Dinosaur

"Discover a world you've only imagined."

2000 1h 22m EN

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6.6

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6.4

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★6.6TMDB · 2,832🍅65%Rotten Tomatoes●56Metacritic★6.4IMDB · 72,205

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Synopsis

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

“Discover a world you've only imagined.”

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Cast

D. B. Sweeney
Aladar (voice)
Alfre Woodard
Plio (voice)
Ossie Davis
Yar (voice)
Max Casella
Zini (voice)
Hayden Panettiere
Suri (voice)
Samuel E. Wright
Kron (voice)
Julianna Margulies
Neera (voice)
Peter Siragusa
Bruton (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Eric Leighton
Writers: Robert Nelson Jacobs, Robert Nelson Jacobs, Dick Zondag
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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82 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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$128M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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3 / 8

ERA

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26 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Eric Leighton, shot by David R. Hardberger. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by James Newton Howard. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor H. Lee Peterson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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D. B. Sweeney and Alfre Woodard and Ossie Davis carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Discover a world you've only imagined.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Eric Leighton directs. David R. Hardberger behind the camera. James Newton Howard scores. H. Lee Peterson cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

182 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2$128M budget — tentpole studio territory.
326 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Directed by Eric Leighton, shot by David R. Hardberger. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by James Newton Howard. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor H. Lee Peterson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7D. B. Sweeney and Alfre Woodard and Ossie Davis carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Discover a world you've only imagined.".
9IMDB entry: tt0130623 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 17 themes, including "cataclysm", "asteroid", "villain", "comet".
11Released under 14 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: David R. Hardberger
Original score: James Newton Howard
Editing: H. Lee Peterson
Production design: Walter P. Martishius
VFX supervisor: Neil Krepela
Sound: Christopher Boyes
Runtime: 82 min · 1h 22m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $127,500,000
Box office: $354,248,063
Return: 278% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Dinosaur (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes: 65% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 56/100
IMDB rating: 6.4/10 · 72,205 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

4 wins & 23 nominations total

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r96sk2020-07-08
★ 7/10
<em>'Dinosaur'</em> is pretty impressive in parts. I felt entertained watching it. The animation, twenty years on, is still admirable. The environments remain beautiful, the living creatures may not look quite as superb but are still nice in my opinion. The voice cast are understated yet suitable, much like everything else from the music to the plot. D. B. Sweeney plays the lead role, portraying a character called Aladar. His voice isn't as strong as I'd want but he does a good job nevertheless. Alfre Woodard stands out slightly as Plio, I recognised her voice instantly having seen her years back on TV's <em>'Desperate Housewives'</em>. Heftier voices and a more dramatic score would've taken this further in my estimations, though there's no doubting this is a film that has many elements to enjoy.
CinemaSerf2023-08-28
★ 6/10
This is quite an enjoyable, if light-weight, Disney adventure clearly designed to capitalise on the Jurassic Park themes that drove all of us dino-mad in the 1990s! Here, a dinosaur egg ends up being hatched amidst a colony of lemurs. "Aladar" is an iguanodon, who settles with his new family until a giant meteorite hits the ocean and they must skedaddle inland before the tsunami hits. What now ensues is a fairly standard series of adventures as they all try to find a new home. The visual effects are great, and the characterisations are also quite fun. The story, though, is really pretty derivative and plays very much second fiddle to the innovative standard of the animation. Pity, as over time that animation becomes less remarkable, and so does the film. Now, some 20-odd years after, the film has little to make it stand out. Still, it's good fun and quite endearing for 80 minutes.