the business that he had animated a self-portrait. Pomeroy had the unique challenge of trying to figure out what a linguist looked like and, according to Marc Okrand, who developed the Atlantean language for the film, used him as a basis for the design of the character. The supervising animator of Milo was John Pomeroy. There was an early concept that Milo was the descendant of Blackbeard the pirate, but that was abandoned in favor of Milo discovering his inner self and love for exploration rather than his inner pirate. Heroes, in general, have been widely regarded as the least interesting for animators to work on, so the filmmakers sought to develop Milo as a character with a great deal of personality. The development of Milo as a hero was a difficult one for the filmmakers. Tried out for Rowing Team, 1899 (rejected) Archery Team, 1900 (rejected) Debate Team, 1900 (accepted) Cricket Team, 1901 (rejected) and Chess Team, 1902 (accepted). Graduated Buford Beaumont High School at age 11, accepted (and declined) admission at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton Universities for advanced academic studies, 1895. Milo took after his grandfather with regard to his affinity and passion for languages and antiquities. Having been orphaned by a railway accident in 1885, Milo Thatch was raised and educated by his grandfather Thaddeus Thatch (see related files: Archeological Expeditions led by, Diplomatic Relations brokered through, Patents held by, and Georgetown Incident).
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