The Land Before Time is the ultimate Dinosaur equialent of Bambi. In that it's basic underllying theme is littlefoot becoming an orphan due to his mother being killed by a preadator. ( in this case by a 'sharp-tooth', in bambi's case, a human sports hunter ). This fantastic old skool animated ... Read review
The Land Before TimeThis 1988 animated feature from Don Bluth (An American Tail) focuses ... more
on an orphaned young dinosaur, Littlefoot, who has to make his way to the paradise of the Great Valley in order to survive a plague. Along the way, he meets up wit...
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The Land Before TimeThis 1988 animated feature from Don Bluth (An American Tail) focuses ... more
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In a long-ago age of rumbling volcanoes and perilous earthquakes a young bracheosaurus ... more
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Littlefoot, Cera, Spike, Ducky and Petrie in this acclaimed animated classic for the entire family. In a long-ago age of rumbling volcanoes and perilous earthquakes, a youn...
Advantages: Great film, good for a cry, lovely characters & happy ending Disadvantages: Littlefoots mother dies :'(
The Land Before Time is the ultimate Dinosaur equialent of Bambi. In that it's basic underllying theme is littlefoot becoming an orphan due to his mother being killed by a preadator. ( in this case by a 'sharp-tooth', in bambi's case, a human sports hunter ). This fantastic old skool animated film is work from Steven Spielberg, and was directed by Don Bluth, to produce a tear jerking classic film with a soundtrack composed by James Horner. Originally ... ...2006, we are graced with the DVD format, to enjoy the spacousness of a DVD cupboard. Which is great you can fit like 30 DVD's in the space of 10 VHS cases. And is the main reason, together with the purchase of a DVD player, why we've traded almost all our VHS's for the newer DVD versions.
The story tells the story of littlefoot, a baby 'longneck' dinosaur who becomes orphaned when his mother looses her life in a battle to defend her ... more
The Land Before Time is the ultimate Dinosaur equialent of Bambi. In that it's basic underllying theme is littlefoot becoming an orphan due to his mother being killed by a preadator. ( in this case by a 'sharp-tooth', in bambi's case, a human sports hunter ). This fantastic old skool animated film is work from Steven Spielberg, and was directed by Don Bluth, to produce a tear jerking classic film with a soundtrack composed by James Horner. Originally released in cinemas in 1988 (can you believe I was like only 3!) it quickly became a chart topper and became even more popular when it was eventually released on VHS. And now in 2006, we are graced with the DVD format, to enjoy the spacousness of a DVD cupboard. Which is great you can fit like 30 DVD's in the space of 10 VHS cases. And is the main reason, together with the purchase of a DVD player, why we've traded almost all our VHS's for the newer DVD versions.
The story tells the story of littlefoot, a baby 'longneck' dinosaur who becomes orphaned when his mother looses her life in a battle to defend her young with a sharp-tooth T-Rex dinosaur. A very sad moment and will have even the most sturn faced individual whimpering. Littlefoot must then find his way to the Great Valley, follwing the droughts his homeland is completely unhabitiable. Along the way, he meets and befriends other baby dinosaurs (sara, ducky, petri, and spike) and they form a herd built on strong friendships unlike any they've ever seen. At first they are frowned on by the others, as the usual herd format was that like dinosaurs stick with like dinosaurs, for example three horns stick with other three horns, long necks stick with other long necks etc..... Which leads to a good moral teaching for young children. It teaches the classic fabel 'don't judge a book by it's cover'' and also not to discriminate others by their differences. And that by working together you can overcome even the most challenging of things.
Title: The Land Before Time Directed by: Don Bluth Written by: Judy Freudberg (story), Tony Geiss (story), and Stu Krieger (screenplay) Music by: James Horner Released on: November 18, 1988 American picture Specifications: Technicolor, 35 mm 1.85:1 (color, Dolby Digital sound) Genre: Animation, fantasy, comedy, drama Runtime: 69 minutes
Overall 4 star rating, a wonderful storyline and is the classic, original storyline. Highly recommended to see before you see the rest in the series, it'll definately have you crying. A must have and a superb teaching DVD for childrens morals. Great for any age viewer. Thanks for reading, best wishes, mints x x x
Advantages: the best dinosaur film ever ever! Disadvantages: all the sequels retain nothing of this masterpiece
...Don Bluth (who also did the similar animated family film An American Tail) and the way it dealt with death, loss and friendship just seemed so refreshing compared to a lot of other films that were out then. actually even more so now-a-days, all films seem to be filled with bright colours, characters bouncing around, all happy with way too much singing...which is fine sometimes, but what i love so much about this film is that it was gritty and grainy ... ...an orphaned bracheosaurus dinosaur, at the time of change in their world; food and water is scarce, the green lands have turned to rubble and herds are not safe from predators. split from his only remanining family littlefoot must find his way to the a place called 'the great valley', the only lush and safe place for all kinds of herds. the only thing is, littlefoot must remember the path as told to him by his mother, who dies after battling the ...
vickymoo 10.08.2006
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Advantages: Another lovely tale, packed full of adventure & cuddly cute dinosaur babies! Disadvantages: no extras, graphics a bit blurry
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Format: Animated, PAL
Language English
Region: Region 2
Number of discs: 1
Classification: U
Studio: Universal Pictures Video
DVD Release Date: 13 Sep 2004
Run Time: 90 minutes
Main Language: English
DVD Extras:
In The Studio With Olivia Newton John Best Of Friends Featurette
Music Trailer
Littlefoots Playhouse Read A Long The Great Circle
Cover:
Pretty much basic & standard product stuff. Comes in a standard single DVD black plastic case. Complete with clear plastic cover and a paper insert. Front and back cover of DVD case features the 'LandBeforetime' title as well as a lovely full colour cartton of the great valley and Littlefoot the long neck dinosaur. The reverse gives a synopsis and features picture clips from the flim.
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Advantages: Great for christmas time, another great adventure from littlefoot & the gang Disadvantages: no extra features on DVD format
'The big freeze' LandbeforetimeDVD is an excellent one for christmas, as it gets you into the ''being cheerful, even though your bloody freezin mood. Of course, not being particularly religous I believe this is what has kept christmas going. That and, of course th huge economic value it has upon society.
For those unfamiliar with The LandBeforeTime it's the ultimate Dinosaur equivalent of Bambi. In that it's basic underllying theme is littlefoot becoming an orphan due to his mother being killed by a preadator. ( in this case by a 'sharp-tooth', in bambi's case, a human sports hunter ). We decided to update our home viewing collection and have recently been replacing all our favourites with the new DVD alternatives. I know you must think this would cost alot, however I've a 50% discount card for Blockbuster which has helped ...
Advantages: cute characters, good story, good songs too Disadvantages: is one in a series, ali isn't all that hot
Another classic film, the fith installement, to be correct, from ''the landbeforetime'' series.
Which of course, started off as one movie, but was then made into several thousnad more in a dire attempt to milk every penny out of a brillant masterpiece. Pretty much, a bit like James Bond or star wars, except these dinosaurs lack lightsabers and don't drink bizarrely named drinks that have to be prepared on the top of washing machines.
By now, from having read (that is if you have) my other reviews you'll know I LOVE the old school films, especially of the cartoon variety, especailly the ever so cute Care Bears, My Little Pony, Biker Mice from Mars, Count Duckula, The LandBeforeTime, Poddington Peas, the smurfs and many, many others which don't get much attention today.
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While a gaggle of dinosaurs search for the Great Valley, a group of the young ones become separated from their parents during a huge earthquake. On their own, they soon learn about life without their parents' protection and the real meaning of friendship.
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