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During an attack on a pack of Iguanodon, an egg is separated and ends up with the possession of a group of lemurs. The lemurs care for this egg and the young creature born from it, which they call Aladar. When a meteor shower hits earth, Aladar and his family must leave their homeland. Away from home and as close to danger as they have ever been, they meet up with a huge group of dinosaurs, led by Kron and Bruton. All together they are trying to reach the nesting grounds, but it’s not going to be easy.
Dinosaur is a 2000 American CGI animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and The Secret Lab and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 39th Disney animated feature film and Disney’s The Secret Lab computer animated feature,[2] though it is not officially labeled as one of the animated classics in the United Kingdom, where The Wild (2006) is included in the canon instead.
The film follows an orphaned Iguanodon who, as a friend of the lemurs, after surviving a devastating meteor, are moving out for their new home. Along the way, they befriend and reunite the remaining herd of dinosaurs who are being pursued by predators, such as the Carnotaurus, while on a journey to the “Nesting Grounds”.
While the characters in Dinosaur are computer-animated, most of the film’s backgrounds are live-action and were filmed on location. A number of backgrounds were found in Canaima National Park in Venezuela; various tepuis and Angel Falls also appear in the film. It is the second film (after Fantasia 2000) produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation to feature computer-generated three-dimensional animation. At officially $127.5 million, it was the most expensive theatrical film release of the year. The film was a financial success, grossing over $349 million worldwide in total box office revenue, becoming the fifth highest-grossing film of 2000.
Dinosaur (2000)
Directed by: Eric Leighton, Ralph ZondagEric Leighton
Starring: D.B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Ossie Davis, Max Casella, Hayden Panettiere, Ralph Zondag, Julianna Margulies, Cathy Cavadini, Edie Lehmann Boddicker
Screenplay by: Walon Green, Thom Enriquez
Production Design by: Walter P. Martishius
Cinematography by: David R. Hardberger, Steven Douglas Smith
Film Editing by: H. Lee Peterson
Art Direction by: Cristy Maltese
Music by: James Newton Howard
MPAA Rating: PG for intense images.
Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures
Release Date: May 19, 2000 (United States), October 13, 2000 (United Kingdom)
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