We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)

Directors:

Phil Nibbelink
Simon Wells
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Writers:

John Patrick Shanley (screenplay)
Hudson Talbott (book)

Release Date:

24 November 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Wish for a dinosaur and watch all your dreams come true.

Plot:

Captain New Eyes travels back in time and feeds dinosaurs his Brain Grain cereal, which makes them intelligent and non-violent...

Plot Keywords:

Dinosaur | Children | Screw | Friendship | Boy

Cast

John Goodman	...	Rex (voice)
Blaze Berdahl	...	Buster (voice)
Rhea Perlman	...	Mother Bird (voice)
Jay Leno	...	Vorb (voice)
René Le Vant	...	Woog (voice)
Felicity Kendal	...	Elsa (voice)
Charles Fleischer	...	Dweeb (voice)
Walter Cronkite	...	Captain Neweyes (voice)
Larry King	...	Himself (voice)
Julia Child	...	Dr. Bleeb (voice)
Kenneth Mars	...	Professor Screweyes (voice)
Yeardley Smith	...	Cecilia (voice)
Martin Short	...	Stubbs the Clown (voice)
Nigel Pegram	...	(voice)
Jessica Angelson	...	(voice)
Zachary Ball	...	(voice)
Barbara Barnes	...	(voice)
Bendar Bashir	...	(voice)
Catherine Battistone	...	(voice)
Michael Benz	...	(voice)
Jamie Kezlarian Bolio	...	(voice) (as Jamie Bolio)
Cory Bonder	...	(voice)
Dan Borek	...	(voice)
Bill Capizzi	...	(voice)
Jim Carter	...	(voice)
David Clark	...	(voice)
Gillian Chat	...	(voice)
Dixie Crespi	...	(voice)
J.D. Daniels	...	(voice)
Sandra Dickinson	...	(voice)
Peter Elliott	...	(voice) (as Peter Elliot)
Lou Hirsch	...	(voice)
David Holt	...	(voice)
Justin Isfeld	...	(voice)
Ron Karabatsos	...	(voice)
Cristy Kelly	...	(voice)
Alexandra Large	...	(voice)
Marilyn Leubner	...	(voice)
Jonathan McCracken	...	(voice)
Jennifer Regan	...	(voice)
Rick Richards	...	(voice)
Liza Ross	...	(voice)
Lindsay Schmidt	...	(voice)
Jana Shelden	...	(voice)
Aarin Teich	...	(voice) (as Aaron Teich)
Matthew Teich	...	(voice)
Shelley Thompson	...	(voice)
Dick Vosburgh	...	(voice)
Jessica Waite	...	(voice)
James Watt	...	(voice)
Jessica Wray	...	(voice)
Eliza Yoder	...	(voice)
Sarah Zilinski	...	(voice)
Desiree Zondag	...	(voice)
Shannon Zondag	...	(voice)
Joey Shea	...	Louie (voice)

Directed by
Phil Nibbelink
Simon Wells
Dick Zondag
Ralph Zondag

Writing credits
John Patrick Shanley		(screenplay)
Hudson Talbott		(book)

Produced by
Steve Hickner	....	producer (as Stephen Hickner)
Kathleen Kennedy	....	executive producer
Frank Marshall	....	executive producer
Steven Spielberg	....	executive producer
Thad Weinlein	....	co-producer

Original Music by
James Horner

Film Editing by
Nick Fletcher		(lead editor)

Casting by
Valerie McCaffrey
Nancy Nayor

Production Management
Stephen Barker	....	post-production supervisor
Joe Mazzuca	....	executive in charge of production: American Film Technologies
Hal Waite	....	production manager

Art Department
Hans Bacher	....	title art
Geoff Clowes	....	storyboard artist
Darek Gogol	....	storyboard supervisor
Tom Humber	....	storyboard supervisor
Alex Lawrence	....	storyboard artist
Erik C. Schmidt	....	storyboard artist
Colin Stimpson	....	additional art director
Hudson Talbott	....	title art
John Alvin	....	poster artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Rick Alexander	....	supervising re-recording mixer
Campbell Askew	....	supervising sound editor
John Bateman	....	foley recordist
James Bolt	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Jim Bolt)
Tim Cavagin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andy D'Addario	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Gavin	....	sound effects editor
Pauline Griffith	....	foley artist
Alan Holly	....	adr mixer
Dean Humphreys	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gerry Humphreys	....	supervising re-recording mixer
David Lawson	....	special sound effects (as Dave Lawson)
Jenny Lee Wright	....	foley artist (as Jennie Lee Wright)
Robin O'Donoghue	....	sound re-recording mixer
Albert Romero	....	sound recordist
Mark Sale	....	assistant sound editor
Michael Trent	....	assistant sound editor
William Trent	....	dialogue editor (as Bill Trent)
Geraldene Tuchner	....	assistant sound editor

Visual Effects by
Ron Alonzo	....	production management and supervision: American Film Technologies
Ken Anderson	....	digital compositor: American Film Technologies
Philippe Angeles	....	effects animator
Guner Behich	....	effects assistant animator
Joe Berger	....	effects inbetween artist
David Birkinshaw	....	effects assistant animator
Jon Brooks	....	effects animator
Andrew Brownlow	....	effects animator
Michaela Budde	....	effects assistant animator
Steven Burch	....	effects animator
Karen Buskirk	....	digital archivist: American Film Technologies
Francine Chassagnac	....	effects assistant animator
Steve W. Childers	....	digital color model/effects: American Film Technologies (as Stephen Childers)
James M. Clow	....	effects assistant animator (as James Clow)
Doug Cooper	....	technical coordinator: American Film Technologies (as Douglas Cooper)
Ana Cruz	....	production management and supervision: American Film Technologies
Robert Cuilty	....	quality control: American Film Technologies
Fran Doyle	....	effects assistant animator
Eric Fuss	....	digital compositor: American Film Technologies
Bernie Gagliano	....	effects graphics
Natalie Garceau-Turner	....	effects assistant animator
Gabriel Garcia	....	quality control: American Film Technologies
John Goldkamp	....	digital archivist: American Film Technologies
Isabel Graczyk	....	art coordinator: American Film Technologies
Leonard F.W. Green	....	effects animator
Martin Gutteridge	....	live action effects
Roger Guyett	....	computer generated effects
David Hamby	....	executive producer: American Film Technologies
Mick Harper	....	effects animator
Duncan Henry	....	effects assistant animator
Earl A. Hibbert	....	effects assistant animator (as Earl Hibbert)
Christian Hogue	....	computer generated effects
Darin Hollings	....	technical coordinator: American Film Technologies
Paul Houlihan	....	effects inbetween artist
Kristine Humber	....	effects coordinator
Doug Ikeler	....	supervising digital colorist (as Douglas Ikeler)
Jane Jackoskie	....	digital compositor: American Film Technologies
Alex Johns	....	production management and supervision: American Film Technologies
Pam Johnson	....	effects coordinator (as Pamela Johnson)
Rachel Lagdao	....	digital compositor: American Film Technologies
Hock-Lian Law	....	effects animator
Lilas Leblan	....	effects inbetween artist
Sean Lurie	....	production management and supervision: American Film Technologies
Rosanna Lyons	....	effects assistant animator
Tia L. Marshall	....	digital color model/effects: American Film Technologies (as Tia Marshall)
Art Martel	....	executive producer: American Film Technologies
Giulia Mazz	....	effects assistant animator
Stephen McDermott	....	effects animator
Stephen B. Moore	....	special effects supervisor (as Steve Moore)
David Morehead	....	technical coordinator: American Film Technologies
David Manos Morris	....	post operations: American Film Technologies (as David Morris)
Pat C. Morton	....	effects assistant animator (as Patsy Morton)
David 'Scott' Murdock	....	post operations: American Film Technologies
Barbara Nash	....	art coordinator: American Film Technologies
Jay Panek	....	production management and supervision: American Film Technologies
Neil Partyka	....	post operations: American Film Technologies
Joel Pederson	....	digital archivist: American Film Technologies
Rita Perez	....	production management and supervision: American Film Technologies
Celine Petker	....	digital compositor: American Film Technologies
Clifford Presley	....	quality control: American Film Technologies
Albert Price	....	effects assistant animator
Claudia Ravelo	....	production management and supervision: American Film Technologies
Michael Rivero	....	animation effects
Barry B. Sandrew	....	executive producer: American Film Technologies (as Barry Sandrew)
Mike Smith	....	effects animator
Gary Sole	....	effects assistant animator
Alexs Stadermann	....	effects animator (as Alex Staderman)
Brandi Stevens	....	digital compositor: American Film Technologies
Shauna M. Stevens	....	art coordinator: American Film Technologies (as Shauna Stevens)
Heather Tailby	....	effects assistant animator
Bert Terreri	....	computer generated effects (as Bert Terrieri)
Jeff Topping	....	effects animator
Lee Townsend	....	effects inbetween artist
Dan Turner	....	effects animator
Rich Turner	....	digital color model/effects: American Film Technologies (as Richard Turner)
Jerry Verschoor	....	effects assistant animator
Alex Volovsek	....	computer manager
H. Grace Waddington	....	effects assistant animator (as Grace Waddington)
John Wodynski	....	digital compositor: American Film Technologies (as John 'Woody' Wodynski)
Garrett Wren	....	effects animator
Richard Addison-Wood	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Laurent Ben-Mimoun	....	storyboards (uncredited)
Karl Dunne	....	scanning technician (uncredited)
Diane Wright	....	production manager: digital ink & paint, Sidley Wright & Associates (uncredited)
Steve Wright	....	digital effects supervisor: Sidley Wright & Associates (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Stuart Campbell	....	camera supervisor
Deirdre Creed	....	junior camera operator
Sam James	....	junior camera operator
Brian Riley	....	camera operator
Craig Simpson	....	camera operator
Graham Tiernan	....	camera supervisor

Animation Department
Claudia Aaron	....	assistant animator
Georges Abolin	....	animator
Karin Adams	....	color separation artist
Steven Albert	....	background artist
David Allonby	....	scene planner
Phil Anderson	....	assistant animator (as Philip Anderson)
Philippe Angeles	....	character sculptor
Nondus Banning-Boddy	....	animation checker
Caroline Baxter	....	color separation artist
Isabelle Beaudoin	....	senior assistant animator
Patrick Beirne	....	inbetween artist
Cécile Bender	....	assistant animator
Bibo Bergeron	....	supervising animator
Arnaud Berthier	....	animator
David Berthier	....	additional animator
Adam Binham	....	blue sketch artist
James Bird	....	color separation artist
Tanya Blair	....	color separation artist
Shaun Blake	....	inbetween artist
Aleisa Bloom	....	inbetween artist
Rudi Bloss	....	animator
Clive Bolger	....	line tester
Jamie Kezlarian Bolio	....	assistant animator (as Jamie Bolio)
Sky Bone	....	color separation key artist
Eric Bouillette	....	animator
David Bowers	....	animator
Julia Bracegirdle	....	inbetween artist
Claire Bramwell-Pearson	....	assistant animator
Helen Buckingham	....	color separation artist
Sylviane Burnet	....	assistant animator
Janet Cable	....	color separation key artist
Daniel Cacouault	....	color designer
Deborah Campbell	....	animation checker
Shaun Caton	....	animation checker
Stephen Cavalier	....	assistant animator (as Steve Cavalier)
Belem Cerqueira	....	inbetween artist
Luc Chamberland	....	additional animator
Roland Chat	....	assistant animator
Cathy Childs	....	inbetween artist
Karen Church	....	color separation artist
Marco Cinello	....	supervising layout artist
David Clarvis	....	inbetween artist
Pierre Coffin	....	inbetween artist
Shari Cohen	....	senior assistant animator
Odile Comon	....	assistant animator
Tom Cook	....	key assistant animator (as Thomas Cook)
Tony Cope	....	key assistant animator
Alain Costa	....	animator
Denis Couchon	....	animator
Emanuela Cozzi	....	additional animator
Robert Edward Crawford	....	post animation supervisor (as Robert Crawford)
Tim Davies	....	line test supervisor
Denise Dean	....	assistant animator
Eric Delbecq	....	assistant animator
Luc Desmarchelier	....	background artist
Jane Dillon	....	color separation key artist
Bojan Djukic	....	inbetween artist
Tony Ealey	....	assistant animator
Mike Eames	....	animator (as Michael Eames)
Janice Eason	....	animation checker
Annie Elvin	....	color separation supervisor
Sahin Ersöz	....	supervising animator
Corona Esterhazy	....	checking supervisor
Cecilia Esteves	....	assistant animator
Stuart Evans	....	assistant animator
Lucy Fellowes	....	color separation artist
Sarah Fletcher	....	key frame painter
Alison Flintham	....	color modelist
Tim Francis	....	scene planner
Stephan Franck	....	additional animator
Segan Friend	....	color separation artist
Miguel A. Fuertes	....	animator
Gerry Gallego	....	color separation artist (as Gerald Gallego)
Nathalie Gavet	....	assistant animator
Julie Gleeson	....	color modelist
Barry Goff	....	color separation coordinator
Maximilian Graenitz	....	additional animator
Carlos Grangel	....	character designer
Antony Gray	....	assistant animator
Natasha Gross	....	background artist
Rodolphe Guenoden	....	animator
Louise Haley	....	assistant animator
Paul Hallewell	....	inbetween artist
Debbie Hamed	....	inbetween artist
Nick Harrop	....	assistant animator
Adam Heller	....	assistant animator
Katrin Herjean	....	assistant animator (as Katrin Herjean-Malkiewicz)
Gontran Hoarau	....	assistant animator
Brian Holmes	....	color separation artist
Steve Horrocks	....	additional animator
Brendan Houghton	....	layout artist
Lorea Hoye	....	color separation artist
Clive Hutchings	....	layout artist
Helen Ingham	....	color separation key artist
Frances Jacob	....	checking supervisor
E. Jane Gotts	....	color model supervisor (as Jane Gotts)
Daniel Jeannette	....	animator
Glenn Jeffs	....	layout artist
Paul Jesper	....	assistant animator
Louise Keating	....	inbetween artist
Phill Kemp	....	line tester
Wayne Kennedy	....	color separation artist
David Kenyon	....	layout artist
Sarah Keogh	....	inbetween artist
Douglas Kirk	....	layout artist
Christopher Knights	....	line tester (as Chris Knights)
Harald Kraut	....	scene planning supervisor
Walter Kössler	....	background artist (as Walter Koessler)
Derek L'Estrange	....	color separation artist (as Derek Lestrange)
Veronique Langdon	....	assistant animator
Philippe Le Brun	....	assistant animator
Sean Leaning	....	assistant animator
Hervé Leblan	....	layout artist
Fabio Lignini	....	animator
Carl Linton	....	assistant animator
Pierre Lyphoudt	....	assistant animator
Jean Maluta	....	scene planner
Corine Marcel	....	animation checker
Nicolas Marlet	....	animator
Mark Marren	....	layout artist
Sarah Marsden	....	inbetween artist
Chantal Marsolais	....	animation checker
Vanessa J. Martin	....	inbetween artist (as Vanessa Martin)
Patrick Mate	....	animator
Marcos Mateu Mestre	....	background artist (as Marcos Mateu)
Jason McDonald	....	inbetween artist
Shaun McGlinchey	....	color separation key artist
Janet McKay	....	assistant animator (as Janet MacKay)
Brenda McKie-Chat	....	senior assistant animator
Ron McMinn	....	color separation artist
Luba Medekova-Klein	....	senior assistant animator
Quentin Miles	....	animator
Cindy Moehrle	....	animation checker
Peter Moehrle	....	layout supervisor
Stephen Morgan	....	inbetween artist
Phil Morris	....	animator
Victoria Morrison-Glenys	....	background coordinator (as Victoria Morrison)
Victoria Morrison-Glenys	....	layout coordinator (as Victoria Morrison)
Andrew Moss	....	assistant animator
Paul Mota	....	assistant animator
Jacques Muller	....	animator
Sylvia Muller	....	assistant animator
Michael Myers	....	animation checker
Ivelina Nacheva	....	assistant animator
Karen Narramore	....	inbetween artist
David Navarro	....	assistant animator
Damon O'Beirne	....	layout artist
Helen O'Brien	....	animation checker
Deirdre Hazel O'Flaherty	....	color separation artist
Shelley Page	....	background artist
Andy Paraskos	....	inbetween artist
Carmen Parrinello	....	color separation artist
Fernando Pastor	....	senior assistant animator
Susan Patton	....	color separation artist (as Susan Lamson)
Dawn Pearce	....	assistant animator
Steve Pegram	....	checking coordinator
Stephen Perry	....	senior assistant animator (as Steve Perry)
Das Petrou	....	layout artist
Neal Petty	....	assistant layout artist
Vittorio Pirajno	....	assistant animator
Scott Pleydell-Pearce	....	inbetween artist
Silvia Pompei	....	senior assistant animator
Olivier Pont	....	animator
Jane Poole	....	assistant animator
Tony Pulham	....	layout artist
Eithne Quinn	....	animation checker
Panagiotis Rappas	....	layout artist
Jean-Francois Rey	....	assistant animator
Leanne Rich	....	color separation key artist
Rick Richards	....	assistant animator
Jürgen Richter	....	animator
Børge Ring	....	supervising animator
Michael Rose	....	background artist (as Mike Rose)
Marianne Rousseau	....	animation checker
William Salazar	....	animator
Kay Sales	....	assistant animator
Thierry Schiel	....	supervising animator
Andy Schmidt	....	assistant animator (as Andrew L. Schmidt)
Chris Scully	....	layout artist
Kieron Seamons	....	assistant animator
Emil Sergiev	....	senior assistant animator
Kristof Serrand	....	supervising animator
Emil Simeonov	....	senior assistant animator
Andrea Simonti	....	additional animator
Bruce Simpson	....	assistant animator
Mark Smith	....	inbetween artist
Kevin Spruce	....	assistant animator
Karen Stephenson	....	assistant animator
Robert Stevenhagen	....	supervising animator (as Rob Stevenhagen)
Colin Stimpson	....	background supervisor
Aksel Studsgarth	....	inbetween artist
Simon Swift	....	assistant animator
Gary Sycamore	....	background artist
Glen Sylvester	....	animator (as Glenn Sylvester)
Francesca Talbot	....	inbetween artist
Richard Tang	....	assistant animator
Lee Taylor	....	assistant layout artist
Leo Taylor	....	color separation artist
Mathew Taylor	....	assistant animator
Matthew Teevan	....	post animation coordinator
Sylvaine Terriou	....	inbetween artist
Vladimir Todorov	....	assistant animator
Daniela Topham	....	assistant animator
Joan Topley	....	animation checker
Ennio Torresan	....	background artist
Marco Trandafilov	....	assistant animator
Oskar Urretabizkaia	....	animator
Jan Van Buyten	....	animator
Jeffrey James Varab	....	supervising animator (as Jeffrey J. Varab)
Franck Vibert	....	animator
Andreas von Andrian	....	animator
David Walker	....	color separation artist
Stephanie Walker	....	assistant animator
Lorraine Ward	....	color separation key artist
Todd Waterman	....	animator
Peter Western	....	additional animator (as Pete Western)
Tim White	....	inbetween artist
James C.J. Williams	....	scene planner (as James Williams)
Mark Williams	....	assistant animator
Martin Wiseman	....	color separation artist
Sue Woodward	....	inbetween artist
Julia Woolf	....	senior assistant animator
Jay Wren	....	color separation artist (as Jonathan Wren)
Johnny Zeuthen	....	animator
Ignacio Meneu	....	assistant animator (uncredited)
Pedro Molina	....	animator (uncredited)
Barney Russell	....	effects animator (uncredited)
Andrew Wright	....	assistant animator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Debbie DeRango	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Clare De Chenu	....	assistant editor
Sim Evan-Jones	....	supervising editor
Kieran Evans	....	assistant editor
Nick Fletcher	....	lead editor
Rob Green	....	assistant editor
Jennifer Keys	....	assistant editor
Andrew MacRitchie	....	assistant editor
Mike Stanwick	....	color timer
Marcus Taylor	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Don Davis	....	orchestrator
Thomas Dolby	....	songs: lyrics by
Thomas Dolby	....	songs: music by
Jim Henrikson	....	supervising music editor
James Horner	....	conductor
James Horner	....	songs: music by
Jo Ann Kane	....	music copyist (as Joanne Kane)
Arthur Kempel	....	orchestrator
Shawn Murphy	....	scoring mixer
Thomas Pasatieri	....	orchestrator
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Brian Kinch	....	driver

Other crew
Ray Adams	....	laboratory contact
Colin J. Alexander	....	production coordinator
Louise Barrett	....	production secretary
Hattie Berger	....	production assistant
Edward Bignell	....	junior production assistant
Peter Brady	....	direct grab operator
Kieron Connelly	....	live action model
Caven Cummings	....	facilities manager
Bonnie Curtis	....	assistant: Steven Spielberg
Allen Davies	....	lead production accountant (as Allan Davies)
Harry Elvin	....	facilities/shipping assistant
Martin Elvin	....	librarian
Tommy Galligan	....	direct grab operator
Robert Grayson	....	live action model
Stacey Hancox	....	facilities/shipping assistant
Tarn Harper	....	assistant production accountant
Jill Hopper	....	lead production assistant
Colin Hutton	....	production assistant
Malek Jamal	....	tea lady
Sophie Law	....	production assistant
Sylvia Mackintosh	....	production accountant
Kate Mallory	....	human resources manager
Tara Maloney	....	human resources assistant
Tina McConnell	....	accounts/purchasing assistant
Kim McHugo	....	receptionist
Alan McMahon	....	live action model
Peter Murray	....	direct grab operator
Laura Penta	....	live action model
Bonne Radford	....	production executive: Amblin
Jason Sallin	....	direct grab operator
John Savage	....	live action model
Mark Swift	....	assistant to directors
Victoria Trudgeon	....	direct grab operator
Daniel Wheatcroft	....	studio executive
Trevor Withers	....	direct grab operator
Douglas Wood	....	creative executive: Amblin
Smith Wordes	....	choreographer

Thanks
Pascal Blais	....	special thanks
Martin Fuller	....	special thanks: Character Builders (as Marty Fuller)
Robert Johnson	....	special thanks
Jim Kammerud	....	special thanks: Character Builders
Yuri Large	....	special thanks
Stan Ratoff	....	special thanks: American School, St. John's Wood
Colin Tanner	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures
• Amblimation
• Amblin Entertainment

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1993) (USA) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1994) (France) (theatrical)
• CIC Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• MCA Home Video (1994) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Universal Home Video (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• American Film Technologies (ink, paint and digital effects)
• Sidley Wright & Associates (additional electronic ink and paint/digital compositing) (as Sidley Wright Motionworks)
• USAnimation (additional electronic ink and paint/digital compositing)
• Effects Associates (live action effects)

Other Companies

• London Symphony Orchestra, The (LSO)  music performed by
• Musicians of the A.F.M. Local 47  music performed by
• Kona Cutting  negative cutting
• Pacific Title  titles and optical effects
• General Screen Enterprises  titles and optical effects
• Interlock Studios  dialogue recorded at
• Bridge, The  dialogue recorded at
• Sound One  dialogue recorded at
• Soundtrack  dialogue recorded at
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  music recorded at (as Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall)
• Lansdowne Studios  music recorded at (as Lansdown Studios)
• Todd-AO/Glen Glenn Studios  music recorded at
• Universal Studios Sound Facilities  re-recorded at (as Universal Studios Sound Facility)
• Twickenham Studios  re-recorded at
• Todd-AO/Glen Glenn Studios  re-recorded at
• Scholastic  Clifford the Big Red Dog used with the permission of
• United Feature Syndicate (UFS)  Snoopy & Woodstock © 1958, reproduced by permission
• Marvel Entertainment  Spider-Man TM & © 1991, all rights reserved (as Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.)
• R.H. Macy Company  special thanks (as R.H. Macy & Co.)
• American School, St. John's Wood  special thanks
• Character Builders  special thanks
• Lightbox Animation  special thanks (as Light Box Animation)
• MCA Records  original soundtrack available on (as MCA CDs and Cassettes)
• Buzzy's Recording  voice recording

Also Known As:

Runtime:

72 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | DTS

Certification:

USA:G | Brazil:Livre | UK:U | Australia:G | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Germany:6

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Jay Leno, who provides the voice of Vorb, did his work three years before the movie hit theaters.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The Macy's Parade is going in the wrong direction.

Quotes:

Buster:Hey, aren't you a dinosaur?
Rex:Why, yes. From tooth to toe, I am.
Buster:Then, what are you doin' playing golf?
Rex:I'm smart, Buster. I'm a smart dinosaur. But... I wasn't always.
Buster:You weren't?
Rex:Oh, no. I started off stupid and violent.
Buster:You DID?
Rex:This was a long time ago, you understand? A LONG time ago. I was a real terror then. I was a real animal. And I was hungry, ALL the time!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews: Mars Needs Moms (#4.3)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

Roll Back The Rock (To The Dawn Of Time)

Wow, what is with the low rating? This was a good movie!

I do try not to take IMDb ratings to heart, but I was flabbergasted when I saw the 5.4 rating to one of my childhood favourites. It doesn't wow me as much at 17, but as a family film this is a sweet and well meaning movie. Kids will definitely love it and won't mind the flaws, and the adults can guess the actor behind each character and admire the subliminal messaging of the film. None of the film was preachy in any way, in fact it has a great message that added to its sweetness. I will admit though that the story is on the thin side, and some scenes like Screweyes's death(which still freaks me out) may be a tad on the scary side. But the animation is well above average with nice colours and good character animation. The music by James Horner is very beautiful, and the song featured is memorable, catchy and amusing. I really liked the characters, Louie is probably the most in-depth of them all, but the dinosaurs were at least engaging. Martin Short's clown was both hilarious and emphatic, the part when he tells Screweyes "I quit!" had me in stitches. My favourite is Screweyes though, an effective villain who is crafty and I suppose intelligent. If anything though, I wish the film kept in the part when he explains how he lost his eye and why he is scared of crows because that way he could've been more developed in terms of depth. The script, while not Oscar-worthy, has its funny and heart-warming parts, and should keep kids and adults entertained. The voice acting for me was what made the movie. John Goodman, Martin Short, Rhea Perlman, Felicity Kendall and Yeardley Smith all gave solid performances, but special mention has to go to Kenneth Mars for he was absolutely superb as Screweyes and almost unrecognisable. All in all, this is a good movie. I don't get the rating, honestly I don't. Sure this film isn't perfect, and it is not as good as a dinosaur movie such as Land Before Time, but it is good fun. 7.5/10 Bethany Cox