Dinosaur

Synopsis

With DINOSAUR, Disney breaks a new stride in the technological revolution of computer animation--combining computer-animated characters with digitally enhanced live-action landscapes. The effect is literally unbelievable and the clarity, realness, and definition of the pictures easily make the once surprising effects of virtual reality seem like the dark ages.
A dinosaur egg is stolen from its nest and passed along by various birds, animals and other predators each hoping to eat it. Fumbled into a community of kind and nurturing lemurs, it cracks open and Aladar, a baby dinosaur emerges. He lives happily and peacefully among the lemurs, who raise him into adolescence. However, when a natural disaster occurs, wiping out the beautiful rainforest that was their home, teenage Aladar joins a dinosaur pilgrimage--and discovers his true ancestry--in order to bring his lemur family to safety. Far sweeter and much more realistic than recent dinosaur movies like JURASSIC PARK or even classics like THE LAND BEFORE TIME, these new digital dinosaurs are surprisingly human with emotional eyes and expressive voices that make the magic nearly tangible.

Reviews:

• "...Effective and frequently spectacular....A skillful blend of old-fashioned Disney storytelling and newfangled computer animation..."
• "...[The movie] begins with a breathtaking sequence, a visual and sonic extravaganza..."
• "...[A] striking blend of computer-generated dinos and live-action backgrounds..."
• "...[The movie] takes animation to the next level, an evolutionary progression of genre-shattering proportions..."

Release Audio

• Dolby Digital 5.1

Contributors:

• H. Lee Peterson (Editor)
• Jonathan Harris (Voice)
• Hayden Panettiere (Voice)
• Pam Marsden (Producer)
• Julianna Margulies (Voice)
• Walter Martishius (Production Designer)
• Samuel E. Wright (Voice)
• D.B. Sweeney (Voice)
• Joan Plowright (Voice)
• Max Casella (Voice)
• Ossie Davis (Voice)
• Della Reese (Voice)
• Peter Siragusa (Voice)
• Alfre Woodard (Voice)
• James Newton Howard (Composer)
• S. Douglas Smith (Director of Photography)
• Eric Leighton (Supervising Editor)
• Ralph Zondag (Supervising Editor)
• D.B. Sweeney (Co-Editor)
• Samuel E. Wright (Co-Editor)
• Julianna Margulies (Co-Editor)
• Peter Siragusa (Co-Editor)
• Alfre Woodard (Co-Editor)
• Ossie Davis (Co-Editor)
• Max Casella (Co-Editor)

Additional Info

• Release Languages: English, Greek, Hebrew
• Length: 79 mins
• Certificate: (PG)-Parental Guidance.
• Encoding: PAL
• No. of Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85
• Format: DVD - Plastic
• Interactive Menus: Yes
• Scene Selection: Yes