Dinosaur (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | dinosaur |
| Original title | Dinosaur |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 82 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Eric Leighton Ralph Zondag |
| script |
John Harrison Thom Enriquez Robert Nelson Jacobs |
| production |
Pam Marsden Baker Bloodworth |
| music | James Newton Howard |
| camera |
David R. Hardberger S. Douglas Smith |
| cut | H. Lee Peterson |
| occupation | |
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Speaker:
(German: Pascal Breuer )
(German: Joseline Gassen )
(German: Roland Hemmo )
(German: Dieter Landuris )
(German: Kristina Tietz )
(German: Hans-Michael Rehberg )
(German: Sophie von Kessel )
(German: Claus Theo Gärtner )
(German: Gerda Gmelin )
(German: Gisela Fritsch ) | |
Dinosaurier (original title: Dinosaur ) is a computer animation film and the 39th full-length animation film by Walt Disney Pictures from 2000. It combines animation with real nature shots and premiered in Germany on November 16, 2000.
action
An Iguanodon mother is molested by a young Parasaurolophus at her nest . She drives him away and he runs into a thicket where he meets a Carnotaurus . But the hunter is not after the young and attacks the other animals. The Iguanodon mother leaves her eggs alone and escapes; the Carnotaurus crushes the clutch down to one and kills a decrepit Pachyrhinosaurus . The egg gets into a river through an egg thief and is carried away by a pteranodon. After a long journey, it ends up on an island. The hatched baby is raised by the lemurs Plio, Yar, Sini and Suri. They call him Aladdar.
On the evening of the courtship night, in which all young lemurs team up with a partner (except for Sini and the dinosaur Aladdar), an extraordinary number of shooting stars fall. Suddenly it rains rocks and a huge meteorite falls into the sea, which triggers a pressure wave that forces the lemurs and Aladdar to flee. At the last moment they jump into the sea and swim towards the mainland.
After they are safe, they set out to find food. They are attacked by velociraptors. This causes them to collide with a herd of herbivores. Their tyrannical leader Kron has nothing left for them. Aladdar falls in love with Neera, Kron's sister. In addition, Aladdar befriends two older dinosaur women named Baylene (a Brachiosaurus ) and Eema (a Styracosaurus ). The flock wants to reach its nesting site as it does every year, but the meteorite impact has triggered a drought. Many animals become weak during the migration. After the herd has crossed a desert in the night, two carnotaurs come along the next day, who see the herd's tracks and follow them.
The herd reaches a lake where they usually rested, but the meteorite impact dried it out. So Kron urges the herd to move on, despite Neera's concerns. When Aladdar discovers water underground and digs a hole, the dinosaurs fight. Kron's helper Bruton, who has left the herd with a scout to check the area, is attacked and injured by the Carnotaurs, while his companion perishes. Bruton warns Kron and the herd moves on at double the speed. Aladdar dares to contradict Kron and tells him to show consideration for the old and the weak. There is a fight. Aladdar is subject to Kron, who moves on with the herd and his sister Neera. Aladdar decides to stay with Baylene and Eema with the lemurs.
During the night, the Carnotaurs reach the watering hole and watch rain approach the nearby mountains. The small group around Aladdar discovers Bruton. He joins them as they rest in a nearby cave during the night. When it rains, the Carnotaurs reach the cave and discover Aladdar. Bruton brings the cave to collapse, saving the group's life, but is buried under the rubble himself. After the others are safe, the larger of the two Carnotaurs emerges from the rubble and leaves the cave in the direction from which it came.
The group around Aladdar follows the path inside the mountain until they reach a dead end. However, together they can clear the blocked path and get to the nesting site directly. They discover that the path the herd is still on is blocked by a rock slide. Aladdar is therefore looking for the herd to warn them and take them to the valley by another route. In the still dark desert, however, he discovers a dead dinosaur and the remaining Carnotaurus, whereupon he hides. He escapes unnoticed. The Carnotaurus, however, takes in its scent and follows Aladdar.
After Aladdar found the herd on the other side of the rocky slope and had warned Kron about the Carnotaurus, the latter still wanted to climb over the mountain with the too weak herd. When Aladdar tries to get the herd to join him, there is another fight between Aladdar and Kron. Aladdar is defeated again by Kron, but Neera steps in and takes a protective position at Aladdar's side. Thanks to her, the herd follows Aladdar, only Kron remains behind and begins the ascent. Suddenly they hear a roar and discover the Carnotaurus attacking the herd. The dinosaurs defend themselves with roars and push them back. He discovers Kron and climbs the rock face. Neera and Aladdar come to Kron's aid. Kron escapes upwards, but finds himself on a slope. The Carnotaurus grabs Kron and seriously injures him. Neera prevents Kron from being killed. Aladdar pushes the Carnotaurus to the abyss, but the ground collapses under the weight of the Carnotaurus. He tries to grab Aladdar and pull him with him, but the latter can hold onto the slope. The predatory dinosaur falls to its death. When the dust settles, Neera and Aladdar discover that Kron has succumbed to his serious injuries. Together they still lead the flock to the nesting site.
Some time later, the dinosaur nursery comes to life. The first cub hatches in Aladdar and Neera's nest as well. A male who, according to Jar, looks exactly like his father.
background
In contrast to normal computer animation films, the scenes were not created entirely in the computer, but are a combination of real nature shots and computer animations, some of which were supplemented by filmed, physical special effects (e.g. real explosions). Many real nature photos have been edited or supplemented.
The Disney studios invested a total of six years to resurrect the dinosaurs on the cinema screen. 350 employees, approx. 550 computers and a total of approx. 3.2 million computing hours were necessary to animate the prehistoric animals in a lifelike manner. The landscape shots that were incorporated into the film come from Australia , Venezuela and Samoa , among others .
In the US, the film grossed $ 38.85 million on its first weekend - this was the third best opening weekend for a Disney movie to date. Only The Lion King and the Pixar / Disney film Toy Story 2 got off to a better start. In total, the film grossed more than $ 349 million. The film cost $ 127.5 million according to official figures, making it the most expensive film of 2000.
Reviews
“The extremely ambitious cartoon by the Disney studio combines digital character animation with photographic images of nature with breathtaking success on the visual level. All realism is of course broken by the simultaneous striving for cartoon-like cuteness. The unconvincing story suffers from a dialogue-heavy nature that is surprising for half a nature film, which irritates it as much as it does the naturalism in the fight scenes, which is terrifying for smaller children. "
Awards
- 2000: Box Office Germany Award , Bogey in silver
- 2001: ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards in the Top Box Office Films category for James Newton Howard
- 2001: Golden screen
- 2001: Satellite Awards , Golden Satellite Award in the Best Sound category for Frank E. Eulner
Web links
- Dinosaurs in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Dinosaur inrotten tomatoes(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Disney Takes a BIG Departure from Formula with Dinosaur . Animation World Magazine, July 2000.
- ^ Dinosaur , Box Office Mojo
- ^ Dinosaurs in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed June 8, 2008
