Disney Pictures' Animated Feature Dinosaur debuts

  By JackDavidsonOLD May 19, 2000 4:44 PM

See exclusive behind the scenes footage and interviews from the filmmakers and stars in attendance as they celebrate this unique experience.?The film combines stunning digitally-enhanced live-action backgrounds with state-of-the-art computer character animation, Walt Disney Pictures "Dinosaur" transports moviegoers back to prehistoric times for an incredible adventure.

Guests from the film included: D.B.?Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Peter Siragusa, Hayden Panettiere, Producer Pam Marsden, Co-producer Baker Bloodworth, Directors Eric Leighton and Ralph Zondag, and Composer James Newton Howard.
? Other guests included: David Hasselhoff, Larry King, Rick Schroder, Danny Bonaduce, Michelle Trachtenberg, Roy Disney, Michael Eisner among others.?
Walt Disney Pictures DINOSAUR opens nationwide on Friday, May 19th.

Film Synopsis

DINOSAUR - Release Date: May 19

Genre: Live Action/Animation
Producer: Pam Marsden
Directors: Ralph Zondag and Eric Leighton
Co-Producer: Baker Bloodworth
Score: James Newton Howard
Voice Talents: D.B.?Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Ossie
Davis, Max Casella, Hayden Panettiere, Samuel E.? Wright, Julianna Margulies, Peter Siragusa, Joan Plowright, Della Reese

Combining stunning digitally-enhanced live-action backgrounds with state-of-the-art computer character animation, Walt Disney Pictures transports moviegoers back to prehistoric times for an incredible adventure involving dinosaurs.?An action-filled drama with elements of humor, "DINOSAUR" focuses on the journey of a three-ton Iguanodon named Aladar, who is raised from the egg by a clan of lemurs and eventually reunited with his own kind.?With flaming meteors devastating the landscape and water in diminishing supply, the dinosaurs find themselves in a race against time to reach the safety of their nesting grounds.?When Aladar comes to the aid of a group of misfits unable to keep up with the breakneck pace of the herd, he makes an enemy of Kron, the stone-hearted leader of the group.?Faced with such perils as treacherous rock slides and attacking Carnotaurs, Aladar and his friends must overcome tremendous obstacles before they can settle into a new life in a beautiful valley.?This remarkable film represents a major advance for computer animation and Disney's in- house feature debut in this medium.?