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The Land Before Time
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User Rating:
6.9/10   12,527 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Judy Freudberg (story) &
Tony Geiss (story) ...
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Release Date:
18 November 1988 (USA) more
Tagline:
The adventure that started it all! more
Plot:
Four orphan dinosaurs travel the ruins of their world, while grieving the loss of their families and banding together to face the odds of survival. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
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(12 articles)
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Don's Best - Endearing Cast,Exquisite Animation more (98 total)

Cast

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Judith Barsi ... Ducky (voice)

Burke Byrnes ... Daddy Topps (voice)

Gabriel Damon ... Littlefoot (voice)

Bill Erwin ... Grandfather (voice)
Pat Hingle ... Narrator / Rooter (voice)
Candace Hutson ... Cera (voice) (as Candy Hutson)
Will Ryan ... Petrie (voice)

Helen Shaver ... Littlefoot's Mother (voice)
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Runtime:
69 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This remains the only Land Before Time film not to be a musical. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The dinosaurs existed in three different periods: Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. However, all the dinosaurs who appeared in this movie did not all exist in the same period. Triceratops, Parasaurolophus and Tyranosaurus were Cretaceous dinosaurs, while Brontosaurus and Stegosaurus were Jurassic dinosaurs, and Pterodactyl existed in both the Cretaceous and Jurassic periods. 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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Soundtrack:
If We Hold On Together more

FAQ

Is it true that the story is actually about the childrens journey through Purgatory and into Heaven (while being guided by the prayers of Littlefoot's mother)?
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33 out of 36 people found the following comment useful.
Don's Best - Endearing Cast,Exquisite Animation, 29 August 2001
10/10
Author: Cylex from England

I've adored this film ever since I first saw it at the cinema in '88. Sweet Littlefoot, Bold Cera, Chatty Ducky, Timid Petrie & Greedy Spike are the cutest dinosaurs ever. Anyone unmoved by their adventures must have a heart of stone. The animation is superb and so is the soundtrack. Each dinosaur has a distinctive personality and you laugh and cry with them throughout. I only wish the film had been longer. The sequels are cute but it is the original that has the most heart. 10/10

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They don't make em like this anymore Trikeboy2
Am I the only one that wanted to club Cera when I was little? guitarwaytoheaven-1
I 'met' Little Foot and Cera once ^^, Arwen_Aftenstjerne
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