Dinotopia 2 x DVD 2002 Complete Edition / German Release / Directed by Marco Brambilla / Starring: Wentworth Miller, Tyron Leitso, David Thewlis, Katie Carr, Jim Carter

UPC 886919499698

MADE IN EU

REGION 2 PAL DVD

Audio: English 5.1, German 5.1

Subtitles: German HOH

Total Runtime: 250+40 minutes bonus (2 discs)

English Summary:

Dinotopia is a four-hour (three-episode) TV miniseries co-produced by Walt Disney Television and Hallmark Entertainment. It is based on the fictional world of Dinotopia, a utopia in which sentient dinosaurs and humans coexist, created by American author James Gurney. The miniseries uses plot details from Gurney's first two Dinotopia books, Dinotopia and Dinotopia: The World Beneath, although it takes place in a time farther into the future. The main characters are two American teenage boys from a contemporary time frame (unlike the Victorian era castaways in the books—the film thus loses some of the classicism of the original books).^[1] The boys crash their father's plane into the sea and get stranded on Dinotopia, where they must adjust to a new society. The story in the film contains references to many of the characters in the book series, with some of their descendants occupying key roles in the plot. The original score was composed by Trevor Jones. This score is performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Geoffrey Alexander.

German Summary:

Dinotopia ist eine dreiteilige Miniserie aus dem Jahr 2002 nach einer Roman-Serie des US-amerikanischen Autors und Illustrators James Gurney. Auf Basis der im Mai 2002 bei ABC ausgestrahlten Miniserie (deutsche Erstausstrahlung: 5. November 2002, RTL) wurde zudem eine Fernsehserie erstellt, die aber bereits nach sechs ausgestrahlten Folgen abgesetzt wurde.

Bei einem Flugzeugabsturz im Meer werden die getrennt aufgewachsenen Halbbrüder Karl und David von ihrem gemeinsamen Vater getrennt. Sie werden an einer Insel angespült, die sich als Dinotopia entpuppt.

Dinotopia ist ein in technischer Hinsicht zurückgebliebenes Stück Land, das von der heutigen Welt völlig unentdeckt geblieben ist, obgleich es mehrere Quadratkilometer groß ist. Die Dinosaurier sind in diesem Teil der Welt noch nicht ausgestorben und besitzen dazu sogar die Fähigkeit zu sprechen. Dinotopias Politik wird getragen von den kommunistischen Grundideen und gibt den Menschen und Dinosauriern, die in ihm in einer Koexistenz leben, die Möglichkeit, in Harmonie miteinander zu leben.

Die Energie Dinotopias wird von den hell strahlenden Sonnensteinen gespeist, deren Energie jedoch zur Neige geht. Der Dritte Teil des Films handelt daher von der Suche nach neuen Sonnensteinen.

Cast / Besetzung:

• Wentworth Miller as David Scott; a dolphinback newly arrived to Dinotopia who becomes the first human to partner with a Pteranodon ("Freefall").
• Tyron Leitso as Karl Scott; a dolphinback newly arrived to Dinotopia who is partnered with a baby Chasmosaur he dubs 26.
• David Thewlis as Cyrus Crabb; the son of the books' villain Lee Crabb.
• Katie Carr as Marion Waldo; the granddaughter of the books' protagonist Oriana Nascava.
• Jim Carter as Lord Mayor Waldo Seville; the Mayor of Waterfall City, Rosemary's estranged husband, and Marion's father.
• Alice Krige as Rosemary Waldo; the Matriarch of the Earth Farm, Waldo's estranged wife, and Marion's mother.
• Colin Salmon as Capt. Oonu; leader of the Skybax corps and the grandson of Oolu, who held the same position in the books.
• Hannah Yelland as Cadet Romana Denison; a Skybax rider, the daughter of the books' protagonist Will Denison and presumably of Sylvia.
• Lee Evans as Zippo (formally, Prof. Zippo Steneosaurus); a Stenonychosaurus scholar and the former partner of Sylvia of the Hatchery, a supporting protagonist in the books.
• Terry Jones as Messenger Bird (voice).
• Stuart Wilson as Frank Scott; the father of David and Karl, believed killed in the storm that brought his sons to Dinotopia.
• Anna Maguire as Samantha, daughter of Waldo and Rosemary Seville and sister of Marion Waldo.
• Geraldine Chaplin as Grandmother Oriana; the only character from the books to appear in person in the series.