dinosaur

Director: eric leighton,ralph zondag

Actor: d.b. sweeney,julianna margulies,samuel e. wright,alfre woodard

Data Published: Fri May 19 2000

Genres: Animation,Adventure,Family,Thriller

Key Words: disney,dinosaur,anthropomorphic animal,anthropomorphic dinosaur,lemur

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130623/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_(film)

Description: Dinosaur is a movie starring D.B. Sweeney, Julianna Margulies, and Samuel E. Wright. An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sanctuary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.

Plot: A Carnotaurus ambushes an infant Parasaurolophus, triggering a stampede which forces an Iguanodon mother to abandon her nest. The one surviving egg journeys through several predicaments via the flight of a Geosternbergia, before ending up on a far away island populated by lemurs. One of the lemurs, Plio (Alfre Woodard), names the hatched baby Aladar and raises him despite her father, Yar's (Ossie Davis) objections. Years later, an adult Aladar (D. B. Sweeney) and the lemurs take part in the mating ritual, where Aladar's friend, Zini (Max Casella), goes without a mate. Moments after the ritual ends, a giant meteor strikes and destroys the island, spreading destruction in its wake. Aladar, Plio, Zini, Yar and Plio's daughter, Suri (Hayden Panettiere), flee and jump across the sea to the mainland. They mourn for their losses before moving on. While crossing the deserted wastelands, they are ambushed by a pack of hungry Velociraptors. After escaping, the family comes across a remaining multi-species herd of dinosaurs led by Kron (Samuel E. Wright) and his second-in-command, Bruton (Peter Siragusa), who are on a journey to reach the "Nesting Grounds", a valley said to be untouched by the meteor. As Aladar and the lemurs befriend a trio of elderly dinosaurs Brachiosaurus Baylene (Joan Plowright), Styracosaurus Eema (Della Reese) and doglike Euoplocephalus Url, Kron permits them to follow the herd. Together, they migrate across the desert to a lake they have relied on for past trips. Though it has seemingly dried up by the meteor, Aladar and Baylene discover the buried water under the dried surface, saving the herd from dehydration. Impressed by Aladar's compassionate ways, Kron's younger sister Neera (Julianna Margulies) begins to fall in love with him. Meanwhile, two Carnotaurs pick up the herd's trail and begin stalking them for food. Bruton and an Iguanodon scout search for water, but are attacked by the Carnotaurs. Bruton escapes badly wounded, while the scout is eaten by one of the Carnotaurs. Bruton returns to the herd and warns Kron that they are being followed, putting the entire herd in a state of panic. Kron picks up the pace and quickly evacuates the herd, leaving Aladar, the lemurs, the elder dinosaurs and Bruton behind, while the Carnotaurs are in pursuit. During a rainstorm, the stragglers spend the night in the cave, where Plio heals Bruton, and the Carnotaurs find and attack them. Bruton saves the others and sacrifices himself, causing a cave-in to kill the female Carnotaur in the process. As the rest of the group venture deeper through the cave, the male Carnotaur, having survived, vengefully resumes searching for the herd. Aladar loses hope when they reach a dead end, but the others convince him to keep going, relating how he inspired them to do the same. After they knock down the dead end together and successfully find the Nesting Grounds on the other side. Eema sees a large wall of rocks blocking the original entryway to the valley. Knowing that the herd will die attempting to climb over it, Aladar rushes off alone to find them, and he gets pursued by the surviving Carnotaur. As Aladar arrives to catch up with the herd and suggests the safer way to the valley, a stubborn Kron furiously attacks him and they engage in battle until Neera stops them. The herd decides to abandon Kron and takes Aladar as their new leader. As they prepare to leave, the Carnotaur confronts them. Aladar rallies the herd to stand together, and they bellow their way past the predator. The Carnotaur pursues Kron on the ledge and, after a brief struggle, bites him on the back. Aladar and Neera fight against the Carnotaur until he plummets into the ravine below to his death. The two are relieved, but their joy is short-lived when they find that Kron has succumbed to his wounds. In the aftermath, the herd are led back to the Nesting Grounds as their new home. A new generation of dinosaurs hatch sometime later, along with Aladar and Neera's children. The lemurs find more of their kind, and soon they begin embarking on a new life together.