Eema notices that a landslide has blocked off the usual entrance to the valley. Though Aladar briefly loses hope, Baylene uses her strength to smash through the wall, and they arrive at the Nesting Grounds on the other side. The group ventures deeper into the cave, but they reach a dead end. Bruton sacrifices his life to cause a cave-in that kills one of the Carnotaurus, forcing the survivor to retreat. The group takes shelter in a cave as night falls, but the predators catch up to them and attack. Kron quickly ushers the herd away from the lake, deliberately leaving Bruton, Aladar, the lemurs, and the elderly dinosaurs behind. Kron's Altirhinus lieutenant Bruton reports the approaching predators, after surviving an attack during a scouting mission. Meanwhile, two Carnotaurus have been tracking the herd. The rest of the herd follows suit, and Kron's sister Neera, impressed by Aladar's compassion, begins to grow closer to him, while Kron fears he wants to take over. He and Baylene dig until they find her some water. Kron orders the herd to move on and let the weakest perish, but Aladar stays behind with a sick Eema. They travel for days without water to the site of a lake, only to find it seemingly dried up. Falling afoul of callous Iguanodon herd leader Kron, they retreat to the end of the line and befriend the old Styracosaurus Eema, her pet Ankylosaurus Url who acts like a dog, and her equally elderly friend Baylene, the only Brachiosaurus in the group. They escape by joining a multi-species herd of dinosaur refugees heading for the communal Nesting Grounds. While crossing the burnt wasteland, they are attacked by a pack of Velociraptors. Being the only survivors, they mourn the others, before moving on. Aladar and Yar's family flee across the sea to the mainland. Moments after the ritual ends, they are interrupted by a meteor crashing into the Earth, creating an explosive shockwave which destroys the island. Several years later, a fully grown Aladar watches the lemurs take part in a mating ritual, in which Plio's awkward teenaged brother Zini, who is also Suri and Aladar's uncle, is unsuccessful. Plio, the daughter of their patriarch Yar, names the hatched baby Aladar and raises him alongside her daughter Suri, despite Yar's initial objections.
The lone surviving Iguanodon egg is stolen by smaller predators, and, after a series of mishaps, is dropped on an island inhabited by prehistoric lemurs. Ī Carnotaurus attacks a mixed-species herd of dinosaurs, destroying an Iguanodon nest before killing a young female Pachyrhinosaurus. It was the fourth best-selling home video release of 2001, selling 10.6 million copies and garnering $198 million in sales. The film grossed $350 million worldwide, becoming the fifth highest-grossing film of 2000.
Critics praised the film's opening sequence and animation, but criticized the story for its lack of originality some even pointed out similarities with The Land Before Time (1988). ĭinosaur was released on to mixed reviews. With a budget of $127.5 million, Dinosaur was reportedly the most expensive computer-animated film at the time. 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.
While the characters in Dinosaur are computer-generated, most of the backgrounds are live-action and were filmed on location.
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 are 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 young Iguanodon who was adopted and raised by a family of lemurs on a tropical island. Dinosaur is a 2000 American live-action/ computer-animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation in collaboration with The Secret Lab.