
May 19, 2000
Dinosaur is a 2000 American live-action/computer-animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation in collaboration with The Secret Lab. The 39th Disney animated feature film, it follows a heroic young Iguanodon who was adopted and raised by a family of lemurs on a tropical island. After surviving a devastating meteor shower, the family move out for their new home and befriend a herd of dinosaurs along the way while on a journey to the "Nesting Grounds". Unfortunately, they are being hunted down by predators such as Carnotaurus.
The initial idea was conceived in 1986 by Phil Tippett and Paul Verhoeven, where it was conceived as a darker, naturalistic film about dinosaurs. The project underwent numerous iterations with multiple directors attached. In 1994, Walt Disney Feature Animation began development on the project and spent several years developing the software to create the dinosaurs. While the characters in Dinosaur are computer-generated, most of the backgrounds are live-action and were filmed on location. A number of backgrounds were found in various continents such as the Americas and Asia; various tepuis and Angel Falls also appear in the film. With a budget of $127.5 million, Dinosaur was reportedly the most expensive computer-animated film at the time.
Dinosaur was released on May 19, 2000. Critics praised the film's opening sequence and animation, but criticized the story for its lack of originality. The film grossed $350 million worldwide, becoming the fifth highest-grossing film of 2000. It was the fourth best-selling home video release of 2001, selling 10.6 million copies and garnering $198 million in sales.
Storyline[]
This is the story of Aladar (D. B. Sweeney), an iguanodon dinosaur raised by a family of lemurs. Their world is turned upside-down however, when meteors strike, turning their green world into a desert wasteland. Teaming up with a herd of other herbivores, the trek is on to find the "Nesting Ground" where water and vegetation is bountiful... but with carnivores behind them and nothing but desert around for miles, it doesn't look promising!
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Sound Effects Used[]
- Ben Burtt Punching Sounds (One of the punches is used once in a lower volume when one of the Velociraptors punctures Aladar's skin with its claws before snapping at Yar.)
- CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 2 (A trace of the whistle element is heard.)
- Gary Rydstrom Lion Growl (The second half is used once in a lower pitch when Aladar witnesses the approaching impact shockwave right before he and the lemurs jump into the sea from the cliff.)
- Hollywoodedge, Bear Unknown Type Cri AT032602
- Hollywoodedge, Bird Canary SingingC PE020201
- Hollywoodedge, Blackbird Yellowhea AT082501 (Used for some of the Velociraptors' calls.)
- Hollywoodedge, Boar Wild Grunts Grow AT040802
- Hollywoodedge, Bottle Rocket 2 Picco PE098501 (Heard during the meteor disaster in various processed pitches.)
- Hollywoodedge, Chameleon Breaths Cl AT064501
- Hollywoodedge, Ducks Quacks Duck Qua AT085201
- Hollywoodedge, Elephant Trumpet Gro AT044301 (Used once in a higher pitch for a Pachyrhinosaurus.)
- Hollywoodedge, Gusts Heavy Cold Wind PE031601/Hollywoodedge, Whistling Wind Stead PE033301
- Hollywoodedge, Hollow Wooden BonkW CRT057102
- Hollywoodedge, Macaw Caws Several Bi AT074301 (1st caw only.)
- Hollywoodedge, Monkey Capuchin Chit AT054801
- Hollywoodedge, Wapiti Elk Call Singl AT049101 (The 2nd half is used thrice in the prologue for a baby Parasaurolophus.)
- Jumanji Lion Roar
- Jurassic Park, T-Rex - Exclamation Roar
- Jurassic Park, Velociraptor - Roar (One of the hisses is used twice for some of the Velociraptors shortly before they lunge at Aladar.)
- SKYWALKER, ANIMAL - CERATOSAURUS GROWLS, SNORTS (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, ANIMAL - IGUANODON BELLOW (Debut; used for Aladar.)
- SKYWALKER, ANIMAL - LEMUR CHITTERING (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, ANIMAL - LEMUR CHITTERS, SQUEALS, CALLS; PRIMATE (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, ANIMAL - LION SNARLING (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, ANIMAL - PACHYRHINOSAURUS GRUNTS (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, ANIMAL - PARASAUROLOPHUS BELLOW (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, ANIMAL - STYRACOSAURUS SNARL (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, ANIMAL - TALARURUS GRUNTS, SCREAMS (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, ANIMAL - VELOCIRAPTOR CHITTERING, SCREECHING (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, BABY - ALADAR BURP (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, BABY - ALADAR COOING (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, BIRD - GOOSE FLOCK HONKING, NOISY (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, BIRD - ICHTHYORNIS SQUAWKING (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, BIRD - RAINFOREST BIRD CALL
- SKYWALKER, BODYFALL - BODYFALL ON DIRT (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, BREATH - HYDROS' ICE BREATH; WIND BLAST
- SKYWALKER, BUBBLES - THICK, GLOPPY MUD BUBBLES
- SKYWALKER CONCRETE BREAKING SOUNDS
- SKYWALKER, CRACK - EGG CRACKING (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, CRACK - HOLLOW, THUMPING CRUNCH (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, CRACK - ROCK OR EARTH CRACKING
- SKYWALKER, CRASH - FOLIAGE CRASHING (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, CREATURE - BREATHY SNIFF
- SKYWALKER, CREATURE - LOW, HEAVY MOAN (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, CREATURE - SLOBBERING (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, CREATURE - T-REX CHOMP (Heard once in a lower volume when a Velociraptor jumps up and snaps at Yar before the latter is pulled back up onto Aladar.)
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - LIGHTNING BOLT POWER 04
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 08 (First half only.)
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 16
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - AT-AT STOMP (Heard once when the Carnotaurus hits the ground off-screen near the end of the film.)
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - CRACKLING EXPLOSION, MEDIUM 01
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - EXPLODING FIRE CRACKER
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - GRAVEL EXPLOSION (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - MONSTER CLOUD EXPLOSION (Debut; heard when the monster cloud destroys the courtship trees.)
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - SMALL EXPLOSION
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - THERMAL DETONATOR: CHARGE 01 (The first half is used only once during the meteor disaster.)
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - UNDERWATER EXPLOSION, LOUD
- SKYWALKER, FOOTSTEP - DINOSAUR FOOTSTEPS
- SKYWALKER, GUN - ASCENSION GUN CABLE FIRE (Whirling element only.)
- SKYWALKER, HISS - HARPOON LAUNCHER, WEAPON
- SKYWALKER, HISS - SHOOTING STARS HISSING (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, IMPACT - BIG BODILY IMPACT (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, JET - ARTOO'S ROCKET THRUSTERS
- SKYWALKER, MOVEMENT - CREEPY GURGLING MOVEMENT
- SKYWALKER, MUSIC - DEEP, OMINOUS BASS TONE
- SKYWALKER RAINING SOUNDS
- SKYWALKER, ROAR - BARRACUDA GROWL (Used once for Aladar when he plays monster with Suri and the other lemur kids.)
- SKYWALKER, ROAR - CARNOTAURUS ROAR (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, ROAR - PACHYRHINOSAURUS ROAR (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, ROAR - SAURON'S EYE ROAR (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, ROAR - SPINOSAURUS ROARS, GROWLS (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, ROAR - WIND ROARING, THREE TIMES
- SKYWALKER, ROAR - ZILLO BEAST SCREAM (Debut)
- SKYWALKER ROCK DROPPING SOUND
- SKYWALKER, RUBBLE - BRICKS COLLAPSING WITH CRUMBLING
- SKYWALKER, SHOCKWAVE - METEOR COLLISION (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, SMASH - BIG WALL SMASH (Used twice in a lower pitch to accent two of Baylene's footsteps.)
- SKYWALKER, SNAP - JAW SNAPPING (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, SNAP - LOUD BRANCH OR TWIG CRACK (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, SPACECRAFT - MILLENNIUM FALCON FLY BY 02
- SKYWALKER, SQUAWK - PTEROSAUR SQUAWKING (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, THUNDER - CRAZED, ERRATIC THUNDER STRIKES, LOUD (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, TIGER, GIANT - HUGE GROWL (Heard in a higher pitch.)
- SKYWALKER, WATER - SINGLE SPLASH
- SKYWALKER, WATER - UNDERWATER SLOSHES, VARIOUS
- SKYWALKER, WHISTLE - GIANT FLAMING WHISTLE (Heard during the meteor disaster in various processed pitches.)
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - ARTILLERY FALL 01
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - GIANT FLAMING WHOOSH (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - GIANT METEOR WHOOSHING BY (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - POWERFUL SHORT DASH (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - TAIL WHOOSHING (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, WINGS - PTERANODON WING FLAP (Debut)
- SoundDogs, Animals, Wild, Elephants - Elephant Roar
- SoundDogs, Birds - Bird Willow Ptarmigan Comical Bird Calls Very Good** - Background
- Sounddogs, Sci Fi - Surreal - Gusty Phase Wind - Gusty, Surreal Wind With Heavy Phasing
- Sound Ideas, AMBIENCE, FOREST - FOREST, SPOOKY NIGHT
- Sound Ideas, ANIMAL, CATTLE - INSISTENT, MOO-LIKE BAWL, BELLOW, COW
- Sound Ideas, ANIMAL, SCREAM - INTENSE, STRAINED, COMPLEX SCREAM: BATTLING DINOSAUR 04 (Heard once in a lower pitch.)
- Sound Ideas, ANIMAL, WHALE - HUMPBACK WHALE CALL, SONG, TONES WITH OCCASIONAL GRUNT-LIKE AND SQUEAK-LIKE TONES
- Sound Ideas, ANIMALS - ELEPHANT - CALLING - 2 CALLS (The 1st call is used once for Aladar when he jumps off of Lemur Island into the ocean during the meteor shower scene.)
- Sound Ideas, APES, CHIMP - GRUNT, C.U. HOARSE RAPID PANTING, ANIMAL, CHIMPANZEE (Used for Url.)
- Sound Ideas, BABIES - 12 WEEK OLD BABY, BOY, 6. 1KG, HAPPY SOUNDS
- Sound Ideas, BEAR - BLACK BEAR CUB, MOANS, PURRS, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, CAMEL - LOW CALLS, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, CRACKLE - ICE CRACKLING
- Sound Ideas, ELEPHANT - VARIOUS SNORTS, GROWLS, TRUMPETS, ANIMAL (A lower pitched variant is used as one of Baylene's roars.)
- Sound Ideas, FIRE, MISCELLANEOUS - SIZZLY, BUFFETING
- Sound Ideas, HUMAN, BABY - SNEEZE
- Sound Ideas, INSECT, CICADAS - INTENSELY IN & OUT IN FG OVER BG, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, INSECT, KATYDID - VERY C.U. OVER CONTINUOUS BG, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, KILLER WHALE - KILLER WHALE, C.U. BLOWING BG GASP AIR, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, LEMUR - ROUGH LEMUR BARKS & HOWLS, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, RACCOON, TRILLS - SNIFFS, SNORTS & GLOTTAL TRILLS, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, REPTILE, LIZARD - 7 SNORTY GROWLS, ANIMAL (Used for the Oviraptor.)
- Sound Ideas, ROCK, WATER - ROCK: SPLASH INTO WATER 03
- Sound Ideas, ROCKS, EARTHQUAKE - RUMBLE, CREAKS, CRASHES, TUMBLING, AVALANCHE
- Sound Ideas, THUNDER - THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 01 (Series 6000)
- Sound Ideas, THUNDER - THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 02 (Series 6000)
- Sound Ideas, WALRUS - MOTHER & DAUGHTER WALLOWING, ANIMAL (A small portion of this sound is used once for Aladar when Kron throws smoke at him during their fight scene.)
- Sound Ideas, WATER, FLOW - RIVER, GURGLE & RUSH
- Sound Ideas, WATER, FLOW - WATERFALL, LARGE FALL W/RIVER
- Sound Ideas, WATER, OCEAN - C.U. WAVES HIT BEACH, SURGES & SIZZLES, SEASHORE, SURF
- Sound Ideas, WATER, OCEAN - HEAVY, STEADY LOW ROAR, SEASHORE, SURF, WAVES
- Sound Ideas, WATER, SPLASH - SMALL, SLOSHING & FOOTSTEPS IN 6'
- Sound Ideas, WIND - DESERT WIND, LONELY, HAUNTING, OMINOUS, WEATHER
- Sound Ideas, WIND - FOREST WIND, LEAVES STIR, WEATHER
- Sound Ideas, WIND - WIND PANS & FADES AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, WEATHER
- Unknown Geese Honking Sound
- Unknown Large Blasts Sounds (2nd blast only.)
Image Gallery[]
Audio Samples[]
(Jurassic Park, T-Rex - Exclamation Roar as heard in the film.)