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
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Good review! i read it for inspiration but have now decided not to wright one as i cant think of anything useful to say! This is one of my favorite films, heart wrenching but so sweet.
imogen49 11.11.2006 11:29
My children love these movies.
speedy1979 09.11.2006 18:59
Aww i loved this when i was a kiddy!!! Good review :0)
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