T-Rex - Back to the Cretaceous (1998)
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70% of critics liked it
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33% of users liked it
(967 ratings)
Brett Leonard directed this 3-D Imax short feature (running 45 minutes) about a famous paleontologist's teen daughter, who's able to enter into the world of the dinosaurs. In Alberta, Canada, Dr. Donald Hayden (Peter Horton) and his assistant Elizabeth (Kari Coleman) find a Tyrannosaurus… More Brett Leonard directed this 3-D Imax short feature (running 45 minutes) about a famous paleontologist's teen daughter, who's able to enter into the world of the dinosaurs. In Alberta, Canada, Dr. Donald Hayden (Peter Horton) and his assistant Elizabeth (Kari Coleman) find a Tyrannosaurus egg. Donald's daughter Ally (Liz Stauber) hopes the egg will prove her theory that dinosaurs were ancestors of present-day birds. Back at their museum, Ally knocks the egg on the floor, loosening some strange dust. At night, a T-rex skeleton springs to life, and Ally discovers she can use museum exhibits as a springboard for time travel, encountering famed dinosaur illustrator Charles Knight (Tuck Milligan) and paleontologist Barnum Brown (Laurie Murdoch). She also sees a flying Pteranodon, an Ornithomimus and other creatures -- which all become extinct in the meteoric conclusion. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
- Directed By
- Brett Leonard
- Written By
- Andrew Gellis, David Young
- Genres
- Documentary, Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Special Interest
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 23, 1998 Limited
- Studio
- IMAX Corp.
Critic Reviews
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Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle
It represents the pinnacle, so far, of 3-D filmmaking, and even apart from the technology, it's a very watchable little movie.
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Michael Joseph Gross, Salon.com
Instead of giving its eponymous protagonist center stage to strut and fret and sit in the audience's laps, it spends its best energy throwing a watered-down, imitation-Spielberg story in your face.
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Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times
The film is the sort likely to whet active young minds to know more about the past.
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Gary Susman, Village Voice
The Imax 3-D format continues to evolve toward narrative maturity, without bothering to ask whether viewers want it to.
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Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
Has a pleasant narrative that's impressively elevated by the IMAX 3-D process.
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Cast
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Peter Horton
as Dr. Donald Hayden
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Liz Stauber
as Ally Hayden
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Kari Coleman
as Elizabeth Sample
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Laurie Murdoch
as Barnum Brown
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Tuck Milligan
as Charles Knight
- Charlene Sashuk
- Daniel Libman
