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starring: John Goodman, Blaze Berdahl, Rhea Perlman, Jay Leno, René Le Vantdirected by: Simon Wells, Dick Zondag, Phil Nibbelink, Ralph Zondag
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303610788
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 6303610781
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Release Date: September 26, 1995
Running Time: 71 minutes
Sales Rank: 7365
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: November 24, 1993
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Amazon.com:
Four dinosaurs take up a time-traveling scientist (Walter Cronkite) on his offer to get smart by eating 'brain grain,' and it's off to the 20th century in this animated kids movie. But there's no real terror in the streets here, as the newly cerebral, English-speaking prehistoric beasts hit the New York City pavement in search of a museum proprietor (Julia Childs). On the way they befriend a couple of kids from the opposite sides of the tracks, get rooked into performing in a demented circus run by the scientist's evil brother, and learn something about friendship. John Goodman voices the narrator apatosaurus, and is joined by such luminaries as Rhea Perlman, Martin Short, and Jay Leno. Not only did Steven Spielberg take some time off from his other dinosaur project of 1993 to executive-produce this 65-minute flick, but John Patrick Shanley (Oscar-winner for Moonstruck) wrote the script and Thomas Dolby ('She Blinded Me with Science') wrote and Little Richard belts out the movie's rocking signature tune 'Roll Back the Rock.' There's plenty of humor for adults and lots of dinosaur action for the kids, but the morbid big-top subplot may spook younger children. (Ages 4 and older) --Kimberly Heinrichs
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Jurassic Park for the kiddies
Satisfactory adaption of Spielberg's interest in dinoland, but this time the dinosaurs are not confined to an island zoo. Instead, they time travel to the heart of New York, just in time for Thanksgiving, and secretly hiding among the huge floats and balloons.
Enter two lovable children who befriend the dinosaurs and stumble into the evil clutches of Professor Sreweyes Eccentric Circus located in Central Park. The dinosaurs come to the rescue!
Not a "Disney classic" type film, but it ... Read More
Rating:  - satisfied customer
got this for my 3 yr old an he says Thank You so much for being quick with his new best freinds
Rating:  - scary for little kids
I saw this movie in theatres when it came out; I was six years old at the time (1993). While I enjoyed it, the middle and ending scared me to death. It gave me nightmares and was scarier than the Neverending Story, which was also pretty frightening. I would recommend the first Land Before Time instead, since there are no children who turn into animals in that movie.
Rating: - Cute and silly, but nothing else.
How ironic it is that in 1993, two dinosaur pictures courtesy of Steven Spielberg would hit the theaters. One of them was a runaway box-office hit, the live-action spectacular JURASSIC PARK; the other was WE'RE BACK! A DINOSAUR'S STORY, which came and went without much fanfare. An animated film from Spielberg's London-based Amblimation Studios (AN AMERICAN TAIL: FIEVEL GOES WEST and the underrated BALTO), WE'RE BACK has been dubbed as a sort of "Jurassic Park, Jr." Actually, that might be a bit ... Read More
Rating: - a decent dinosaur movie for kids
It's not like this movie was intended to be on the same level as Jurassic Park. It's just a pleasant animated film about dinosaurs aimed towards children.
In the film, the dinosaurs want to meet up with the children who've always dreamed of living in a world with dinosaurs. The dinosaurs are extremely friendly in this movie, which means the film is not for adults.
I didn't think it was that great overall, because some of the voice acting was average. Jay Leno's voice was ... Read More
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