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2000 Certificate PG
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With DINOSAUR, Disney breaks a new stride in the technological revolution of computer animation--combining computer-animated characters with digitally enhanced live-action landscapes. The effect is literally unbelievable and the clarity, realness, and definition of the pictures easily make the once surprising effects of virtual .. Read more

Starring D.B. Sweeney, Samuel E. Wright, Julianna Margulies, Peter Siragusa
Director Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag
Genres Animated, Children, Family

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Dinosaur

With DINOSAUR, Disney breaks a new stride in the technological revolution of computer animation--combining computer-animated characters with digitally enhanced live-action landscapes. The effect is literally unbelievable and the clarity, realness, and definition of the pictures easily make the once surprising effects of virtual reality seem like the dark ages.
A dinosaur egg is stolen from its nest and passed along by various birds, animals and other predators each hoping to eat it. Fumbled into a community of kind and nurturing lemurs, it cracks open and Aladar, a baby dinosaur emerges. He lives happily and peacefully among the lemurs, who raise him into adolescence. However, when a natural disaster occurs, wiping out the beautiful rainforest that was their home, teenage Aladar joins a dinosaur pilgrimage--and discovers his true ancestry--in order to bring his lemur family to safety. Far sweeter and much more realistic than recent dinosaur movies like JURASSIC PARK or even classics like THE LAND BEFORE TIME, these new digital dinosaurs are surprisingly human with emotional eyes and expressive voices that make the magic nearly tangible.

Starring D.B. Sweeney, Samuel E. Wright, Julianna Margulies, Peter Siragusa, Alfre Woodard, Ossie Davis, Max Casella
Director Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag
Studio WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 19 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 19 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Animated, Children, Family
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Dubbed Greek, Hebrew
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: English, Greek, Hebrew
Released DVD: 26 Mar 2001
Blu-ray: 28 May 2007
Production year: 2000

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  • Critics' reviews (6) of Dinosaur

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Disney's most ambitious movie to date (48 animators spent more than three million hours making 70,000 CD-Roms of information that make up the computer-generated animation) is also a return to form after a run of less-than-vintage animated features (Hercules, Tarzan). While the story isn't exactly Kafka — abandoned baby dinosaur is raised by lemurs until they have to flee during a fiery meteor storm and join other dinosaurs on a treacherous trek to a new land — the animation and characterisations are superb, especially the extraordinary details of the prehistoric creatures' skin and fur. DB Sweeney and Julianna Margulies give life to their characters — the orphaned Aladar and Neera, the dino-babe he meets in his adventures — and there is great vocal support from a cast that includes Ossie Davis, Alfre Woodard and — best of all, as two ageing and crabby old critters — Della Reese and Joan Plowright.

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  • "...Effective and frequently spectacular....A skillful blend of old-fashioned Disney storytelling and newfangled computer animation..."

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  • 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Huge movie

    I'm of that particular British mould that says Disney is a cynical, right-wing, bible-belt American conspiracy machine in a league with Microsoft, McDonalds... more

      • James Corrigan from Exeter
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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Good choice

    We enjoyed this film as a family. Good story line lots of subtle lessons in friendship and courage. Definatley under rated. We can see a trip out to by this now... more

      • tulloch4 from merseyside
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    Jurassic Park comes back from extinction

    • 15 Jan 2010

    Dinosaur movie franchise Jurassic Park is set to take another bite out of the box office - Hollywood bosses are planning to bring a second trilogy to the big screen. The original 1993 film, starring Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum, was a massive success, grossing £571 million worldwide and spawning two sequels. Now, nine years after Jurassic Park III hit cinemas in 2001, movie bosses are planning to let the dinosaurs roam the earth once again. And Joe Johnston, who directed the third... Read more

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