Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

When Sid's attempt to adopt three dinosaur eggs gets him abducted by their real mother to an underground lost world, his friends attempt to rescue him.

Directors:

Carlos Saldanha, Mike Thurmeier

Writers:

Peter Ackerman (screenplay), Michael Berg (screenplay)

Stars:

Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary

2 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eunice Cho	...	Madison (Diatryma Girl) (voice)
Karen Disher	...	Scratte (voice)
Harrison Fahn	...	Glypto Boy (voice)
Maile Flanagan	...	Aardvark Mom (voice)
Jason Fricchione	...	Adult Molehog Male (voice)
Bill Hader	...	Gazelle (voice)
Kelly Keaton	...	Molehog Mom / Shovelmouth Mom (voice)
Joey King	...	Beaver Girl (voice)
Queen Latifah	...	Ellie (voice)
Denis Leary	...	Diego (voice)
Allegra Leguizamo	...	Aardvark Girl (voice)
John Leguizamo	...	Sid (voice)
Lucas Leguizamo	...	Aardvark Boy / Beaver Kid #2 (voice)
Clea Lewis	...	Start Mom (voice)
Jane Lynch	...	Diatryma Mom (voice)

Storyline

After the events of "Ice Age: The Meltdown", life begins to change for Manny and his friends: Scrat is still on the hunt to hold onto his beloved acorn, while finding a possible romance in a female sabre-toothed squirrel named Scratte. Manny and Ellie, having since become an item, are expecting a baby, which leaves Manny anxious to ensure that everything is perfect for when his baby arrives. Diego is fed up with being treated like a house-cat and ponders the notion that he is becoming too laid-back. Sid begins to wish for a family of his own, and so steals some dinosaur eggs which leads to Sid ending up in a strange underground world where his herd must rescue him, while dodging dinosaurs and facing danger left and right, and meeting up with a one-eyed weasel known as Buck who hunts dinosaurs intently.

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Plot Keywords:

egg | rescue | weasel | squirrel | lost world | 

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Taglines:

The sub-zero heroes are back, on an incredible adventure... for the ages.

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some mild rude humor and peril

Details

Official Sites:

20th Century Fox [France] 20th Century Fox [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 July 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ice Age 3

Box Office

Budget:

$90,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$41,690,382 (USA) (3 July 2009)

Gross:

$196,573,705 (USA) (20 November 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min 122 min (Extended Cut)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In interviews, Otto Waalkes (the German voice of Sid) stated that John Leguizamo adopted his way of speaking as Sid and even the animation of Sid was matched to resemble the movements of Otto (he is regarded as Germany's most famous comedian).

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Goofs

The dinosaurs famously died out millions of years before animals such as the woolly mammoth and saber-toothed tiger appeared. However it's stated in the movie that the dinosaurs they find are a few that managed to survive underground, and that the mammals thought they were extinct.

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Quotes

Ellie: That's right sweetheart, welcome to the Ice Age!

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Crazy Credits

Just like the original and sequel Ice Age film, they are no opening credits after the title is shown.

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Connections

Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: The Hurt Locker/My Sister's Keeper/Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

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Soundtracks

The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)
Written by Ross Bagdasarian

User Reviews

Cool as Ice...................again

OK big plus here - this film is better than the 2nd which i didn't particularly like and if you can go and see it in 3D (For the people who criticise this "gimmick" go and try it 1st rather than base your opinion on other "critics" opinions) do so as it is excellent and really beats the years earlier examples of 3D films (although i didn't see Coraline at the cinema so cant comment on a comparison).

The person who didn't laugh - go on ebay and find a sense of humor - the whole cinema was laughing through out the film and i really enjoyed the jokes - yes you saw most of them coming but hey its a kids cartoon.

The story is easy to follow and again those people moaning its not real jeez ITS A KIDS CARTOON - when do they need to make sense or be realistic..............???

Every kid i have spoken to loves it.

It does have one problem that it is pretty much instantly forgettable along with most the other sequels out at the moment but for the 1hr30mins it was all good fun and a nice way to spend a sat/Friday evening with the Mrs and kids.

Not gonna win any Oscars for originality but could take the gong for best CGI very very good job if you also consider the back drop and how well it works in 3D.

Ah and how can i forget Scrat - in typical Mr Bean style he returns and does not disappoint, come on guys give the mouse/rat thing his own movie!