Four dinosaurs in New York

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Movie
German title Four dinosaurs in New York
Original title We're back! A dinosaur's story
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1993
length 63 to 72 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Simon Wells
script John Patrick Shanley
Hudson Talbott (template)
production Steve Hickner
music James Horner
cut Nick Fletcher ,
Sim Evan-Jones
synchronization

Four Dinos in New York (Original Title: We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story ) is a cartoon that was made in the United States in 1993 . Depending on the version, it has different lengths from 63 to 72 minutes and is based on the book of the same name from 1987 by Hudson Talbott. The film is about two children who go on adventures with four dinosaurs in New York City .

action

The scientist Liebauge returns from the past with his flying time machine and drops four dinosaurs over New York because, through one of his other inventions, a wish recipient , he has determined that children’s greatest wish is to encounter dinosaurs. With a special feed mix, the crispy reason flakes , he has given them human intelligence, language and empathy. He names you Dr. Julia Bleeb from the American Museum of Natural History and warns her about his brother, Professor Krummauge.

Dr. Bleeb and the dinosaurs miss each other; by the children Louie, who ran away from home, and Cecilia, who wishes their parents could spend more time with her, they are initially hidden on the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade . But when it is noticed by the audience that the four are not robots, but real dinosaurs, a panic develops and the lizards and the two children end up on the run from the police in Central Park , where Krummauge runs his eerie circus . Krummauge binds the children to his circus with a contract that only became visible after they were signed. The coming to Dinos he explains that the children could be freed when the dinosaurs his reason devourer would take pills that counteract those of his brother. In order to save their friends, the dinosaurs agree and transform themselves back into the prehistoric beasts, which are now the main attraction of Krummauge's circus. With the help of the clown Stubbs, Louie and Cecilia get to the next performance, and through their hugs the primeval giants regain their previous peacefulness. At the same time, the hovering airship Liebherr eye over the big top and crooked eye prepares a flock of crows to finish off . The dinosaurs move to the Natural History Museum and Louie and Cecilia are reconciled with their respective parents.

Production and publication

At the production was Steven Spielberg's production company, Amblin Entertainment involved. The script was written by John Patrick Shanley , the music by James Horner . It was directed by Simon Wells . Nick Fletcher and Sim Evan-Jones were responsible for editing .

The world premiere took place in the USA on November 24, 1993 under the title We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story takes place. There the film at the box office played a little more than 9.3 million US dollars a. The German premiere of the film was on July 23, 1994. Other broadcasts were in Hungary, France, Finland, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Brazil. The story was released on VHS on April 1, 2002 and on DVD and was shown on German television on December 26, 2007 in HR as a free TV premiere on television.

Figures and their speakers

Figure (species) English speaker German voice actor
Professor Liebauge Walter Cronkite Jochen Schröder
Professor Krummauge Kenneth Mars Gerry Wolff
Cecilia Vogel Yeardley Smith Marie-Luise Schramm
Doctor Bleeb Julia Child Christel Merian
Louie Joey Shea Jan Rohrbach
Rex tyrannosaurus rex John Goodman Klaus Sunshine
Dweeb Hypacrosaurus Charles Fleischer Michael Walke
Elsa Pteranodon Felicity Kendal Evelyn Gressmann
Woog Triceratops René Le Vant Roland Hemmo
Prep Jay Leno Ivar Combrinck
Buster Blaze Berdahl Hannes Maurer
Stubbs the clown Martin Short Friedrich G. Beckhaus

Soundtrack

  1. Main Title / Primeval Times - 4:14
  2. Flying Forward in Time - 5:48
  3. Welcome to New York - 2:26
  4. First Wish, First Flight - 3:48
  5. A Hint of Trouble / The 'Contract' - 1:49
  6. Roll Back the Rock (to the Dawn of Time): played by John Goodman  - 2:55
  7. Grand Slam Demons - 2:05
  8. Hot Pursuit - 3:18
  9. Central Park - 1:21
  10. Screweyes' Circus / Opening Act - 1:12
  11. Circus - 2:29
  12. Fright Radio / Rex's Sacrifice - 6:19
  13. Grandparent Demon Parade - 7:39
  14. The Kids Wake Up / A New Day - 2:57
  15. The Transformation - 5:30
  16. Special Visitors to the Museum of Natural History - 2:12
  17. Roll Back the Rock (to the Dawn of Time): played by Little Richard  - 2:56

criticism

“A carefully animated cartoon that uses the medium effectively and lovingly brings its heroes to life. However, he also lives from the horror he pretends to attack - so nothing for smaller children. "

- Lexicon of international film

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story at boxofficemojo.com , accessed April 22, 2012
  2. ^ Four Dinos in New York in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed on April 22, 2012