Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

Directors:

Carlos Saldanha
Mike Thurmeier (co-director)

Writers:

Peter Ackerman (screenplay)
Michael Berg (screenplay)

Release Date:

1 July 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Romance

Plot:

When Sid's attempt to adopt three dinosaur eggs gets him abducted by their real mother to an underground lost world, his friends attempt to rescue him.

Plot Keywords:

Dinosaur | Rescue | Egg | Lost World | Ice Age

Cast

Eunice Cho	...	Madison (Diatryma Girl) (voice)
Karen Disher	...	Scratte (voice)
Harrison Fahn	...	Glypto Boy (voice)
Maile Flanagan	...	Aardvark Mom (voice)
Jason Fricchione	...	Adult Molehog Male (voice)
Bill Hader	...	Gazelle (voice)
Kelly Keaton	...	Molehog Mom / Shovelmouth Mom (voice)
Joey King	...	Beaver Girl (voice)
Queen Latifah	...	Ellie (voice)
Denis Leary	...	Diego (voice)
Allegra Leguizamo	...	Aardvark Girl (voice)
John Leguizamo	...	Sid (voice)
Lucas Leguizamo	...	Aardvark Boy / Beaver Kid #2 (voice)
Clea Lewis	...	Start Mom (voice)
Jane Lynch	...	Diatryma Mom (voice)

Also Known As:

Ice Age 3 (Singapore: English title) (USA) (working title)
La era de hielo 3 (Argentina) (Peru) [es]
Ледниковый период 3: Эра динозавров (Russia) [ru]
A Idade do Gelo 3 - Despertar dos Dinossauros (Portugal) [pt]
Buz devri 3 - Dinozorlarin safagi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Doba ledová 3 (Czech Republic) [cs]
Epoka lodowcowa 3: Era dinozaurów (Poland) [pl]
I epohi ton pagetonon 3: I avgi ton deinosavron (Greece) [el]
Ice Age 3 (Japan: English title) (short title) [en]
Ice Age 3 (Finland) (pre-release title) [fi]
Ice Age 3 - Die Dinosaurier sind los (Germany) [de]
Ice Age 3: Dinosaurusten aika (Finland) [fi]
Ice age 3 - Det våras för dinosaurierna (Sweden) [sv]
Ice age 3 - Dinosaurerne kommer (Denmark) [da]
Ice age 3 - El origen de los dinosaurios (Spain) [es]
Istid 3 - Dinosaurene kommer (Norway) [no]
Jääaeg 3 (Estonia) [et]
L'âge de glace 3 - Le temps des dinosaures (France) [fr]
L'ère de glace - L'aube des dinosaures (Canada: French title) [fr]
L'era glaciale 3 - L'alba dei dinosauri (Italy) [it]

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild rude humor and peril.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby

Certification:

South Korea:All | UK:U | USA:PG (certificate #45289) | Norway:7 | Ireland:G | Singapore:G | Finland:K-7 | Denmark:7 | Hong Kong:I | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:6 | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Iceland:L | Portugal:M/4 (dubbed version) | Portugal:M/6 (original version) | Australia:PG | Mexico:AA | Japan:G | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Taiwan:GP | Turkey:G

Company:

Blue Sky Studios

Trivia:

LOGO GIMMICK: The 20th Century Fox logo is surrounded by snow-covered pine trees, and the searchlights are miniature smoldering volcanoes.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The ankylosaurus (armored dinosaur with clubbed tail) is shown chasing the main characters, as if it was a carnivore. In real life, though, an ankylosaur might have reacted aggressively towards anything it viewed as a threat, even if it wasn't a predator, so in the film it might have been chasing the main characters off because it felt threatened by them.

Quotes:

Manny: Sid, whatever you're doing, it's a bad idea.
Sid: Shh! My kids will hear you.
Manny: They're not your kids, Sid. Take them back. You're not meant to be a parent.
Sid: Why not?
Manny: First sign: stealing someone else's eggs. Second sign: one of them almost became an omelet.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Soundtrack:

Alone Again (Naturally)

Cool as Ice...................again

OK big plus here - this film is better than the 2nd which i didn't particularly like and if you can go and see it in 3D (For the people who criticise this "gimmick" go and try it 1st rather than base your opinion on other "critics" opinions) do so as it is excellent and really beats the years earlier examples of 3D films (although i didn't see Coraline at the cinema so cant comment on a comparison).

The person who didn't laugh - go on ebay and find a sense of humor - the whole cinema was laughing through out the film and i really enjoyed the jokes - yes you saw most of them coming but hey its a kids cartoon.

The story is easy to follow and again those people moaning its not real jeez ITS A KIDS CARTOON - when do they need to make sense or be realistic..............???

Every kid i have spoken to loves it.

It does have one problem that it is pretty much instantly forgettable along with most the other sequels out at the moment but for the 1hr30mins it was all good fun and a nice way to spend a sat/Friday evening with the Mrs and kids.

Not gonna win any Oscars for originality but could take the gong for best CGI very very good job if you also consider the back drop and how well it works in 3D.

Ah and how can i forget Scrat - in typical Mr Bean style he returns and does not disappoint, come on guys give the mouse/rat thing his own movie!