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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs -- Manny, Sid, Diego, et al. encounter the dinosaur population who survived extinction in their tropical paradise, which existed below the thick layers of ice ... until now.
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs -- Clip: I am raising them vegetarian
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs -- Street painter Edgar Muller achieved a new Guinness World Record, as he created the world’s biggest 3D pavement art outside Westfield London. The image was inspired by the movie Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs -- Scrat goes to even further lengths to obtain the ever-elusive acorn in this first trailer for Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs -- Trailer for this animated prehistoric comedy
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Directors:
Carlos Saldanha
Mike Thurmeier (co-director)
Writers:
Peter Ackerman (screenplay)
Michael Berg (screenplay)
Yoni Brenner (screenplay)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
1 July 2009 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Romance See more »
Tagline:
The sub-zero heroes are back, on an incredible adventure... for the ages.
Plot:
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. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Awards:
7 nominations See more »
NewsDesk:
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User Reviews:
Ice Age 3 delivers the goods, and appeals to grown-ups and kids alike See more (108 total) »

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)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Ice Age 3" - Singapore (English title), USA (working title)
"Ice Age 3" - Japan (English title) (short title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some mild rude humor and peril.
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby
Certification:
South Korea:All | UK:U | USA:PG (certificate #45289) | Norway:7 | Ireland:G | Singapore:G | Finland:K-7 | Denmark:7 | Hong Kong:I | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:6 | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Iceland:L | Portugal:M/4 (dubbed version) | Portugal:M/6 (original version) | Australia:PG | Mexico:AA | Japan:G | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Taiwan:GP | Brazil:Livre | Germany:o.Al. | Malaysia:U | Turkey:G
Company:
Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationSee more »

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The first Blue Sky Studios film to not be released on March.See more »
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as 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.See more »
Quotes:
Sid:[confronting a Tyrannosaurus who has come looking for her babies] Look, these are my kids! And you're gonna have to go through *me* to get them!See more »
Movie Connections:
Featured in 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009) (TV)See more »
Soundtrack:
Adagio from SpartacusSee more »

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72 out of 113 people found the following review useful.
Ice Age 3 delivers the goods, and appeals to grown-ups and kids alike, 28 June 2009
Author: Sa'ar Vardi (saarvardi@walla.co.il) from Kfar Saba, Israel

My wife and I attended an early press screening for the third Ice Age installment two weeks ago and had a wonderful time. The film easily tops the second outing of the series, and is right on par with the first - with just the right mixture of new characters and settings vs. the older ones we've all grown to love (especially Scrat. I can watch a whole movie with this guy).

This time around, Manny and Ellie are expecting a baby mammoth, something that leads to unexpected responds from Diego and Sid. When Sid decides to become a parent himself in return, he steals three giant eggs he accidentally bumps into, only to later realize they're dinosaur eggs that belong to a pretty angry mother. When mother-dinosaur kidnaps Sid, it's up to Manny and friends to return him home safely. Adventures ensue as they find out that underneath their icy world lives a land filled with enormous and sometimes menacing dinosaurs, one which our friends would need to cross in order to rescue Sid.

Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is cute but not insulting, the visuals are stunning and if you forgive the obvious historical loophole (there were no dinosaurs during the Ice Age) you can actually have quite a good time. The dinosaurs add a lot to the plot, and there's actually a very cool, nice sense of adventure throughout the film, one that was somewhat missing (in my opinion) from the previous installment. All this adds to a fun and thrilling experience - alongside the visuals, jokes and general good atmosphere.

To sum things up - Ice Age 3 is an above average animated film, that'll appeal to grown-ups and kids alike. I gave it 9 out of 10.

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