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Prehistoric Planet - The Complete Dino Dynasty | 
 enlarge | Actor: Ben Stiller
Studio: BBC Warner
Category: DVD
List Price: $9.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 8279
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Letterboxed, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 30
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: WARDE1750D
ISBN: 0790777134
UPC: 794051175021
EAN: 9780790777139
Theatrical Release Date: October 5, 2002
Release Date: April 8, 2003
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Product Description
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 02/22/2005 Run time: 132 minutes Rating: Nr
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This well-received Discovery Kids television series cleverly cannibalized footage from two hugely popular, BBC primetime programs Walking with Dinosaurs and Walking with Prehistoric Beasts, reworking the CGI-heavy dino-dramas into absorbing (and--shh!--educational) fare. The result was, and is, smashing. Narrated by Ben Stiller and ingeniously scripted, the series delineates epochs, species, and prehistoric environments in an entertaining effort to broaden one's detailed appreciation of ancient creatures of the land, sea, and air. Meet Ornithocheirus, a Cretaceous-period flying pterosaur whose 40-foot wingspan can carry him from the future Florida coast to Europe in a day--yet who could end up as snack food for the 80-foot aquatic monster Liopleurodon. Or the fascinating, 6-foot Leallynasaura, a 106-million-year-old denizen of Antarctica's rainforest (!) who avoids the predatory Koolasuchus (seriously) through clan cooperation. There's more to prehistoric Earth than the stylish raptor and bullying T-Rex; meet their neighbors here. --Tom Keogh
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
 Read the description of the product before you buy it! March 30, 2005
54 out of 56 found this review helpful
Ignore the reviews bashing this program for recycling footage from the BBC Walking With series. Of course it's recycled, that is EXACTLY what the package says! It was reworked into a Saturday morning show for a younger audience. And it succeeds wonderfully at reaching that target audience. This show is great for young kids, about 3-8 years old. Hopefully, they will be able to eventually also enjoy the more academic original series of programs. But these are more accessible and I am thrilled to have them be preferred viewing over many of the other programming available on TV. Definitely, if you have a young paleontologist on your shopping list, this is a must!
A Better Version for Younger Dinosaur Crazy Kids January 19, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Yes, this series is an edited version of the the original BBC series called Walking with Dinosaurs. However, in the original grown-up BBC series the dinos spend a lot of time eating their own young and dying tragic deaths (if you ask me the original dwells exceedingly on made-up tragic storylines). Prehistoric Planet very wisely edits out some of the more disturbing chaos and destruction of the original while still leaving plenty of chomping and meat eating to satisfy and inform the children. If your child is old enough to handle the nastier realities of pre-historic life in full color then by all means buy the original Walking with Dinos and Walking with Prehistoric Beasts--they are wonderful. If you have a younger child who just wants to see the magic of dinos coming "alive" without nightmares and anxiety then the Prehistoric Planet version is a great thing.
great for the kids March 26, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
this version of the popular dinosaur dvd's is great for children and adults alike. ben stiller does a very good job narrating for the school age sect. unlike some of the other dvd's in the series this one will not frighten younger children.
Great for Kids... February 24, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this for my Daughters 5th Birthday. She loves Dinosaurs, and watches it all the time. This movie has taught her so much. She understands a lot of what is going on, it's great for her age.
Dino DVD review July 15, 2007
Another great Dino DVD, interesting to all ages, and artfully done by using Ben Stiller to narrate it! Watching "Night at the Museum" is a natural follow-up to this series of DVDs! I purchased the DVD on a sale list, and now, I need to find ALL of the related DVDs in this set!
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