Dinosaurs Alive (2007)

Directors:

David Clark
Bayley Silleck

Writer:

David Clark

Release Date:

7 September 2007 (Poland)

Genre:

Documentary | Short

Plot:

This program presents some of the more recent ideas about dinosaurs that are gaining acceptance while following paleontologists searching for fossils over the decades in the Gobi Desert and New Mexico. |

Plot Keywords:

Gobi Desert | Paleontologist | Jurassic | Microscope | Campfire

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Michael Douglas

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Narrator

Directed by
David Clark
Bayley Silleck

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
David Clark

Produced by
David Clark	....	producer
Don Kempf	....	executive producer
Keero Singh Birla	....	line producer

Cinematography by
William Reeve

Film Editing by
Stephen L. Johnson

Art Direction by
Mark Dubeau

Production Management
Trish Adlesic	....	unit production manager
Rick Gordon	....	post-production supervisor
James Manke	....	post-production manager

Sound Department
Jocelyn Caron	....	sound recordist
Brian Eimer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gavin Fernandes	....	sound re-recording mixer
J.R. Fountain	....	sound effects editor
Guy Francoeur	....	foley artist
François B. Senneville	....	sound designer
Raymond Vermette	....	sound supervisor

Special Effects by
Tobie Cote	....	matte painter

Visual Effects by
Santo Alex M.	....	software engineer: research and development
Ian Allard	....	CG supervisor
Sylvain Allard	....	cg modeler
Dean Blaser	....	layout artist
Dean Blaser	....	visual effects artist
Grant Boucher	....	CGI consultant: digital triage
Dany Brouillette	....	senior systems administrator
Eloi Brunelle	....	digital compositor
Craig Clarke	....	visual effects supervisor
Tobie Cote	....	matte painter
Stephen Delisle	....	digital compositor
Pascal Depocas	....	compositor
Thai Son Doan	....	senior compositor
Rodney Dowers	....	system administrator: Damnfx
Maxime Ducharme	....	matchmover
Jean-François Ferland	....	digital compositor
Bernat Ferragut	....	digital artist
Richard Flores	....	character animator
Mark Fordham	....	senior matte painter
Daniel Gaudreau	....	digital compositor
Eric Gervais-Despres	....	stereo technical director
Dominic Guilmette	....	lead lighting technical director
David Harrisson	....	digital compositor
Konstantin Hristozov	....	digital compositor
Bartek Kujbida	....	lead animator
Nancy Lamontagne	....	visual effects coordinator
Jesse Lehrman	....	software developer
Xavier Lestourneaud	....	digital effects artist
Danny Levesque	....	digital effects artist
Alan G. Markowitz	....	visual effects producer
Christian Menard	....	texture artist: DamnFx
Taylor Moll	....	senior texture artist
Alexandre Paillon	....	lighting artist
Dominic Piché	....	layout artist
Jun Ren	....	animator
Peter Skovsbo	....	visual effects executive producer
Laurent Solignac	....	lighting technical director
Anthony Sparapani	....	animation director
Pascale St-Pierre	....	texture artist
Jubinville Steve	....	digital sculptor
Laurent Taillefer	....	lead technical director
Kym Watts	....	rendering
Kim Yong-Kyun	....	visual effects compositing supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Claude Fortin	....	key grip
Daniel Gorrell	....	electrician
Dylan Reade	....	camera operator
John M. Roche	....	gaffer (segment "New York")
Jacob Sauerbrey	....	best boy electric

Animation Department
Matteo Ceccotti	....	animator
Denis Sabourin	....	animator
Anthony Sparapani	....	animation director

Editorial Department
Carmelo Casalenuovo	....	assistant editor: avid
Dan Muscarella	....	color timer

Music Department
François Arbour	....	scoring mixer
Kim Gaboury	....	electronic music arranger
Petr Pycha	....	orchestra contractor

Other crew
Mark Dubeau	....	creature designer
Edwin Escalante	....	post production (as Ed Escalante)

Production Companies

• Giant Screen Films

Distributors

• Giant Screen Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Omniversum@home (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Omniversum@home (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Other Companies

• CNSO Studios  recording studio

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:40 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Sound Mix:

Sonics-DDP (IMAX version) | DTS 70 mm

Certification:

South Korea:All

Filming Locations:

Inner Mongolia, China

Company:

Giant Screen Films

Movie Connections:

References Mad Max (1979)

Lackluster - don't bother with this one.

I've recently taken my two sons to see this at my local science center, and all of us were very disappointed with Dinosaurs Alive! This very dry documentary mainly focuses on archaeologists in 1920s Mongolia and modern day New Mexico. CG dino scenes were not only sparse and short (why call this film Dinosaurs Alive if you're not going to focus on them?), but the special effects were poor. I've seen effects on Discovery Channel specials and cheaply-done Sci-Fi network movies that far exceeded what was in this movie. Come to think of it, I would have rather watched the Discovery Channel's "Walking with Dinosaurs" on my TV than this big screen snooze.

Occasionally there was a beautiful, panoramic shot of some cliffs or a desert vista; but other than this there wasn't much redeeming about this film. If it's still playing at an IMAX theater near you, go see something else.