Beautifully animated and genuinely endearing, The Land Before Time is sure to please dino-obsessed tykes, even if it's a little too cutesy for older viewers.
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Director -
Don Bluth -
Producer -
Gary Goldman , Don Bluth , John Pomeroy -
Screenwriter -
Stu Krieger -
Distributor -
Universal Pictures -
Production Co -
Lucasfilm Ltd. , Amblin Entertainment , Universal Pictures -
Rating -
G -
Genre -
Kids & Family , Adventure , Animation -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Nov 18, 1988, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
May 25, 2015 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$45.8M -
Runtime -
1h 6m -
Sound Mix -
Surround