Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure

Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure
DVD cover of Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure.
Directed by	Sean MacLeod Phillips
Produced by	National Geographic
Written by	Mose Richards
Narrated by	Liev Schreiber
Music by	Richard Evans, David Rhodes, and Peter Gabriel
Edited by	Jonathan P. Shaw
Distributed by	National Geographic Warner Bros. (2007–2015) 20th Century Fox (2015–present)
Release date	October 5, 2007
Running time	40 minutes
Language	English

Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure is a 2007 IMAX 3D documentary film by National Geographic, about prehistoric marine reptiles. It alternates modern-day sequences about the work of scientists studying the animals with computer-animated scenes depicting the prehistoric past.

Sea Monsters was well received by critics. The tie-in video game, however, was panned.

Brings to life some of the most bizarre, ferocious and fascinating creatures to ever inhabit the ocean. Combines animation with recreations in a prehistoric adventure. A journey to the bottom of the ancient oceans dramatizes awe-inspiring creatures.

The protagonist of the story is Dolly, a female Dolichorhynchops who travels the Kansas Inland Sea with her family, 80 million years ago during the late Cretaceous period.

They encounter various creatures, including, Tylosaurus, Xiphactinus, Cretoxyrhina, and ammonites.

Dolly gets attacked by a shark (Squalicorax) after her mother was killed by another shark (Cretoxyrhina). Dolly survives with a tooth embedded in her flipper. Later, Dolly's brother is swallowed whole by a young Tylosaurus, leaving Dolly alone. Then she becomes a mother and has three young of her of own. After seasons of traveling around the Inland sea, Dolly dies peacefully of old age.

The film's ambient soundtrack was composed by Richard Evans. David Rhodes and Peter Gabriel performed the end credits song "Different Stories Different Lives". The soundtrack has never been officially released.

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