Milo's Adventure Begins

Milo's Adventure Begins

Bruce Von Stiers

Atlantis: The Lost Empire is a Disney animated film that was released in 2001. It was about a young linguistic scholar, Milo Thatch, who comes into possession of a book purporting to show the way to Atlantis. I do have to admit that I have never seen the film, although it is supposed to be an excellent animated adventure.

Not quite a year ago, a live action short film was released based on the characters in the Atlantis film. It is intended to be a concept film for a limited series surrounding Milo and the search for Atlantis. The film is titled Milo: The Voyage To Atlantis .

The film begins in Washington D.C. in 1912. Milo is practicing for his presentation. He then gets a phone call. He thought that his presentation would be later, but in fact it is supposed to happen in ten minutes. He will be doing his presentation for the board of the Museum of World Discoveries.

While the board doesn't buy into Milo's presentation, the mysterious Mr. Whitmore does. Apparently, Milo is just the right person to lead an expedition to find Atlantis.

Daniel Dreszner was Milo. He has appeared in several short films, including a Wolfenstein fan film. He also co-wrote the screenplay for this film, along with Madilin Stenzel.

Nick Benseman was Commander Lyle Tiberius Rourke, a supposed colleague of Mr. Whitmore. Milo meets Rourke while waiting to do his presentation. Benseman has over a hundred screen credits as a stuntman and has acted in films such as Pursuit and Overrun.

Ray Buffer was Professor Hawthorne, who rakes Milo over the coals after his presentation. Buffer has been seen in a few television shows and appeared in a bunch of short films, including Sunrise Boulevard, which I reviewed about a year ago.

Other actors playing board members were David Allen Graf and Rich Gordon. Graf has appeared in over three hundred films, including Staycation and Red Raincoats. Gordon has been a film publicist and producer along with appearing in films such as the horror short Haddonfield. Gyl Roland played the secretary for the museum board.

Mark Morante was Mr. Whitmore. Hayley Ringo Price was Helga, another colleague of Mr. Whitmore's. Previously Price was the still photographer for the film Speech & Debate and is the screenwriter for an upcoming film, Broadway Bunnies.

Maria Gomez was the film's director. She was the producer and director for the short film Camerino.

Janak Panchal was the director of photography. He was the cinematographer for films such as Extreme Vetting and T10 League.

The film was produced by Fernando Zabeneh, Carlos M. Ryan and D.T. Bullock.

Milo: The Voyage To Atlantis was a very entertaining short film. It held my interest and made me want more. The acting was excellent, the period costuming was dead on and the cinematography was terrific. I would definitely like to see this made into a full-blown series.

Milo: The Voyage To Atlantis is free to watch on YouTube. Here is the link for the film. If you like seemingly inept budding adventurers, then this is a film to check out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hFsaavrCnA

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