Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia (2007)

Director:

Marc Fafard

Writer:

Marc Fafard (written by)

Release Date:

9 May 2007 (France)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

If it weren't for a series of cataclysmic events, a comet impact being first on the list, our planet could well still be the domain of dinosaurs...

Plot Keywords:

Patagonia | Dinosaur | Comet | Juvenile Dinosaur | Waterfall

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Donald Sutherland	...	Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rodolfo Coria	...	Paleontologist (voice)

Directed by
Marc Fafard

Writing credits
Marc Fafard		(written by)

Produced by
Carl Deschenes	....	associate producer
Carl Samson	....	producer

Cinematography by
William Reeve

Film Editing by
René Caron

Art Direction by
Richard Bergeron

Production Management
Carl Deschenes	....	production manager
Rick Gordon	....	post-production supervisor

Special Effects by
Nadav Brill	....	cgi visual effects

Visual Effects by
Rodrigo Armendariz	....	digital compositor
François Bellegarde	....	programmer
Patrick Bergeron	....	muscle simulation supervisor
Mario Couturier	....	visual effects executive producer
Dominic Drolet	....	lighting artist
Guy Dubost	....	digital effects artist
Maxime Gagnon	....	visual effects
Maxime Gagnon	....	visual effects
Jean-Christophe Gaulin Martel	....	lighting artist
Eric Gervais-Despres	....	technical director
Andrei Gheorghiu	....	digital artist
Lauraine Hamel	....	visual effects production assistant
Doug Hogan	....	digital compositor
Luc Julien	....	lead compositor
Martin L'Heureux	....	animation director
Simon Lehembre	....	compositor
Florent Masurel	....	texture designer
Jeremy Nicolaides	....	stereoscopic compositing supervisor: Sassoon Film Design
John Pierce	....	stereoscopic compositor
Maxime Ricbourg	....	digital effects artist
Vincent Roberge	....	visual effects line producer
Vincent Roberge	....	visual effects line producer
Benson Shum	....	animator
Nathalie Tremblay	....	digital compositor
Ronald van Rij	....	lighting supervisor
Marie-Josee Auclair	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Isabelle Lecompte	....	assistant camera
Dylan Reade	....	first assistant camera

Animation Department
Ben Anderson	....	animator

Editorial Department
James Manke	....	editorial
Dan Muscarella	....	color timer

Other crew
Edwin Escalante	....	post production (as Ed Escalante)
Manuel Fernandez Escudero	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Sky High Entertainment

Distributors

• La Géode (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Tycho Brahe Planetarium, Copenhagen (2007) (Denmark) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• SVC

Also Known As:

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color (70 mm)

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Certification:

Greece:K

Filming Locations:

Patagonia, Argentina

Company:

Sky High Entertainment

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: Episode #38.7" (2007)

Great educational movie

I really enjoyed this movie and have seen it twice (I'd see it a third time, but I believe this is the last week it will be playing. It was a great film for the entire family: I didn't have to worry about inappropriate violence (the food chain is part of nature, so that's okay, and even in this respect the movie was quite tame), and the whole family learned some really interesting things. I was very impressed by the computer graphics, especially the quetzalcoatl. One thing I would have liked to see was a map of what the world looked like at the time, including the location of what is now Patagonia (and my two year old wanted to see T. rex, but he doesn't quite have a grasp on geography). I would love to see more films like this!