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	List Price: $9.98 Our Price: $5.57 Your Save: $ 4.41 ( 44% ) Availability: Manufacturer: New Line Home Video Starring: Allosaurus-A Walking With Dinosaurs Special, Avery Brooks
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780790758695 Format: Closed-captioned ISBN: 0790758695 Label: New Line Home Video Manufacturer: New Line Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: New Line Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: 2001-04-10 Running Time: 60 Studio: New Line Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 2000
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Allosaurus Comment: Tells the story of "Big Al" how he lived, the injuries he sustained and how he died. Well worth watching. Customer Rating: Summary: Disappointed that footage is same as "Walking with Dinosaurs" Comment: Walking with Dinosaurs contains the same footage (different soundtrack and voice talent, Kenneth Branaugh is MUCH better than Ben Stiller) as Prehistoric Planet. This is NOT called out on the box or description. Since I already own "Walking with Dinosaurs" I would not have purchased this DVD if I had known. However, if you have children under 10, this version is more appropriate for little ones with short attention spans than the orginial. Customer Rating: Summary: Very informative video... Comment: An interesting prehistoric "detective" story where scientists attempt to recreate outstanding events in the life of the beast. Such events are based upon a close examination of the fossil skeleton left behind by "Big Al", the Allosaurus. Very good computer graphics, though not as good as the later BBC special called "Chased By Dinosaurs". My 9 year old nephew enjoyed it very much. Customer Rating: Summary: Humanizing the non-human Comment: A gargantuan killing machine, extant roughly 145 million years ago, is brought back to life with his own "back story". The killing machine was also a baby, a child, and an adolescent. Went from snagging insects to tackling killer machines his own size. This brilliantly conceived and executed program could be a permanent part of any curriculum, including informal home learning. One citicism, which actually extends back to the Speilberg classics. Why the human-like facial and body mannerisms? I can understand how kids might be scared by the "real deal", an entity terrifying enough to make even Spiderman take flight. In think, in 2008, even the "kiddies" can take a stronger dose of dino-reality. There was no cuteness. Unless they had a way of distorting themselves so as not to look menacing to those peaceful plant eaters - and today, [one of] their thriving descendents who hang out in swamps, can "cry crocodile tears" prior to ripping apart a prosperous looking wildabeast Customer Rating: Summary: Dinosaurs for Young Eyes Comment: This series is wonderful for the younger crowd. Adults enjoy it also. "Nigel" the narrator does a great job. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Nominated for three Emmy Awards, this is the moving story of the life and death struggle of Big Al, the most complete Allosaurus skeleton ever found. This program also brings you behind the scenes with an additional 30-minute feature that explores how scientists have been able to trace this incredible life story.