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The Land Before Time (1988)

G 69 min  -  Adventure | Family | Drama  -   18 November 1988 (USA)
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Five orphan dinosaurs travel the ruins of their world, while grieving the loss of their families and banding together to face the odds of survival.

Director:

Don Bluth

Writers:

Stu Krieger (screenplay), Judy Freudberg (story), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Judith Barsi ...
Ducky (voice)
Pat Hingle ...
Narrator / Rooter (voice)
Gabriel Damon ...
Littlefoot (voice)
Helen Shaver ...
Bill Erwin ...
Grandfather (voice)
Burke Byrnes ...
Daddy Topps (voice)
Candace Hutson Candace Hutson ...
Cera (voice)
Will Ryan Will Ryan ...
Petrie (voice)
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Storyline

An orphaned brontosaurus named Littlefoot sets off in search of the legendary Great Valley. A land of lush vegetation where the dinosaurs can thrive and live in peace. Along the way he meets four other young dinosaurs, each onea different species, and they encounter several obstacles as they learn to worktogether in order to survive. Written by Scott Lane <rslane@ix.netcom.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Dinosaur | Brontosaurus | Disagreement | T Rex | Tyrannosaurus  | See more »

Taglines:

A new adventure is born. See more »

Genres:

Adventure | Family | Drama | Animation

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

USA | Ireland

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Em Busca do Vale Encantado See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$12,300,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

DEM 2,393,148 (West Germany) (28 June 1988) (243 Screens)

Gross:

$81,972,000 (Worldwide)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Trivia

The film's narrator also performed the voice for Rooter. This may have been to underscore the fact that both characters were very wise and insightful. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: The scene in which the baby pterodactyls fight over the cherry uses two backgrounds, one for the vertical pan, another for the horizontal. The two backgrounds do not match exactly; particularly, the sky changes color, and a knothole in the bottom of the screen disappears and then reappears. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: Once upon this same earth, beneath this same sun, before you, before the ape and the elephant, before the wolf, the bison and the whale, before the mammoth and the mastodon, in the time of the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs were of two kinds. Some had flat teeth...
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Connections

Referenced in Beethoven's 3rd (2000) See more »

Soundtracks

"If We Hold On Together"
Music and Words by James Horner and Will Jennings
Produced by Peter Asher
Performed by Diana Ross See more »