Land Before Time: Pat Hingle, Gabriel Damon, Judith Barsi, Helen Shaver, Bill Erwin, Burke Byrnes, Candace Hutson, Will Ryan, Diana Ross, Don Bluth, Deborah Jelin Newmyer, Frank Marshall, Gary Goldman, George Lucas, John Pomeroy, Kathleen Kennedy, Judy Freudberg, Stu Krieger, Tony Geiss: Amazon.ca: Video

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This 1988 animated feature from Don Bluth (An American Tail) focuses 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 with some other dinos from different species, and they all bond and travel together. On the way, they have plenty of adventures. Even with elements of suspense, this is a pretty relaxed movie that isn't in a particular hurry to roll out its story. Kids will like the originality of the concept, and the themes of friendship and cooperation are well woven into the fabric of the entertainment, plus the music is great. Bluth's artwork looks good, though--as always--he never seems to quite catch up with the quality of the Disney machine. --Tom Keogh

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie, Bad DVD, Feb 17 2001

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Impetigo (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Land Before Time (Full Screen) (DVD)

First of all, the previous reviewer is mistaken, this is NOT a Disney movie but a Don Bluth movie (the one who also made An American Tail). This is a great movie, like An American Tail, and has a great score composed by James Horner and played by the London Symphony Orchestra (with the King's College Choir). The animation is pretty decent, some of the scenes (like the one near the end where Spike and Ducky slide across a shallow pool of water) are very nice. The story is pretty basic, but enjoyable for kids and adults (I saw this as a teen in the theaters). The characters are mostly very cute and charming, especially Ducky and Petri.

And YET, this DVD sucks really bad and no one should buy it. This DVD is NOT widescreen or anamorphic at all. It's pretty shameful when EVEN Disney is making their DVDs widescreen. Furthermore, there are absolutely NO extras on this DVD. I would have especially appreciated to have trailers, tv spots, audio commentary by Bluth (or others), making of feature, etc. At the very least, widescreen and a trailer. Yes, this is a children's movie, but that doesn't mean it has to be fullscreen! It doesn't take much to put in both full and widescreen versions either. The same goes for "The Secret Of NIMH," another Bluth film given the fullscreen treatment.

BOYCOTT THIS ANNOYING DVD AND DEMAND THAT THEY RELEASE A WIDESCREEN COLLECTOR'S EDITION OF THIS REALLY GREAT MOVIE!!

You'll be happy you did!

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Land Before Time, Sep 29 2006

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Antym Pryshlakivsky (Burlington, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Land Before Time 1: (DVD)

This movie is absolutely beautiful and wonderful I give this movie 2 thumbs up.

I am interested in dinosaurs, I've even seen this movie so many times.

And I consider Littlefoot, Cera, Spike, Ducky, Petrie, and even Rooter as my friends.

This movie is the best.

Also the kind of dinosaur Ducky, her parents, her brothers and sisters are called the Saurolophus.

And the kind of pterosaur Petrie, his mother, his bothers and sisters are called the pteranodons since they have certian crests on the back of their heads.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, July 18 2004

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Alexandra Caswell (point harbor, nc USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Land Before Time (DVD)

george lucas and steven speilburg film. The first one is the best. Great music, great narrator, awsome story line. All kids will love this.

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