Dinosaur

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	Alfre Woodard	Plio
	Ossie Davis	Yar
	Max Casella	Zini
	Hayden Panettiere	Suri
	D.B. Sweeney	Aladar
	Samuel E. Wright	Kron
	Peter Siragusa	Bruton
	Julianna Margulies	Neera
	Joan Plowright	Baylene
	Della Reese	Eema
	Matt Adler	Additional Voice
	Sandina Bailo-Lape	Additional Voice
	Edie Lehmann Boddicker	Additional Voice
	Zachary Bostrom	Additional Voice
	Cathy Cavadini	Additional Voice
	Holly Dorff	Additional Voice
	Greg Finley	Additional Voice
	Jeff Fischer	Additional Voice
	Barbara Harris	Additional Voice
	David Allen Kramer	Additional Voice
	Susie Stevens-Logan	Additional Voice
	David McCharen	Additional Voice
	Tracy Metro	Additional Voice
	Daran Norris	Additional Voice
	Bobbi Page	Additional Voice

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Director	Eric Leighton
	Ralph Zondag
Writer	Thom Enriquez, John Harrison, Robert Nelson Jacobs, Ralph Zondag, Walon Green, Gregory Gunter, Shirley Pierce, Jonathan Roberts, Rhett Reese, Tamara Lusher Stocker
Producer	Baker Bloodworth, Jim Burton, Enfys Dickinson, Pam Marsden
Musician	James Newton Howard
Photography	David R. Hardberger, Steven Douglas Smith

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Story Synopsis:
The shame about Disney’s live action/animated spectacle, Dinosaur, is that the level of creativity in the story in no way measures up to the technological accomplishments in creating the characters. Such as it is, the story tells the tale of a dinosaur egg that is carried far away from its mother and finally lands in a forest with a family of funky-looking lemurs. They raise the little dinosaur, called Aladar, as their own, and all is well until a meteor shower destroys the family’s home. The lemurs climb aboard Aladar and they take off for safer accommodations. Along the way, Aladar is faced, for the first time, with his own kind. One thing that should always be remembered: no matter how amazing or lovely a film is, it’s just simply got to tell a good story as well. There are two options for purchasing Dinosaur: a single disc with a nice selection of extras, or a double disc set that offers a second disc with tons and tons of extras that focus, of course, on the amazing and intricate art of digital animation. I had terrible troubles with the movie disc in this set. It seemed that there were times where I could not pause or fast forward. I tried other players, other remotes, fresh batteries, but to no avail. Is it just a disc glitch, or is Disney, once again, arrogantly controlling our fate? In this instance, I doubt that is the case. There are no forced ads on the films, by the way. (Laurie Sevano)

DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced 1.85:1 DVD picture, derived from an all-digital source, is absolutely stunning. Images are sharply defined into the fine details of the grasses, scales on the dinosaurs and their facial expressions. Tremendous detail is given to individual hairs on the monkeys. Colors are rich and well defined, with the vegetation appearing very natural and lush. Contrast and “shadow delineation” are superb throughout. There is just the slightest shimmer noticed on occasion, but it’s hardly worth mentioning as it is not much of a distraction at all. (Suzanne Hodges)

Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital and DTS® Digital Surround™ 5.1-channel soundtracks feature a wonderful amalgamation of effects and music, along with dialogue to yield a listening experience that is wholly satisfying in terms of dimension, envelopment and fidelity. The production is simply par excellent in all respects, and the DTS version should be the preferred option for offering refinement in the higher frequencies and slightly improved spatial resolution. The strongest aspect of this soundtrack is clearly the design of the sound effects from Christopher Boyes and the crew at Skywalker Sound, crafting poignant, distinctive sounds of the dinosaurs and the primates (most of the re-recording was performed at Buena Vista Sound Studios). The integration of effects into the sound mix is absolutely compelling, as is the dialogue. James Newton Howard’s music score is an excellent recording, and is engaging with a sweeping presence across the screen and gentle to moderate surround envelopment. Much credit is also due to the atmospheric sound effects, helping to maintain a wide, spacious soundstage, while at the same time engrossing the listener into the various soundscapes of nature. The meteor shower scene in Chapter 6 is an active, energetic sequence with active split surround engagement and significant 25Hz low-end impact, along with some .1 LFE. (Those who choose to elect a back surround decoder, such as the SMART® Devices CS-3X, Jr. should derive further benefit of slightly more depth in the surrounds.) This is a superlative soundtrack presentation that will not only please but will also exhibit wonderful creativity with crafting film sound. (Perry Sun)

This Disc Contains The Following WSR-Rated Superb Qualities:
Reference Quality
Collector Edition
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality
Superb Music Score Recording Quality
Superb Special Visual Effects Quality
Superb Color Fidelity

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