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Dinotopia [DVD]
 
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Dinotopia [DVD]

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4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Channel 4
  • DVD Release Date: 25 Jun 2007
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000R342Z4
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 10,104 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Synopsis

Combining live action with cutting-edge computer animation, Dinotopia is a mega-sized miniseries which tells the fantastical story of humans living in peace with dinosaurs. When two brothers get shipwrecked on an island called Dinotopia, they discover the pleasures and surprises of a land in which humans and dinosaurs coexist as friends and equals. Based on the books by the talented illustrator James Gurney, Dinotopia is a project that lives up to the ambition of its creators. In addition to newcomers Tyron Leitso, Wentworth Miller and Katie Carr, the series stars David Thewlis and features the vocal talents of Lee Evans and Terry Jones.



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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
My son was given this for Christmas, and we didn't really know what to expect. However, we thoroughly enjoyed it - good fun, exctiing (if somewhat farfetched!) plot and lots of interest for my two boys. David Thewliss is very good in it. The talking dinosaurs have to be taken with a (large) pinch of salt but that aside, it is fun and keeps eveyone entertained. Becasue of its length we watched it over three evenings but that was fine. I think it was originally a mini-series, so you get value for money in terms of minutes of film.
I would think that. for children aged between 6 and 12, it's a great film. Older than that and they are probbaly too sophisticated to watch it.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By Keith Joseph HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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My son (now 10) and our family fell in love with this original Emmy award winning Dinotopia mini-series with it's 'all star' cast. It's a two DVD set edited into a superb long film (running over to the second DVD). Personally I prefer serials like these kept to their original episodes and credits to maintain pace and the episode cliff hanger, particularly for the kids at bedtime, but this film works quite well. It's extras include an interesting 'making of' featurette. My son absolutely couldn't tolerate the spin off Dinotopia full series than came later when they changed all the actors, and still hasn't watched his multi-DVD `series' set despite watching this original Dinotopia film on many times. The spin-off series has a more jocular mood with less dino-preaching, and with the charactor's presented in a more likeable way than the moody, angry and pious (bordering on pompous in the Mayor's case) tone of this original.

All the family preferred this film's darker style, with classy Brit's Katie Carr and Jim Carter as the Dinotopians and Wentworth Miller and Tyron Leitso as the believable in-fighting American step-brother's coping with their sudden change of lifestyle and recent loss of their father. I also really, really loved Lee Evans as dinosaur Zippo's voice, Terry Jone's as the messenger's birds voice and David Thewlis [Harry Potter's Remus Lupin] as hustler Cyrus Crabb. None of these actors carried over to the spin-off series - but of course any Dinotopia is better than nothing so check out the series as well - it's particularly cheap via Amazon resellers in NTSC. The darker nature of this DVD set is well suited to older pre-teens and teenagers (probably boys mainly), as many of the rampaging carnivore dinosaur scenes are a bit scary (but definitely not as much as Jurassic Park, although the body count does build up rather more in crowded Dinotopia).

So overall, highly recommended, particularly as no more promised Dinotopia seems to have materialised. Picture & sound quality is superb, and the special effects are quite dazzling (particularly Waterfall City). This miniseries looks like it cost a million dollars. Well actually it cost 86 million dollars - with the single dino-hatchling animatronic character costing $100,000 alone. We got this DVD set very cheap via Amazon resellers as the NTSC set, and our fuzzy VHS copies are now in the bin. Dinotopia (technically translated as 'terrible place') is a fictitious utopian island created from the imagination of author and illustrator James Gurney - his book 'Dinotopia, A land apart' is a good pictorial read as well.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Dinotopia 12 Nov 2011
By Ellen
Format:DVD
This was very enjoyable to watch. Dinotopia is a 4 hour(3 episodes)TV miniseries.
Dinotopia is about 2 half-brothers (Karl and David Scott)who board their fathers plane and then they fly into a storm and the plane goes down into the ocean and their father finds trouble escaping, the 2 brothers escape and end up washed up on the shore of a land they do not know, They come across a man named Cyrus Crabb who leads them to Waterfall City, the capital of Dinotopia, a hidden civilization where human beings and dinosaurs peacefully coexist.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Dinowentworthisfitopia
Desperation = Watching Dinotopia to get your Wentworth Miller fix.

Okay so yes, I had finished watching my Prison Break boxset for the second time in my life and I was... Read more
Published 5 days ago by njay
Superb dvd
Good old fashioned family entertainment. Can recommend to anyone liking fantasy.It was originally on TV. it also has some nice romance in it, which is pleasant these days.
Published 8 months ago by Rod
Dino adventure
Having always enjoyed dinossaurs I couldn't pass the oportunity to own this DVD and its one that I really like to watch, over and over again. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Diogo
Dinotopia
I was very pleased with the dvd, it came within two days and the tv mini series was fun to watch. I would say this is for younger persons mostly.
Published 18 months ago by grace
WARNING - NOT AS ADVERTISED!
WARNING!!! - The description on this item is incorrect. Not sure what has happened here but the disk contains only 6 episodes from Season 2 of the series and is not a 'complete... Read more
Published on 24 Jan 2010 by Mr. Mark Lawrence
dinotopia
i havent receved this product and this was ia christmas present for my son i am very diapointed
Published on 1 Jan 2010 by Jennifer Clews
Made me want to fly a pterodactyl. Any film that does that is good.
Well I haven't watched the DVDs I bought as they were for my little brother. But I have seen the Dinotopia series before (both the first episodes and the ones where they switched... Read more
Published on 22 July 2009 by Ms. E. C. Danaher
Dinotopia
This is a great story with fantastic special effects ideal for any adult or child who likes dinosaurs or fantasy stories.So much better than the series that followed. Read more
Published on 15 April 2009 by Mr. Leslie J. Skelcher
Dinotopia - mini series
Not to be confused with the Dinotopia series - this was poor by comparison. The 'film' was well conceived and kept to the storyline. Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2009 by D. Goodacre
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