"Walking with Dinosaurs" Death of a Dynasty (1999)

Directors:

Tim Haines
Jasper James

Writer:

Georgann Kane (written by)

TV Series:

"Walking with Dinosaurs" (1999)

Original Air Date:

8 November 1999 (Season 1, Episode 6)

Genre:

Documentary | Animation | History

Plot:

Montana, USA- 65,5 million years B.C. In the last days of the dinosaurs' hegemony over the world, a female Tyrannosaurus struggles to reproduce in a world poisoned by volcanic gases, which has resulted in dwindling prey numbers. |

Plot Keywords:

Tyrannosaurus | Triceratops | Dinosaur | Cretaceous | Triassic

Cast

Kenneth Branagh

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Narrator (voice)

Directed by
Tim Haines
Jasper James

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Georgann Kane		written by

Produced by
Lottie Cooper	....	post-production producer
Nick Green	....	assistant producer
Tim Haines	....	producer
Jasper James	....	producer
Sue Learoyd	....	assistant producer
John Lynch	....	executive producer
Ailsa Orr	....	assistant producer
Sharon Reed	....	post-production producer

Original Music by
Ben Bartlett

Cinematography by
John Howarth
Michael Pitts

Film Editing by
Britt Sjoerdsma
Andrew Wilks

Makeup Department
Mark Shostrom	....	sculptor: dinosaur footprints

Production Management
Phil Checkland	....	unit manager
Alison Woolnough	....	production manager

Art Department
Martin Asbury	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Simon Gotel	....	sound designer: Adelphoi
Bob Jackson	....	dubbing mixer
Sandra Portman	....	dubbing editor
David Schmidt	....	sound re-recording mixer (various episodes)
Andrew Sherriff	....	sound designer: Adelphoi

Special Effects by
Nigel Booth	....	sculptor
Jamie Campbell	....	physical effects
John Coppinger	....	sculptor
Richard Gregory	....	key animatronics designer
Jez Harris	....	animatronics supervisor
Lindsay Harris	....	key animatronics designer
Andy Hunt	....	key animatronics designer
Jeremy Hunt	....	sculptor
Reza Karim	....	key animatronics designer
Jason Reed	....	key animatronics designer
Colin Shulver	....	key animatronics designer
Barry Sutton	....	sculptor

Visual Effects by
Avtar Bains	....	digital effects artist
William Bartlett	....	digital effects artist
Nick Bennett	....	digital effects artist
Oliver Bersey	....	digital effects artist
Murray Butler	....	digital effects artist
Dave Clifton	....	digital effects artist
Andrew Daffy	....	animator
Richard Ducker	....	3D animator
Stuart M. Ellis	....	3D animator
Stephen Enticott	....	animator: Framestore CFC
Danny Geurtsen	....	texture painter
Timothy Greenwood	....	visual effects supervisor (as Tim Greenwood)
Scott Griffin	....	digital effects line producer
Daren Horley	....	dinosaur skin designer
Alec Knox	....	technical director
Andy Lomas	....	software developer
Dave Ludlam	....	digital effects artist
Virgil Manning	....	supervising animator
Marco Marenghi	....	lead animator
David Marsh	....	lead cgi artist
Mike McGee	....	visual effects supervisor
Mike Milne	....	director of computer animation
Alex Parkinson	....	software developer
Steffan Perry	....	digital effects artist (as Stefan Perry)
Sirio Quintavalle	....	digital effects artist
George Roper	....	digital effects artist
Carlos M. Rosas	....	supervising animator (as Carlos Rosas)
Asa Shoul	....	digital effects artist
Max Tyrie	....	3D animator
Angus Wilson	....	digital effects artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Keith Broome	....	assistant camera
Peter Thorn	....	assistant camera

Animation Department
Richard Dexter	....	animator
Richard Ducker	....	animator
Stuart M. Ellis	....	animator
Stephen Endicott	....	animator
Sophie Lodge	....	animator
Marco Marenghi	....	animator
Max Tyrie	....	animator

Other crew
Thomas Holtz	....	scientific advisor (as Dr. Thomas Holtz)
Mark Jenkin	....	production assistant
Anna Walker	....	production coordinator

Produced by
Tomi Bednar Landis	....	executive producer (US version)

Other crew
Keith Jodoin	....	researcher
David Martill	....	scientific advisor (as Dr. David Martill)

Distributors

• Warner Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Framestore (visual effects company)

Filming Locations:

Chile

Trivia:

The program shows two Torosaurus bulls engaging in combat by interlocking their horns, much like modern-day deer do with their antlers. Recent studies however indicate these animals couldn't have fought this way, since their horns were too fragile. Indeed, the fight does end with one of the Torosaurus' horns breaking off, yet confrontations like this most likely didn't take place in real life.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The Dromaeosaurus shouldn't appear in this episode, as it was already extinct by the time it takes places. Although the animal in the series was never referred to by a proper name (it was perhaps meant to represent a "generic" dromaeosaur), the website later indeed identified it as a Dromaeosaurus.

Quotes:

Narrator:There are still islands of greenery between the barren lava flows. In the warm moist climate of the late Cretaceous period, the vegetation has transformed.