Titanic: The Animated Movie

Titanic mille e una storia (Titanic: The Animated Movie) is an Italian animated film based on the story of the Titanic disaster. It was written and directed by Camillo Teti. The English dub's creative consultant is Jymn Magon.
Plot
An animated retelling of the most famous passenger ship disaster in history. In this version, love blossoms between the upper-class Sir William and the blue-collar Angelica, who is hoping to find romance in America. At the same time, there are also a number of animal passengers, including a rapping dog, cats, and Mexican mice, who are also looking forward to arriving in the New World.
Synopsis
The movie tells the story of the Titanic sinking, documenting the "real" events of the various passengers. A poor girl named Angelica (Lisa Russo), treated as a servant by her wicked foster mother and two foster sisters, dreams of finding both love and her missing mother, with only a blue locket as a clue to the mother's identity. At the same time, an upper-class boy named William (Mark Thompson-Ashworth) boards with his Nanny (Susan Spafford) - who laments the loss of her daughter years ago - and his secretary Gaston (Jacques Stany). Other passengers include the gold-digging Winnie, a banker named Jeremy McFlannel (Edmund Purdom), a jewel thief named Corynthia Meanstreak, her two henchmen Kirk and Dirk (Clive Riche and Doug Meaxin), a detective named Sam Bradbury, and Molly (Pat Starke), 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 (Greg Snegoff), 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 in a corridor 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 Coynthia while Kirk and Dirk make several unsuccessful attempts to steal jewelry from Winnie.
The film reaches its climax at a reception held in the 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 (Caroline Yung) 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 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 promptly slaps Gaston and leaves him. When Gertrude, Bernice and Hortense attempt to break up Angelica and William, Maxie scares them off. Kirk and Dirk manage to successfully steal a pearl chocker from Winnie, but learn that it is a fake - Winnie is not in fact rich and uses fake jewelry to lure in rich men.
The Titanic hits the iceberg and begins to sink as the passengers rush for the lifeboats. All of the animals escape on floating crates, rescuing the ship's cook in the process and being led to shore 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 presumably drown together. Molly also chooses to remain behind on the ship, singing with the band and presumably dies along with them. On the lifeboats, Angelica discovers that William's Nanny is actually her mother and the two are reunited. As the ship sinks they search for William, rescuing Sam from the water in the process. Eventually, William is rescued and reunited with Angelica.
Release and response
Reception for the film has been mostly negative, stemming from the glorification of the disaster, the poor plot structure and characters (which many see as taking ideas from James Cameron's 1997 film and taking character designs and other ideas from other more successful animated films), the infamous "Rapping Dog" scene, racially stereotyped mice, and the "Happy Ending."
The film faded into obscurity, partly due to its straight to video release, as well as a lack of stock. Interest of the film rose, however, as clips were posted on various websites, namely the "Party Time" song featuring a rapping dog named Fritz.
The Nostalgia Critic's response about the 72 minute version of the film is as follows:
Versions
There are two cuts of the film: a 90 minute version, and a 72 minute version. The two versions are distinguished by different songs and scene arrangements. The 72 minute version opens after the ship has sunk and tells the main story through Angelica's flashbacks (similar to the plot of James Cameron's 1997 film Titanic, told through Rose DeWitt Bukater's flashback). Also, the music and lyrics in the "Rapping Dog" scene are different in each version. "Party Time" is featured in the 72 minute version.
Both films have since been released through YouTube.
Voice Cast
* Lisa Russo - Angelica
* Mark Thompson-Ashworth - William (as Mark Ashworth)
* Gregory Snegoff - Fritz/Geoffrey (as Greg Snegoff)
* Caroline Yung - Maxie the Mouse
* Gisella Mathews - Gertrude
* Silva Belton - Bernice
* Bianca Alessandra Ara - Hortense (as Bianca Ara)
* Veronica Wells - Corynthia
* Jacques Stany - Gaston
* Clive Riche - Kirk
* Doug Meakin - Dirk
* Mickey Knox - Sam
* David Brandon - Stockard
* Kenneth Belton - The Captain (as Ken Belton)
* Susan Spafford - Angelica's Mother (uncredited)
* Pat Starke - Molly
* Jill Tyler - Victoria
* Edmund Purdom - Jeremy McFlannel (as Edmond Purdom)
* Ted Rusoff - Mouse with French Accent (uncredited)

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