The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
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| Directed by | Roy Allen Smith |
| Produced by | Roy Allen Smith |
| Written by | John Loy John Ludin Dev Ross |
| Based on | characters by Judy Freudberg Tony Geiss |
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Scott McAfee Candace Hutson Heather Hogan Rob Paulsen Linda Gary Kenneth Mars John Ingle Jeff Bennett Tress MacNeille |
| Narrated by | John Ingle |
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Michael Tavera James Horner (archive music from The Land Before Time) |
| Edited by | Jay Bixsen |
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| Distributed by | MCA/Universal Home Video |
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73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure is a 1994 American direct-to-video animated adventure musical film directed by Roy Allen Smith, is the animated sequel to the 1988 film The Land Before Time. It was released six years after the original and the first in the series to be a direct-to-video. The tone, action and plot of the film was made much softer and slower than that of the original, and features musical numbers, in order to appeal to a more preschooler-oriented audience. After the release of this sequel, all the films in the series have been released at a rate of one film every one or two years. Candace Hutson and Frank Welker (who is uncredited) return here from the first film.
A short time after the events of the first film, Littlefoot and his friends are living happily in their new home in the Great Valley, under their families' watchful eyes. One day, the gang attempts to get to the sheltering grass to play, but land in the sinking sand surrounding it. The grownups come and save them, and afterwards chastise them for crossing the sinking sand without help. The following night, Cera calls the others over for a secret meeting, informing them that they need to prove they are adults and suggests running away for a while into the Mysterious Beyond, a location just outside the Valley. Before they leave, they notice two egg nappers, Ozzy and Strut, stealing an egg from Ducky's nest and chase them into the Mysterious Beyond. During an ensuing landslide, the five are sent to the Mysterious Beyond, while the egg rolls safely back to the nest. In the Mysterious Beyond, the five discover another, larger egg and mistake it for the original.
The gang transports the egg into the Valley, and despite finding the original egg back in Ducky's nest, they decide to hatch it. The egg eventually hatches, revealing a baby Sharptooth. While the others flee, Littlefoot quickly realizes that he is not yet dangerous, and tries to raise the hatchling on leaves; though this fails, the hatchling, whom Littlefoot names "Chomper", becomes content with a diet of insects. He then hears the others calling for help, as the vengeful Ozzy and Strut are attacking them. He runs to their aid, but Chomper's shadow ultimately frightens Ozzy and Strut away. Littlefoot exchanges introductions between Chomper and the others. They accept him as part of the group until he bites Cera by instinct. Chomper is told that this is considered bad behavior in the Great Valley, and runs off as a result. When the others follow him, they find him chasing insects on top of the Smoking Mountain.
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