Walking with Dinosaurs
Walking with Dinosaurs (also known as Walking with Dinosaurs: The 3D Movie) is a 2013 live-action/animated film about dinosaurs set in the Late Cretaceous period, years ago. The production features animated dinosaurs in live-action settings with actors John Leguizamo, Justin Long, Tiya Sircar, and Skyler Stone providing voice-overs for the main characters. It was directed by Neil Nightingale and Barry Cook from a screenplay by John Collee. In the film, an underdog dinosaur named Patchi must find his courage to become the leader of his herd as well as become a hero for the ages.
Plot
A paleontologist named Zack takes his nephew Ricky and his niece Jade on a fossil hunt in Alaska while their parents are on vacation in Europe. While alone, Ricky encounters an anthropomorphic raven named Alex, who then transforms into a prehistoric ancestor, Alexornis. Alex tells Ricky of a story set in the Late Cretaceous period, 70 million years ago, about his best friend Patchi. Patchi is the youngest and smallest in a litter of Pachyrhinosaurus hatchlings and is often bullied by his older brother Scowler. Their father Bulldust is the leader of the herd. Alex, who is Patchi's mentor, protector, and teacher, tries to help Patchi impress a female Pachyrhinosaurus named Juniper, but her herd migrates south without him. Patchi is also attacked by a Troodon, which attempts to eat him, but he is saved by his dad, resulting in Patchi having a hole in his frill as an injury which Alex claims that Patchi is "destined for greatness".
More details
author | John Collee |
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contentLocation | New Zealand |
director | Barry Cook Neil Nightingale |
editor | Jeremiah O'Driscoll John Carnochan |
genre | action adventure animation drama fantasy live-action |
keywords | act alexornis attack best friend bully bury edmontosaurus fight force forest fire gorgosaurus older brother pachyrhinosaurus present day raven their way trap troodon |
musicBy | Paul Leonard-Morgan |
producer | Amanda Hill Deepak Nayar Luke Hetherington Mike Devlin |
publisher | 20th Century Fox IM Global |
recordedAt | New Zealand |
theme | 3d animated children's adventure |