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Dinosaurs Alive!

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Dinosaurs from the Triassic to the Cretaceous period come to life on the giant IMAX screen through scientifically accurate computer animation. Take a journey with the world's top paleontologists as they find evidence that descendents of these creatures still walk, and fly, among us.

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Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter 06/09/2007
Anyone seriously interested in the subject will find much to fascinate them here. Go to Full Review
Chris Hewitt St. Paul Pioneer Press 07/24/2009
3/4
It's a pretty good combination of whiz-bang and science. Go to Full Review
Ross Anthony Hollywood Report Card 10/18/2007
2/4
A solid documentary; unfortunately, the picture suffers from rickety 3-D. Go to Full Review
Jean Lowerison San Diego Metropolitan 07/07/2007
If you know any 8-year-olds, take them along. If not, see the fascinating Dinosaurs Alive! yourself. Go to Full Review
Linda Cook Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) 06/10/2007
3.5/4
Budding paleontologists: Dig in! This is the closest you'll get to seeing a real-life documentary on the biggest creatures you'll never lay eyes on. Go to Full Review
Frank Lovece Film Journal International 05/23/2007
Putting something in large-format raises expectation of a sense of awe and wonder beyond the solid and well-taught information that alone that you could get on PBS. Go to Full Review
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05/01/2022 LOL, a funny, original, and unscripted documentary, with Michael Douglas (as the movie's narrator)!!!!! All families are admitted, and not ****ing ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cool beans. See more 06/08/2019 This IMAX film is amazing. I liked it when I was a kid and I love more than ever now. See more 05/29/2012 Narrated by Michael Douglas, this former IMAX entry focuses on some researchers doing recent work in areas of both the Gobi Desert and New Mexico. What they've found has led to new discoveries and changed even further the way in which we should look at dinosaurs. For instance, some of their evidence suggests that instead of Velociraptors' hide being a pebbly reptilian like substance, they were instead heavily feathered like modern day birds are. The video explores the evolution of dinosaurs and their close relationship with modern day birds, as well as their relationship with modern day reptiles such as crocodiles. A brief history of an early archaeologist named Roy Chapman Andrews is also given (said to be the inspiration for Indiana Jones ), as he had led expeditions in to both of these areas many, many years ago, back in the 1920s or so. Interspersed between all of the live action documentary segments are snippets of some great CGI dinosaur action, helping explain what Michael Douglas is talking about throughout the film. But, as can happen with library DVDs this one was heavily scratched, so the second half of the documentary was chopped up quite a bit. Overall I got the gist and enjoyed the DVD a lot. Man I love dinosaurs!! See more 01/09/2011 Michael Douglas as the narrator? Should have used someone with a more soothing voice (i.e. Nick Schatzki) to do the narration. Douglas is great as an actor but he doesn't have the rhythm to do narration. The scenery was beautiful (especially the fly-overs) but it was a very small part of the movie. The first few minutes of the movie showing the battle between the two dinosaurs was very good. The rest of the dinosaur graphics were horrible. And the people portion of the movie showed them huddled over fossils or wielding shovels and pick axes. The movie jumped back/forth from one find to another without developing enough of a plot. I could tell it was an IMAX production because it was SHORT (40 minutes). The plot in such a show HAS to be tightly condensed but they missed the mark here. Can't really explain much in a show just a few minutes longer than a TV sitcom. See more 01/14/2009 Documental de la National Geographic pero a lo 3D. Impresionante experiencia aunque nos quedamos con ganas de ver mas dinosaurios. Como docu es interesante y correctamente realizado. See more 01/11/2009 Un documental interesante, no esta mal, corto y con muy buenos efectos visuales, sobre todo si lo ves en el Imax, que aunque disponga de malas y sucias instalaciones si tiene grandes medios tecnicos, en definitiva, ver acercarse a un Brontosaurio hacia ti en 3D no deja de ser una experiencia y una pasada See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Dinosaurs from the Triassic to the Cretaceous period come to life on the giant IMAX screen through scientifically accurate computer animation. Take a journey with the world's top paleontologists as they find evidence that descendents of these creatures still walk, and fly, among us.
Director
David Clark, Bayley Silleck
Producer
David Clark
Screenwriter
David Clark, Bayley Silleck
Production Co
Giant Screen Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Runtime
40m
Aspect Ratio
IMAX (1.43:1)