Dinosaur (2000)

An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sanctuary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.

Directors:

Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag

Writers:

Thom Enriquez (story), John Harrison (story)

Stars:

D.B. Sweeney, Julianna Margulies, Samuel E. Wright

4 wins & 21 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alfre Woodard	...	Plio (voice)
Ossie Davis	...	Yar (voice)
Max Casella	...	Zini (voice)
Hayden Panettiere	...	Suri (voice)
D.B. Sweeney	...	Aladar (voice)
Samuel E. Wright	...	Kron (voice)
Peter Siragusa	...	Bruton (voice)
Julianna Margulies	...	Neera (voice)
Joan Plowright	...	Baylene (voice)
Della Reese	...	Eema (voice)
Matt Adler	...	(voice)
Sandina Bailo-Lape	...	(voice) (as Sandina Bailolape)
Edie Lehmann Boddicker	...	(voice)
Zachary Bostrom	...	(voice)
Cathy Cavadini	...	(voice) (as Catherine Cavadini)

Storyline

During an attack on a pack of Iguanodon, an egg is separated and ends up with the possession of a group of lemurs. The lemurs care for this egg and the young creature born from it, which they call Aladar (D.B. Sweeney). When meteorites hit Earth, Aladar and his family must leave their homeland. Away from home and as close to danger as they have ever been, they meet up with a huge group of dinosaurs, led by Kron (Samuel E. Wright) and Bruton (Peter Siragusa). All together they are trying to reach the nesting grounds, but it's not going to be easy.

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Plot Keywords:

disney | dinosaur | anthropomorphic animal | anthropomorphic dinosaur | lemur | 

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Taglines:

You have never seen anything like this.

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for intense images

Did You Know?

Trivia

Samuel E. Wright (Kron) and Max Casella (Zini) were part of the original Broadway cast of Disney's "The Lion King" stage musical in 1997. Wright portrayed Mufasa, while Casella originated the role of Timon. Alfre Woodard, who voiced Pino, voiced Sarabi in The Lion King (2019).

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Goofs

The raptors in this film are scaly, even though in real life they were covered in feathers. The movie makers knew this, but animating feathers at the time proved too difficult. Only when the movie was almost done did animation software developments allow for feathers to be animated, but by that time it was too late to include them.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Plio: Some things start out big, and some things start out small, very small. But sometimes the smallest thing can make the biggest changes of all.

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Crazy Credits

The film opens without any opening credits, which other than the production logo and the title of the film.

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Alternate Versions

The original print included a song by Kate Bush, but this was cut after unfavorable response from preview audiences.

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Connections

Featured in Disney Through the Decades (2001)

User Reviews

What is peoples problem?

I honestly don't see why people are so upset whit this movie. Yes, there is talking dinosaurs, but how are you supposed to understand them otherwise. Mute dinosaurs walking around wouldn't be interesting at all and remember, this is a kid's movie. And yes, the animation might not be as good as in Jurassic Park, but this is a fully animated movie, JP used a mix of animatronics and CGI inside an otherwise live action movie, and in a interview I saw, Spielberg (or if it was a special effects guy, I don't remember) said that they would use the animatronics when ever possible and only cover up rigs and refine movement with the computer 'cause the CGI models looked like crap in comparison the robots. And yes, the story has been used before, but so has the story in most films we're watching today, only in varying degree and in different mixes and it's not like Disney is known for their originality story wise. As good as everyone of their Classics are based or inspired by other works.

Personally I love this movie. The CGI is still good, and at times more realistic than many rushed animations we see today, the characters are fun to follow, unlike Land before Time were they were unbearable and made me hate the movie (even as a kid the first one was never my favorite) despite a similar story to Dinosaurs', which I by the way like, and the moral of it is a really good one.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 May 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dinosaur

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$127,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$38,854,851, 21 May 2000

Gross USA:

$137,748,063

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$349,822,765

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Pictures, The Secret Lab (TSL), Walt Disney Animation Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1