Talk:Dinosaurs! - A Fun-Filled Trip Back in Time!

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[edit] Were the Fred Savage scenes slapped on years later?

I don't think Savage could have played a schoolboy in 1980. He was only 4 years old at the time. I've seen the film; in the scenes featuring Savage, he looks about 9 years old. Perhaps the claymation scenes were produced in 1980 and the Fred Savage sequences were added to the VHS release years later.

You'll also notice that the actor who portrays the voice of they young boy in the claymation scenes is clearly not Fred Savage.

I think you're absolutely right. The video was released in 1987 by Golden Books Video. Plus, Vinton Studios was very popular during 1987-'88, so that's perfect timing. I'm going to redo this article. Cale 02:23, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Two-in-one article

For those interested, this article works as the informational home of two films: Will Vinton's 17-minute claymation short entitled Dinosaur circa 1980 and the 30-minute video it was included in in 1987, entitled Dinosaurs! - A Fun-Filled Trip Back in Time!. The article originally went by the title of Vinton's 1980 film (Dinosaur (1980 film) and Dinosaur (1980 movie)) yet immediately focused on the 1987 video release, so I redirected article names to this version, adding more information as well as the video case photo which I took myself. If there are any disputes regarding this being a sort of two-in-one article, or the desire to give the 17-minute short its own article, please let them be known. Cale 07:21, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Dinosaurs!.jpg

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BetacommandBot 22:37, 29 October 2007 (UTC)