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Dinosaur

  • 2000
  • PG
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
64K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,815
531
D.B. Sweeney in Dinosaur (2000)
AnimationAdventureDrama

An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sanctuary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sanctuary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.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
    • John Harrison
    • Robert Nelson Jacobs
  • Stars
    • D.B. Sweeney
    • Julianna Margulies
    • Samuel E. Wright
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    64K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,815
    531
    • Directors
      • Eric Leighton
      • Ralph Zondag
    • Writers
      • Thom Enriquez
      • John Harrison
      • Robert Nelson Jacobs
    • Stars
      • D.B. Sweeney
      • Julianna Margulies
      • Samuel E. Wright
    • 279User reviews
    • 124Critic reviews
    • 56Metascore
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 22 nominations

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    Julianna Margulies, D.B. Sweeney, Ossie Davis, Della Reese, Alfre Woodard, Hayden Panettiere, and Joan Plowright in Dinosaur (2000)
    D.B. Sweeney in Dinosaur (2000)
    Aladar
    D.B. Sweeney, Ossie Davis, Della Reese, Alfre Woodard, Max Casella, Hayden Panettiere, and Joan Plowright in Dinosaur (2000)
    Ossie Davis and Alfre Woodard in Dinosaur (2000)
    Baylene, Eema, Url & Aladar
    Dinosaur (2000)
    Aladar helps Eema
    Aladar, Kron & Bruton
    Aladar & Neera
    Aladar, Neera and their friends confront a Carnotaur
    Aladar, Neera & their lemur friends

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    D.B. Sweeney
    D.B. Sweeney
    • Aladar
    • (voice)
    Julianna Margulies
    Julianna Margulies
    • Neera
    • (voice)
    Samuel E. Wright
    Samuel E. Wright
    • Kron
    • (voice)
    Alfre Woodard
    Alfre Woodard
    • Plio
    • (voice)
    Ossie Davis
    Ossie Davis
    • Yar
    • (voice)
    Max Casella
    Max Casella
    • Zini
    • (voice)
    Hayden Panettiere
    Hayden Panettiere
    • Suri
    • (voice)
    Peter Siragusa
    Peter Siragusa
    • Bruton
    • (voice)
    Joan Plowright
    Joan Plowright
    • Baylene
    • (voice)
    Della Reese
    Della Reese
    • Eema
    • (voice)
    Matt Adler
    Matt Adler
    • Additional Voice
    • (voice)
    Sandina Bailo-Lape
    • Additional Voice
    • (voice)
    • (as Sandina Bailolape)
    Edie Lehmann Boddicker
    Edie Lehmann Boddicker
    • Additional Voice
    • (voice)
    Zachary Bostrom
    Zachary Bostrom
    • Additional Voice
    • (voice)
    Cathy Cavadini
    Cathy Cavadini
    • Additional Voice
    • (voice)
    • (as Catherine Cavadini)
    Holly Dorff
    Holly Dorff
    • Additional Voice
    • (voice)
    Greg Finley
    Greg Finley
    • Additional Voice
    • (voice)
    Jeff Fischer
    Jeff Fischer
    • Additional Voice
    • (voice)
    • Directors
      • Eric Leighton
      • Ralph Zondag
    • Writers
      • Thom Enriquez
      • John Harrison
      • Robert Nelson Jacobs
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Initially, Directors Eric Leighton and Ralph Zondag were to use the popular Tyrannosaurus rex as this movie's antagonistic predator, but at around the time of production, The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) was released, which depicted a somewhat softer, motherly side to the classic dinosaur. Thus, a Carnotaurus was used. However, they changed the Carnotaurus' size to be even larger than Tyrannosaurus rex, close to 17-18 m long, when real Carnotaurus were only 8-9 m in length, about the same size or even smaller then the film's hero Aladar.
    • Goofs
      The movie takes place in prehistoric North America, yet the Carnotaurs, the main antagonists were actually South American dinosaurs. The characters do claim that they haven't been seen "this far up north" before, however this doesn't rectify the mistake, since North and South America weren't connected back then. The Carnotaurs would have had to swim through the sea to reach North America, which would have been impossible.
    • 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.

    • Crazy credits
      The film opens without any opening credits, which other than the production logo and the title of the film.
    • Alternate versions
      The original print included a song by Kate Bush, but this was cut after unfavorable response from preview audiences.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Battlefield Earth/The Big Kahuna/Hamlet/Michael Jordan to the Max/Center Stage (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      Out Of The Storm
      (uncredited)

      Written and Performed by Kate Bush

    User reviews279

    Review
    Review
    Featured review
    9/10
    Wonderful
    Finally Disney has created an animation that isn't sugar-sweet!

    What usually bugs me about Disney's films is the constant bursting-into-song sequences that clog up the stories, and the comic side-kicks that keep making bad jokes. No such thing in Dinosaur! It's a serious movie that is very sad and partially cruel: a wonderful tale of courage and survival, told with respect for the audience, with unpresidented animations. The dionsaurs merge seemlessly into the real surroundings, and they move and look absolutely real. Finally, computer animations have reached the stage where it doesn't look animated anymore!

    I was also very touched by Aladar's attempts to save the old dinos, and although I'm a grown-up, I jumped in my seat when the carnotaurs emerged. There was violence in this film: cruel battles between carnivores and herbivores. And surging through it all there is a feeling of sadness and loss, for a world that is about to fade away into the pages of history.

    Thus, it's not for the smallest children, but it's a great story that treats it's audience with respect and pays homage to that great lost Earth that was buried in the dust millions of years ago.

    9/10
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    • Auryn-4
    • Nov 18, 2000

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 19, 2000 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Japan
    • Official sites
      • Filmymen
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Khủng Long
    • Filming locations
      • Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • Walt Disney Pictures
      • The Secret Lab (TSL)
      • Walt Disney Animation Studios
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $127,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $137,748,063
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $38,854,851
      • May 21, 2000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $349,822,765
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 22 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS

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