An orphaned brontosaurus teams up with other young dinosaurs in order to reunite with their families in a valley.An orphaned brontosaurus teams up with other young dinosaurs in order to reunite with their families in a valley.An orphaned brontosaurus teams up with other young dinosaurs in order to reunite with their families in a valley.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Pat Hingle
- Narrator
- (voice)
- …
Gabriel Damon
- Littlefoot
- (voice)
Bill Erwin
- Grandfather
- (voice)
Candace Hutson
- Cera
- (voice)
- (as Candy Hutson)
Burke Byrnes
- Daddy Topps
- (voice)
Judith Barsi
- Ducky
- (voice)
Frank Welker
- Spike
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
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Did you know
- TriviaJudith Barsi, who did the voice for Ducky, was murdered by her father four months before the film's release. Judith was only ten years old. Her headstone includes her famous line in this film, "Yep! Yep! Yep!"
- GoofsPetrie and all other Pteranodons are portrayed as herbivores, while it has been proven that Pteranodons ate fish instead.
- Quotes
Littlefoot's mother: Let your heart guide you. It whispers so listen closely.
- Crazy creditsThe credits roll with several backgrounds of the Great Valley at nighttime scrolling by.
- Alternate versionsIn the 2003 DVD, 2015 DVD and Blu-ray, and digital printings, there have been a few audible edits in addition to the film's restoration.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure (1994)
- SoundtracksIf We Hold On Together
Music and Words by James Horner and Will Jennings
Produced by Peter Asher
Performed by Diana Ross
Featured review
Like other 80s babies, so to speak, if you were born in that era before the Disney movies of the 90s- which did almost reach a mini-renaissance before plummeting towards the end of the decade- you first saw the animated films of Don Bluth more than Disney. This was one of them, and it is a film that, for a certain sort of kid (such as myself) can be watched countless times. It's short, maybe too short as one of its flaws (Bluth didn't retain final cut with Spielberg and Lucas in the background), as it only develops this epic tale of kiddie dinosaurs going through a harsh, dangerous journey to reach the oasis, the Great Valley. There aren't any time for songs, which is a plus, as Bluth gets in more time for some very realistic- for what is available at the time- animation of the environment. The kiddie dinosaurs themselves, Littlefoot the main protagonist (who also loses his mother, in the Bambi and Lion King vein though here even more of a shock to kids as its from nature and not from some other being to grasp), Cera, Petrie, Ducky and Spike, each have their own personalities ranging from heroic to goofy to scared and even stuck-up. This gives something that kids can hang on to, very simple characterizations that change only through the often used but not too tiresome ideal of friendship and group-work, etc etc.
Some of these scenes, the sillier ones, do end up making it more of a movie that holds more for the kids than the adults. That years later it doesn't lose much of its power visually, however, is a real credit to Bluth and his team, who along with An American Tail here make children's movies that know what they are, but make them in brilliant uses of the medium. The Tyrannasorus Rex- Sharptooth- is an immensely imposing presence with it saying never a word, as if it was pulled right out of the sequence from Fantasia. The design of the film is also extremely well laid, in a kind of dying world that like all fairy tales becomes all the more compelling in relation to what is the final paradise-type goal. It could almost be said that it might be much for wee little ones (younger than 5) could take, but it really wasn't as I remember it from first seeing it. It balances its look with its characters, making it a near-classic film of its time. Alternately cute and violent, poetic and kitschy.
Some of these scenes, the sillier ones, do end up making it more of a movie that holds more for the kids than the adults. That years later it doesn't lose much of its power visually, however, is a real credit to Bluth and his team, who along with An American Tail here make children's movies that know what they are, but make them in brilliant uses of the medium. The Tyrannasorus Rex- Sharptooth- is an immensely imposing presence with it saying never a word, as if it was pulled right out of the sequence from Fantasia. The design of the film is also extremely well laid, in a kind of dying world that like all fairy tales becomes all the more compelling in relation to what is the final paradise-type goal. It could almost be said that it might be much for wee little ones (younger than 5) could take, but it really wasn't as I remember it from first seeing it. It balances its look with its characters, making it a near-classic film of its time. Alternately cute and violent, poetic and kitschy.
- Quinoa1984
- Aug 19, 2006
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Pie pequeño en busca del valle encantado
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $48,336,291
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,526,025
- Nov 20, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $84,704,291
- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
- Sound mix
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