Bruton sacrifices himself by triggering a cave-in, crushing him and one of the Carnotaurus under falling debris. Later that night, the Carnotaurus pair enter the cave and attack the group, but Bruton intervenes and is able to fight off the predators while giving Aladar and the others time to escape. Kron picks up the pace and starts to evacuate the herd, leaving Aladar, the lemurs, and the elderly dinosaurs behind while the Carnotaurus are in pursuit some distance away.ĭuring a storm, the group encounter Bruton, who was left to defend himself against the Carnotaurus after he was abandoned by Kron, before deciding to take shelter in a cave to spend the night. Bruton warns Kron that they are being followed, sending the entire herd in a panicked flurry. Bruton manages to escape, but the scout is killed and devoured. Bruton and an Iguanodon scout search for water in a canyon, but are ambushed and attacked by the Carnotaurus. Meanwhile, two Carnotaurus follow the herd's tracks and begin hunting them for food. Later that evening, Kron's sister Neera, impressed by Aladar's compassionate ways, begins to have a relationship with him. It appears to be dried up and Kron orders the herd to move on until Aladar and his friends discover water buried under the surface, thereby saving the herd from dehydration. The next morning, the herd begin to journey across the desert and after walking for hours, finally reach a lake they have relied on for past trips. After the herd stop to spend the night, Aladar and the lemurs befriend some members of the herd including Baylene, an elderly Brachiosaurus who is the last of her kind, her friend Eema, a Styracosaurus and Url, her pet dog-like Ankylosaurus. After escaping from them, the family encounter a massive herd of dinosaurs led by two Iguanodons named Kron, who is their leader and his lieutenant Bruton, during a journey to the "Nesting Grounds", a valley said to be untouched by the devastation of the meteor. While crossing deserted wastelands, the group are attacked by a pack of Velociraptors. They look back at their ruined home and mourn for the loss of their loved ones before deciding to move on. However, Aladar, along with Plio, Zini, Yar, and Suri flee and survive by leaping across the sea towards the mainland. Moments after the ritual ends, they are interrupted when a gigantic meteor crashes into the Earth, creating an explosion-like tsunami that destroys the island and spreads countless exploding fireballs. Years later, a fully grown Aladar and the lemurs take part in a mating ritual, where his friend Zini is unable to achieve a mate. Plio, the daughter of their leader, Yar, names the hatchling Aladar and raises him as her adopted son, much to Yar's initial objections. One surviving egg, after being removed from the nest by an Oviraptor and lost in a river following a fight with another, journeys through several dinosaur terrains via the flight of a Geosternbergia before ending up on a faraway island populated by lemurs. In a nearby breeding ground, a Carnotaurus ambushes an infant Parasaurolophus after it accidentally attracts its attention, triggering a stampede which forces an Iguanodon mother to abandon her nest which is crushed by the pursuing predator and eventually kills a Pachyrhinosaurus. The film grossed over $349 million worldwide, becoming the fifth highest-grossing film of 2000. 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.ĭinosaur was released on to mixed reviews from film critics who praised the animation and soundtrack, but criticized the story for a lack of originality. While the characters in Dinosaur are computer-generated, most of the backgrounds are live-action and were filmed on location.
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In 1994, Walt Disney Feature Animation began development on the project and spent several years developing the software to create the dinosaurs. The project underwent numerous iterations with multiple directors attached. The initial idea was conceived in 1986 by Phil Tippett and Paul Verhoeven where it was conceived as a darker, naturalistic film about dinosaurs. Unfortunately, they're being hunted down by predators such as Carnotaurus. 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". The 39th Disney animated feature film, 1 it follows a heroic young Iguanodon who was adopted and raised by a family of lemurs on a tropical island. The Emperor's New Groove (2000) Dinosaur is a 2000 American computer-animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and The Secret Lab.