The Land Before Time is an American animated television series, based on India got the series dubbed into Hindi on April 7, on Cartoon Network View Full Site. Although the movie itself is good, which I love the land before time. This however isn't.
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Video Photos Top cast Edit. Pat Hingle Narrator as Narrator voice …. Gabriel Damon Littlefoot as Littlefoot voice. Judith Barsi Ducky as Ducky voice. Bill Erwin Grandfather as Grandfather voice. Will Ryan Petrie as Petrie voice. Mel Blanc Dinosaurs as Dinosaurs uncredited. June Foray Dinosaurs as Dinosaurs uncredited. Frank Welker Spike as Spike voice uncredited ….
Don Bluth. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Publication date Topics Dinosaurs Language English. Littlefoot Gabriel Damon , a young plant-eating dinosaur, is orphaned after his mother Helen Shaver perishes while protecting him from a vicious carnivore. With her last breath, she tells him how to get to the legendary Great Valley, where he will be reunited with others of his kind. With his fri end Cera Candace Hutson , Littlefoot sets out for the fabled land, meeting a variety of new friends along the way -- while also being tracked by the killer dinosaur that mortally wounded his mother.
Addeddate Identifier the. There are no reviews yet. However, it was thought that if the scene were removed it would simply produce problems in explaining why Littlefoot had to journey to the Great Valley alone. In the end, psychologists were shown the scene and gave feedback to the production team. The character of Rooter was brought in to the story to soften the emotional blow, and teach Littlefoot and the audience that although loved ones may die, they are always with us in the lessons we have learned from them.
However, this has been denied by Don Bluth. The film's ending was also altered. The original version had Littlefoot finding the Great Valley on his own, after Cera and the rest of the group go their own way.
He then goes to play in a waterfall under him, and then climb back up it to find his friends. He would then have gone back to find the others and help them defeat Sharptooth, before they all entered the valley. Evidence of this ending remains in the scene of Littlefoot talking to his mother's spirit after the death of Sharptooth.
The rock pushed onto Sharptooth's head is still there in the background, on its ledge, because this scene was meant to appear before the death scene. There are also a few production stills showing Littlefoot running down the path to the valley with Petrie on his head, and the narration after he rejoins the others stating that Cera was too proud to admit she went the wrong way makes more sense with the original ending.
The ending was altered after the soundtrack was made, so the original ending's music in its proper order can still be heard, including the cut parts. The original ending was also to end with Littlefoot saying "Now we'll always be together. It is unknown as to why this line was cut. It was possibly done to take away evidence for the rumor of the Great Valley being heaven.
This is when Cera realizes that judging others by their species is not the best thing to do. Ducky is told by the gray-noses that she can drink because she is like them, but the others cannot, so the group moves on to find their own food. In "Friends in Need" the illustration is of the movie scene where the stand of trees are eaten by the longnecks, but in the Illustrated Story it shows a painted picture of the scene although not footage from the actual movie.
This scene was presumably removed to tone down the racism aspect of the film. A scene from the theatrical trailer includes a short scene where Sharptooth steps in front of Littlefoot and Cera, making swampy water fly everywhere when he steps.
This is not in the final film; it can only be seen in the trailer. It might be part of the 19 seconds of the fight between Sharptooth and Mama Longneck that was cut. The fight may have moved to the swamp at some point. A scene of Ducky taunting Sharptooth by making faces in the water and him jumping next to her, and part of the scene after the gang gets green-food from the tree were also cut, although they can also be seen the film's theatrical trailer.
Some scenes with the characters in the movie screaming were revoiced with them having milder exclamations. She found their personalities reminiscent of Kermit the Frog , The Cowardly Lion, and Lucy Van Pelt, also said that their voice actors helped make the characters enjoyable, rather that "trite". She finished her review with "Between the earthquake and Littlefoot's Mother dying, The Land Before Time gets off to a turbulent beginning.
Afterward, however, it settles into a comfortable journey by endearing characters. It's a wonderful film for the entire family. Hal Hinson, of The Washington Post , said that the film was entertaining, but not good enough to be considered a classic film. However, he praised it for not having the dinosaurs occasionally "pick up guitars and launch into dinosaur renditions of rock songs", like The Chipmunks and Care Bears.
Andrew also suggested that the movie was not educational enough for kids, what with the dinosaurs not being referred to by their scientific names. Harris also praised the animation, and the characters for being "distinct and adorable".
Keith Booker, while noting that the film was a hit with children for its storyline, described the animation as being "unremarkable". Leeper of the Internet Movie Database's review of the film, he writes "Apparently inspired by the art of William Stout, The Land Before Time is short on characterization as well as screen time.
The idea of doing a Disney-style cartoon with dinosaurs as characters was a good one, but The Land Before Time does not deliver enough. Ebert believed The Land Before Time made a "strategic error" in its attempt to attract children, as he thought that the movie erases the distinction between children and dinosaurs he earlier describes the two as being very similar. He also thought The Land Before Time copied a lot of previous animated movies, and was not surprised that it was written by the writers of An American Tail.
He also said the film was too apocalyptic and tragic, with the character deaths and natural disasters, and the drought and famine featured in the film. He thought that Littlefoot was meant to depict the "Chosen one", in that he was the last of his herd, and their only hope for the future. He also pointed out that the concept of Littlefoot leading Cera, Ducky, Petrie and Spike to the Great Valley was reminiscent of the Calvinist theology that souls can only be saved if they follow Christ, and resist temptations that will lead them astray from the path.
Finally, he believed the Great Valley was overly-similar to the Garden of Eden. It was sung by Diana Ross , and became a hit. Postal service issued stamps featuring Dinosaur species used in the film, as well as T-shirts featuring the stamps and the character Littlefoot.
It was the full soundtrack, and not the one from the final film that had cut and rearranged scenes. The movie was first domestically released on VHS and laserdisc on September 14, February 20, also marked its final laserdisc release. This marked the movie's final release on VHS. On June 14, , all 14 films, including the original film, were re-released in a complete collection DVD set. A Dinosaur's Story. In , Marshmallow Alpha-Bits cereal boxes contained Littlefoot , Cera , and Spike as cereal marshmallows for a limited time and a Marshmallow Alpha-Bits commercial featuring the main characters from The Land Before Time was broadcast on television.
The sequels depart from the style of the original significantly by adding "sing-a-long" musical numbers akin to Disney's animated films, using softer, more brightly-coloured animation and in later years also including some shots in 3D animations , and toning down the intensity seen in the original film, such as making the sharpteeth much more weak in comparison to the original Sharptooth, with one exception , and stopping most Leaf Eater deaths from happening.
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