Documentary Dinosaur 13 depicts the event of 1990, when American fossil hunter Pete Larson and his team discovered the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex ever found while digging in the badlands of South Dakota. However the skeleton was seized from Larson by the federal government. What followed was a ten-year long battle with the FBI, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Maurice Williams, the landowner on whose property the bones were discovered. With the film due for release on DVD by Dogwoof on January 12th, we posed 10 questions to its director, Todd Miller… Plus read on for a special competition!
1) So Todd, give us the lowdown on why you decided to make Dinosaur 13
I read the book Rex Appeal, which was written by Pete Larson (the paleontologist) and Kristin Donnan. I became fascinated by the story and saw that it was written in a cinematic...
1) So Todd, give us the lowdown on why you decided to make Dinosaur 13
I read the book Rex Appeal, which was written by Pete Larson (the paleontologist) and Kristin Donnan. I became fascinated by the story and saw that it was written in a cinematic...
- 1/9/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Lionsgate announced today the limited theatrical, on demand and Digital HD release of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival documentary hit, Dinosaur 13. The film will be available day-and-date in select theaters including New York and Los Angeles, on Friday, August 15, 2014.
When renowned Paleontologist Peter Larson and his team from the Black Hills Institute made the world’s greatest dinosaur discovery in 1990, they knew it was the find of a lifetime: the largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus 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.
Dinosaur 13 is based on the book Rex Appeal: The Amazing Story of Sue, The Dinosaur That Changed Science, The Law and My Life by Peter Larson and Kristin Donnan.
Critics agree that Dinosaur 13 was “quite the...
When renowned Paleontologist Peter Larson and his team from the Black Hills Institute made the world’s greatest dinosaur discovery in 1990, they knew it was the find of a lifetime: the largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus 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.
Dinosaur 13 is based on the book Rex Appeal: The Amazing Story of Sue, The Dinosaur That Changed Science, The Law and My Life by Peter Larson and Kristin Donnan.
Critics agree that Dinosaur 13 was “quite the...
- 5/7/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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