Dinosaur 13 (2014)

A documentary about the discovery of the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil ever found.

Director:

Todd Douglas Miller

Stars:

Stan Adelstein, Lanice Archer, Robert Bakker

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Stan Adelstein	...	Himself
Lanice Archer	...	Herself
Robert Bakker	...	Himself
Philip Currie	...	Himself
Kristin Donnan	...	Herself
Patrick Duffy	...	Himself
Bruce Ellison	...	Himself
Denise Etzkorn	...	Herself
Bob Farrar	...	Himself
Bill Harlan	...	Himself
Susan Hendrickson	...	Herself
Lynn Hochstafl	...	Herself
Peter L. Larson	...	Himself (as Peter Larson)
Neal L. Larson	...	Himself
Phillip Manning	...	Himself (as Phil Manning)

Storyline

When Paleontologist Peter Larson and his team from the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research made the world's greatest dinosaur discovery in 1990, they knew it was the find of a lifetime; the largest, most complete T. rex ever found. But during a ten-year battle with the U.S. government, powerful museums, Native American tribes, and competing paleontologists, they found themselves not only fighting to keep their dinosaur but fighting for their freedom as well.

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Plot Keywords:

south dakota | paleontologist | tyrannosaurus rex | freedom | museum | 

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Taglines:

The true tale of one of the greatest discoveries in history.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild thematic elements, language and brief smoking

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 August 2014 (Ireland)

Also Known As:

Sue - Dinosaurier Nr. 13

Company Credits

Production Co:

Statement Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Terry Wentz: You go out in the field, and you look up in the sky, and you see the stars, and some of that light that's coming down to your eye has been traveling for millions of years. So you look up, and you're looking at the past, and then you look down, and you are looking at the past. You know, those dinosaur bones are like millions of years old, and that light left there maybe at the same time that you are looking... it's just you are kind of sandwiched in that world, and it's really a wonderful place ...

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Connections

References Citizen Kane (1941)

User Reviews

Not really about a Dinosaur

This film isn't really so much a documentary about the 13th Trex skeleton found, but rather, the intense legal battles and drama over this find. Basically put, their Trex discovery is so important/valuable that the land owner they initially buy the fossil from after digging it up decides to reneg on his arrangement, then the govt steps in, and then half the planet becomes involved in trying to settle the claims over the fossil. 3/4 of the film focuses on the dizzyingly boring legalities of this struggle, which could have been concluded in a single sentence. Only the very beginning of this documentary focuses on the finding of the fossil itself.

This could have been a very interesting introduction to paleontology and dinosaurs, and I was expecting this very thing, but instead just gets lost in uninteresting and complicated legal drama. Who cares?