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Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend ()


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A paleontologist and her husband discover a mother and baby brontosaurus in Africa, and try to protect them from a group of hunters intent on capturing the dinosaurs.

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George Loomis
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Susan Matthews-Loomis
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Dr. Eric Kiviat
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Nigel Jenkins
Kyalo Mativo ...
Cephu
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Kenge Obe
Olu Jacobs ...
Col. Nsogbu
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Sgt. Gambwe
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Dr. Pierre Dubois
Julian Curry ...
Etienne
Alexis Meless ...
Guide
Susie Nottingham ...
Baki - Laboratory Assistant
Stephane Krora ...
Port Captain
Anthony Sarfoh ...
Village Chief
Jeannot Banny ...
Killed Soldier
Roger Carlton ...
Old African
Thérèse Taba ...
Colleague

Directed by

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Bill Norton ... (as B.W.L. Norton)

Written by

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Clifford Green ... (written by) &
Ellen Green ... (written by)
 
David Lee Miller ... (storybook) (uncredited)

Produced by

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E. Darrell Hallenbeck ... associate producer
Roger Spottiswoode ... executive producer
Jonathan T. Taplin ... producer (produced by)

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Jerry Goldsmith ... (music by)

Cinematography by

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John Alcott ... director of photography

Editing by

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David Bretherton ... (edited by)
Howard E. Smith ... (edited by) (as Howard Smith)

Editorial Department

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Horace Bishof ... post-production coordinator
Mark Eggenweiler ... assistant editor
Baylis Glascock ... assistant editor: USA

Casting By

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Rose Tobias Shaw ... (casting)
Bill Shepard ... (casting)

Production Design by

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Ray Storey ... (as Raymond G. Storey)

Makeup Department

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Kevin Board ... makeup artist: UK
Karen Dawson ... chief hair stylist: UK / chief makeup artist: UK
Robert J. Schiffer ... makeup artist: USA
Maureen Stephenson ... makeup artist: UK (as Maureen Stevenson)

Production Management

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Alexander De Grunwald ... production supervisor (as Alex DeGrunwald)
E. Darrell Hallenbeck ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Jeannot Banny ... assistant director: second unit: UK
Craig Beaudine ... second assistant director: USA
Lee Cleary ... First assistant director: second unit: UK
Augustin Dahouat-Boigny ... assistant director: UK (as Augustin Dehouet-Boigny)
Steve Harding ... second assistant director: UK
Stephen McEveety ... first assistant director (as Steve McEveety)
Egil S. Woxholt ... second unit director: UK (as Egil Woxholt)

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Yarek Alfer ... sculptor
Len Furey ... construction manager: UK
John Graham ... property master: UK
Julie Graysmark ... set decorator: UK
John L. Jensen ... production illustrator (as John Jensen)
Michael Law ... stand-by carpenter: UK (as Mick Law)
John B. Mansbridge ... art director: USA
Wilbur L. Russell ... property master: USA (as Wilbur 'Rusty' Russell)
Roger M. Shook ... set decorator: USA
Steve Spence ... art director: UK

Sound Department

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Wayne Allwine ... foley artist
Nick Alphin ... re-recording mixer
George Budd ... sound
Kirk Francis ... production sound mixer
George Fredrick ... sound editor
Robert Hathaway ... sound supervisor (as Bob Hathaway)
Paul Holzborn ... foley artist
David Horton Sr. ... sound editor (as Dave Horton)
James J. Isaacs ... sound editor (as Jim Isaacs)
Al Maguire ... adr editor
Mark A. Mangini ... sound (as Mark Mangini)
Colin C. Mouat ... sound editor (as Colin Mouat)
Joe Parker ... supervising sound editor: USA
Richard Portman ... re-recording mixer
George Probert ... sound editor
Frank Regula ... re-recording mixer (as Frank C. Regula)
Roger Sword ... sound editor
Mike Tucker ... boom operator
Donald L. Warner Jr. ... sound editor (as Don Warner)
Allen Hurd ... sound (uncredited)

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Peter Anderson ... special effects cinematography: USA
Philip Bartko ... dinosaur technician
Kenneth C. Clark ... dinosaur technician
Gary D'Amico ... dinosaur technician
Steve Debs ... dinosaur technician
Joe Digaetano ... mechanical effects
David Domeyer ... mechanical effects
Richard L. Hill ... mechanical effects (as Richard Hill)
James Kagel ... dinosaur sculptures: USA
Jeff Karpe ... dinosaur technician
Willard Livingston ... dinosaur technician
Phil Meador ... special photographic effects (as Philip Meador)
Hans Metz ... mechanical effects
Richard Mosier ... special effects cinematography assistant: USA
John Parker ... mechanical effects
Mike Reedy ... mechanical effects (as Michael Reedy)
Roland Tantin ... special effects supervisor
Paul Vigil ... dinosaur technician
Gary Zink ... special effects
Bill McCamey ... mechanical effects (uncredited)

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Paul Huston ... miniature consultant (as Paul Houston)
Michael Lloyd ... matte artist: USA

Stunts

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Natasha Bauman ... stunts
Dickey Beer ... stunt coordinator / stunts (as Dicky Beer)
Andy Bradford ... stunts
Graeme Crowther ... stunts
J. Mark Donaldson ... stunts
Jim Dowdall ... stunts
Tracey Eddon ... stunts
Kirk Elam ... stunts
Andy Epper ... stunts
Melvin Jones ... stunts
Gareth Milne ... stunts

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Jamie Anderson ... camera operator
Graham Attwood ... still photographer
Lou Bogue ... gaffer
Dana Christiaansen ... first assistant camera
Salvador Gil ... camera operator
Nobby Godden ... camera maintenance
Macari Golferichs ... second assistant camera
Ray Hall ... grip: second unit
Paul Kenward ... clapper loader: UK
Julio Leyva ... first assistant camera: UK (as Julio M. Leiva)
Tim O'Connell ... best boy: second unit
Glen Parsons ... best boy
Ian Smith ... first assistant camera: second unit
Jimmy Walters ... grip
Egil S. Woxholt ... camera operator: second unit, UK (as Gil Woxholt)
Ronald Lenoir ... chargehand rigger (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Paul Wassaba ... casting: UK

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Sally Downing ... costumer: UK
Bill Kaiserman ... wardrobe designer: Miss Young
Susie S. McEveety ... costume supervisor: USA
Jack Sandeen ... costume department supervisor: USA
Patrick Sharkey ... costumer: UK (as Paddy Sharkey)

Location Management

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Hugh O'Donnell ... location manager

Music Department

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Alexander Courage ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Kenneth Hall ... music editor (as Ken Hall)
Jay Lawton ... music supervisor
Arthur Morton ... orchestrator
Shawn Murphy ... music scoring mixer
Robert Adcock ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Bruce Babcock ... music copyist (uncredited)
Tom Brown ... music copyist (uncredited)
Larry Bunker ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Harvey Cohen ... music copyist (uncredited)
Norman Corey ... music librarian (uncredited)
Don Cristlieb ... musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Isabelle Daskoff ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Vince De Rosa ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Alan DeVeritch ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Bob DiVall ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Bonnie Jean Douglas ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Assa Drori ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Earl Dumler ... musician: oboe (uncredited)
Dominick Fera ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Dominic Fidelibus ... music copyist (uncredited)
Joel Goldsmith ... composer: source music (uncredited)
Pamela Goldsmith ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Gary Gray ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Ralph Grierson ... musician: keyboards (uncredited)
Mario Guarneri ... musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Regnal Hall ... orchestra manager (uncredited)
Alan Harshman ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Clayton Haslop ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Norman Herzburg ... musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Barbara Hunter ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Karen Jones ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Roland Kato ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Peter Kent ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Milton Kestenbaum ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Michael Lang ... musician: keyboards (uncredited)
Ron Leonard ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Earl Madison ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Arthur Maebe ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Shelly Manne ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Robert Manrique ... music copyist (uncredited)
Ed Meares ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Carole Mukagawa ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Richard Nash ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Buell Neidlinger ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Richard Perissi ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Kazi Pitelka ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Joe Porcaro ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Dorothy Remsen ... musician: harp (uncredited)
Emil Richards ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Sheldon Sanov ... musician: violin (uncredited)
David Schwartz ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Haim Shtrum ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Paul Shure ... concertmaster (uncredited)
Henry Sigismonti ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Sheridon Stokes ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Margaret Storer ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Robert Sushel ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Phillip A. Teele ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Mari Tsumura ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Lloyd Ulyate ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Ian Underwood ... musician: keyboards (uncredited)
Ken Watson ... musician: percussion (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Joanie Blum ... script supervisor: USA
Lyn Matsuda Norton ... continuity (as Lyn Norton) / script supervisor (as Lyn Matsuda)

Transportation Department

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Stephen Singer ... transportation coordinator: UK

Additional Crew

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Richard Aguirre ... dinosaur body motion
Joane Artaud ... liaison: UK
Harry Bisson ... general operator: UK
Joanie Blum ... script supervisor: USA
George Budd ... dinosaur voice co-creator
Dominic Clooney ... catering supervisor: UK
Paula Crist ... dinosaur body motion
W. Daniel 'Danny' Don ... pilot: aircraft effects
Chip Fowler ... production coordinator: USA
Ed Garbert ... titles: USA
Terri Girvin ... dinosaur body motion
Donald F. Glut ... technical advisor
Jerrol Gower ... dinosaur body motion
Howard E. Green ... unit publicist: USA
Mark A. Mangini ... dinosaur voice co-creator
Gladys Pearce ... production consultant: UK
Isidoro Raponi ... dinosaur creator/engineer
Mike Schilz ... production liaison
Anastasia St. Amand ... assistant to producer
Roland Tantin ... dinosaur creator/engineer
Paul Wassaba ... liaison: UK
Craig Miller ... marketing consultant (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

The paleontologist Susan Matthews-Loomis moves with her husband, the unemployed journalist George Loomis, to the Ivory Coast to work with her former professor, Doctor Eric Kiviat, and his assistant Nigel Jenkins in an archaeological site. When George is invited to work in a newspaper in the United States, Susan discovers a bone that she believes is from a dinosaur; but Eric tells that she is wrong. However he knows that Susan has made an important discovery and wants the credits. George packs their stuff to travel but Susan wants to check her discovery and leaves a note to him telling that she will investigate further in the forest. George hires an airplane to follow her and he succeeds to find his wife. Soon they find befriend the native Cephu and his tribe. When they find a family of brontosaurus in the middle of the forest, they feed the animals and become close to their baby. Meanwhile, Eric hires mercenaries to help him to capture the brontosaurus and the militia kills the male and catch the female. Susan and George help the Baby to survive, but soon Eric finds that there is a baby and wants to catch the little animal for him. Will Baby survive? Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Taglines They said it couldn't possibly exist... See more »
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Also Known As
  • Baby: Le secret de la légende oubliée (France)
  • Baby, el secreto de una leyenda perdida (Spain)
  • Το μυστικό του χαμένου θρύλου (Greece)
  • Baby - Das Geheimnis einer verlorenen Legende (Austria)
  • Baby - Das Geheimnis einer verlorenen Legende (West Germany)
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Runtime
  • 95 min
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Box Office

Opening Weekend United States $4,035,147, 24 Mar 1985

Did You Know?

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Trivia The villain, Dr. Eric Kiviat, is loosely based on Dr. Roy Mackal (University of Chicago)-- biologist, engineer, teacher and biochemist--and his voyages to Africa in search of the legendary living dinosaurs of the Congo, Mokele-Mbembe. Mackal's 1980 Congo trip with fellow cryptozoologist James Powell was featured in Dragons, Dinosaurs and Giant Snakes (1980). See more »
Goofs Susan occasionally smokes on the job. A good archaeologist/anthropologist/naturalist would never do this, as the cigarette ash would contaminate the pristine environment. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Aviator/Mask/Sylvester (1985). See more »
Crazy Credits Despite having a logo for Touchstone Pictures at the end, the film's copyright credits Walt Disney Productions. See more »
Quotes [Last lines]
Susan Matthews-Loomis: Just another legend?
George Loomis: If we let it be.
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