USA, UK, 1992
88m
35mm film, colour
Ultra Stereo, English
An American/British fantasy film directed by Brett Thompson.
Plot Summary
The children of a scientist are sucked through their TV set and whisked back to prehistoric times (actually it’s their favourite TV show) where they help a dinosaur detective solve crimes.
Credits
Crew
Director: Brett Thompson
Republic, Smart Egg Pictures, Golden Ratio Films
Executive Producer: George Zecevic
Producer: Luigi Cingolani
Line Producer: John S. Curran
Associate Producer: Lisa Morton
Script: Willi Baronet, Lisa Morton
Story: Willi Baronet
Director of Photography: Rick Fichter
Editor: Elizabeth Canney, W. Peter Miller
Music/Orchestrator: Fredric Ensign Teetsel
Sound Mixer: Alex Wilkinson
Costume Designer: Eduardo Castro
Make Up/Hair: Suzanne Sanders
Special Effects Coordinator: Franc Ceglia
Creatures Designer and Creator: John Criswell
Pterodactyl Sequence Director: Ian Gooding
Computer Effects: Habib Zargarpour, Donna Trujillo
Production Designer: Michael Stuart
Cast
Marc Martorana (Tops)
Tony Doyle (Rex)
R.A. Mihailoff (Mr Big)
Don Barnes (King)
Omri Katz (Timmy)
Shawn Hoffman (Mick)
Pete Koch (Link)
Tiffanie Poston (Jamie)
Megan Hughes (Missy)
Mimi Maynard (Dana)
Steven Anderson (Gil)
Jeffrey Asch (bigfoot)
Sebastian Massa (Bear)
Kimberly Beck (chanteuse)
Kevin Thompson (Mr Small)
Irwin Keyes (guard 1)
Barney Burman (guard 2)
David Winter (guard 3)
Voices
Rob Sherwood (Forry)
David Jolliffe (Tops)
Paul Eiding (King)
Spike Miller (bartender)
Patrick Labyorteaux
Alternative Titles
Dinosauri – Italy
Dinosaurierna – Sweden
Dinosaurios – Spain
Dinosaurs!
Dinossauros – O Filme – Portugal
Hilfe, Dinosaurier! – Germany
References
Periodicals
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.314 no.20 (25 September 1990) p.22 – credits
- Sight and Sound vol.1 no.7 (November 1991) p.60 – note
Books
- Children’s Television Volume 1 pp.12-13 – credits, review
- The Dinosaur Filmography by Mark E. Berry pp.7-9 – illustrated credits, synopsis
- The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film by R.G. Young p.4 – credits
- Horror and Science Fiction Film and Television Credits Supplement III by Harris M. Lentz p.336 – credits
- Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.3 – credits
- Psychotronic Video Guide by Michael Weldon p.5 – credits, review
