Dinosaur (film)

Dinosaur
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ralph Zondag Eric Leighton
Produced by	Pam Marsden
Screenplay by	John Harrison Robert Nelson Jacobs
Story by	John Harrison Robert Nelson Jacobs Thom Enriquez Ralph Zondag
Starring	D. B. Sweeney Max Casella Ossie Davis Alfre Woodard Hayden Panettiere Samuel E. Wright Peter Siragusa Julianna Margulies Joan Plowright Della Reese
Music by	James Newton Howard
Cinematography	David Hardberger S. Douglas Smith
Edited by	H. Lee Peterson
Production company	Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Feature Animation The Secret Lab
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date	May 19, 2000 (2000-05-19) (United States) October 13, 2000 (2000-10-13) (United Kingdom)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$127.5 million
Box office	$349.8 million

Dinosaur is a 2000 American CGI adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and The Secret Lab and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 39th Disney animated feature film and Disney's first non-Pixar computer animated feature, though it is not officially labeled as one of the animated classics in the United Kingdom, where The Wild (2006) is included in the canon instead. Originally a stand-alone film, it was not included in the canon until 2008.

The film follows an orphaned Iguanodon who, as a friend of the lemurs, after surviving a devastating meteor, are moving out for their new home. Along the way, they befriend and reunite the remaining herd of dinosaurs who are being pursued by predators, such as the Carnotaurus, while on a journey to the "Nesting Grounds".

While the characters in Dinosaur are computer-animated, most of the film's backgrounds are live-action and were filmed on location. A number of backgrounds were found in Canaima National Park in Venezuela; various tepuis and Angel Falls also appear in the film. It is the second film (after Fantasia 2000) produced by Disney Animation Studios to feature computer-generated three-dimensional animation. At officially $127.5 million, it was the most expensive theatrical film release of the year. The film was a financial success, grossing over $349 million worldwide in total box office revenue, becoming the fifth highest-grossing film of 2000.

A Carnotaurus ambushes an infant Parasaurolophus and triggers a stampede, which forces an Iguanodon mother to abandon her nest. The one surviving egg journeys through several predicaments via the flight of a Pteranodon, before ending up on a far away island populated by lemurs. Plio names the hatched baby Aladar and raises him. Years later, Aladar and the lemurs take part in the mating ritual, where Zini goes without a mate. Moments after the ritual ends, a giant meteor strikes and spreads numerous exploding fireballs that destroy the island. Aladar, Plio, Zini, Yar and Suri flee from there and jump across the sea to the mainland. They mourn for their losses before moving on.