Walking with Dinosaurs 

Documentary-style series about the era of the dinosaurs, mixing real locations and CGI.

Stars:

Kenneth Branagh, Avery Brooks, André Dussollier

Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 11 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Kenneth Branagh	...	Narrator 7 episodes, 1999

Storyline

Using the latest technology the amazing lost world of the Cretaceous, Triassic and Jurassic periods of Earth's history, when the dinosaurs reigned supreme, is brought stunningly back to life. The series provides insights into how these mammoth creatures appeared, how they survived for millions of years and probes the mysteries of their sudden disappearance leaving only a fossil record to show they had ever existed!

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Plot Keywords:

dinosaur | triassic | jurassic | cretaceous | howie scream | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Animation | History

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

BBC [UK] Discovery Channel

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 April 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Akolouthontas tous deinosavrous

Filming Locations:

Bahamas

Box Office

Budget:

£6,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

BBC Natural History Unit (NHU),Impossible Pictures,Discovery Channel

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min (6 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The success of the series not only lead to several sequels and imitations, but also gave rise to various other, part scientific-part fictional television shows and movies. These use compelling narrative and often movie-quality special effects to entertain and educate viewers.

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Goofs

Every pterosaur (flying reptile) in the series folds its wings incorrectly -- sideways. The bone structure only allowed these animals to turn their hands outwards to the sides, rather than frontwards, and this allowed them to neatly fold back their long, wing-supporting fingers, but not to the side.

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Alternate Versions

In the Spanish version, the Utahraptors are erroneously called Velociraptors.

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Connections

Referenced in Strongbad_email.exe: Disc Five (2007)

User Reviews

Excellent viewing, and extra effort in the "little things"

We bought the DVD of "Walking with Dinosaurs" and have been nearly ecstatic over the things that are done so very well on it.

Many DVDs today offer the bare minimum ... the feature itself, and maybe one other language (which doesn't help the viewer at all, but makes it easier for the company to see the DVD in multiple markets).

Not so in the case of WWD. There are so many wonderful extras and well-thought-out vignettes that watching even the *navigation menu* is interesting. The intros to each chapter in "The Making Of" DVD are laugh-out-loud funny. The quality of the sound and video is terrific. And of course the story and content ... what more could a dinosaur lover ask for?

I did watch most of the version broadcast on TDC (narrated by Avery Brooks) then watched about half of the DVD (narrated by Kenneth Branaugh). As near as I can tell, the broadcast version slipped in a number of mostly American slang terms in the narration (i.e. in a section about T. Rex mating, Branugh says "the female is tiring of the male's attention" and Brooks says, "The honeymoon is over")and cut out some of the closer-in puppet work. I prefer the Branugh version simply because it is more complete.

Overall, a great value and wonderful production. many kudos to the BBC and the crew that made this gem.