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The Land before Time (Original title)
Date: 1988 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Director: Don Bluth

Production company billing: ©Universal City Studios Inc/U-Drive Productions Inc A Lucas/Spielberg presentation a Don Bluth film Produced by Sullivan Bluth Studios [logo] Amblin Entertainment
Synopsis: Animated feature about dinosaurs. On the way to find the Great Valley, Littlefoot's mother dies. Littlefoot makes friends with Cera, and they both continue the journey together.

Genre:
Animation
Releases
Date: 1988Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 69 mins Length: 6199 FeetLanguage: English

Credits (229)
©: Universal City Studios, Inc U-Drive Productions, Produced by: Sullivan Bluth Studios, Presented by: Amblin Entertainment, Executive Producer: Steven Spielberg, Executive Producer: George Lucas, Co-executive Producer: Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Producer: Don Bluth, Producer: Gary Goldman, Producer: John Pomeroy, Associate Producer: Deborah Jelin Newmyer, Supervising Executive (SullivanBluthStu): Morris F. Sullivan, Production Manager: Thad Weinlein, Office Manager (US): Helene Blitz, Production Supervisor: Cathy J. Carr, Production Co-ordinator: Ken Cromar, Amblin Controller: Bonne Radford, Music/Post-production Executive: Roy Simpson, Assistant Director: Russell Boland, Assistant Director: G. Sue Shakespeare, Assistant Director: David Steinberg, Apprentice Assistant Director: Moya Mackle, Nuala O'Toole, Casting: Nancy Nayor, Screenplay: Stu Krieger, Story: Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss, Storyboard: Don Bluth, Storyboard: Larry Leker, Dan Kuenster, Story Consultant: Brent Maddock, Steve Wilson, Production Camera/Opt Effects Supervisor: Jim Mann, Animation Camera (US): David R. Ankney, Animation Camera: Aidan Farrell, Animation Camera (US): John Fitzgerald, Animation Camera: Gary Hall, Animation Camera: Gary Jones, Eimear Joyce, Animation Camera (US): Scott McCartor, Animation Camera: Fiona Mackle, Animation Camera: Emma Miller, Animation Camera: Ciarán Morris, Animation Camera: John O'Flaherty, Animation Camera: Eithne Quinn, Eric Ryan, Animation Camera (US): Rocky Solotoff, Animation Camera: Graham Tiernan, Special Effects Directing Animator: Dorse A. Lanpher, Special Effects Painting: Shirley (Sam) Mapes, Special Effects Animator: Dave Bossert, Special Effects Animator: Tom Hush, Special Effects Animator: Kathleen Quaife-Hodge, Special Effects Animator: Diann Landau, Special Effects Animator: Joey Mildenberger, Special Effects Animator: Steve Moore, Special Effects Animator: Don Paul, Special Effects Animator: Bob Simmons, David Tidgwell, Directing Animator: John Pomeroy, Directing Animator: Linda Miller, Directing Animator: Ralph Zondag, Directing Animator: Dan Kuenster, Directing Animator: Lorna Pomeroy, Dick Zondag, Animator: Anne Marie Bardwell, Animator: Victoria Brewster, Animator: Colm Duggan, Animator: Ken Duncan, Animator: Jeff Etter, Animator: Mark Fisher, Animator: Michel Gagné, Animator: Raul Garcia, Animator: Patrick Gleeson, Animator: Kent Hammerstrom, Animator: T. Daniel Hofstedt, Animator: Jon Hooper, Animator: Skip Jones, Animator: Jean Morel, Animator: Paul Newberry, Animator: Ralf Palmer, Animator: Gary Perkovac, Animator: John Power, Character Key Supervisor: Vera Lanpher, Character Key Assistant: Ben Burgess, Character Key Assistant: Nollaig Crombie, Character Key Assistant: Edward Goral, Character Key Assistant: Anne Heeney, Character Key Assistant: Silvia Hoefnagels, Character Key Assistant: Helen Lawlor, Character Key Assistant: Marion Mathieu, Character Key Assistant: Ashley Mcgovern, Character Key Assistant: Mark Pudleiner, Character Key Assistant: Terry Shakespeare, Character Key Assistant: Rusty Stoll, Character Key Assistant: Jeff Topping, Character Key Assistant: Wendo Van Essen, Sally Voorheis, Additional Character Animation: Charlie Bonifacio, Additional Character Animation: Jesse Cosio, Additional Character Animation: John Hill, Additional Character Animation: Silvia Hoefnagels, Additional Character Animation: Fernando Moro, Additional Character Animation: Wendy Perdue, Additional Character Animation: Mark Pudleiner, Additional Character Animation: David Simmons, Additional Character Animation: Konrad Winterlich, Kevin Wurzer, Key Colour Stylist: Carmen Oliver, Susan Vanderhorst, Colour Stylist: Laurie Curran, Colour Stylist: Donal Freeney, Colour Stylist: Violet Mckenna, Suzanne O'Reilly, Xerography Supervisor: Terri Eddings, Supervisor Xerox Checking: Daryl Carstensen, Animation Checking: Carla Washburn, Animation Checking: Lisa Joko, Animation Checking: Mary Walsh, Animation Checking: Pam Kleyman, Michele Mckenna, Final Checking: Saskia Raevouri, Robin Police, Layout Supervisor: David Goetz, Layout Artist: Rick Bentham, Layout Artist: Richard Fawdry, Layout Artist: Mark Swan, Mark Swanson, Background Stylist: Don Moore, Background Artist: Barry Atkinson, Background Artist: Sunny Apinchapong, Background Artist: David McCamley, Background Artist: Mannix Bennett, Carl Jones, Cel Painting Supervisor: Olga Tarin-Craig, Cel Paint Assistant Supervisor: Niamh McClean, Cel Painter: Adrienne Bell, Cel Painter: Brian Boylan, Cel Painter: Ann Brennan, Cel Painter: John Brennan, Cel Painter: Maureen Buggy, Cel Painter: Melanie Burke, Cel Painter: Mark Byrne, Cel Painter: Michael Carroll, Cel Painter: Yvonne Carthy, Cel Painter: Vincent Clarke, Cel Painter: Nicholas Connolly, Cel Painter: Mary Connors, Cel Painter: Lisa Corcoran, Cel Painter: Conor Coughlan, Cel Painter: Orla Coughlan, Cel Painter: Brian Doyle, Cel Painter: Gloria Dunne, Cel Painter: Franka Elston, Cel Painter: Tom English, Cel Painter: Linda Fitzpatrick, Cel Painter: Jim Fleming, Cel Painter: Claire Gallagher, Cel Painter: Philip Garry, Cel Painter: Fiona Gavin, Cel Painter: Fiona Ginnell, Cel Painter: Patricia Gordan, Cel Painter: Catherine Gurry, Cel Painter: Liam Hannan, Cel Painter: Karl Hayes, Cel Painter: Gary Keleghan, Cel Painter: Sheila Kelly, Cel Painter: Siobhan Larkin, Cel Painter: Pearse Love, Cel Painter: Maria Malone, Cel Painter: Joseph Manifold Jr, Cel Painter: Petula Mastorson, Cel Painter: Ann May, Cel Painter: Colin Mcgrath, Cel Painter: Geraldine Mcguinness, Cel Painter: Ian Mcloughlin, Cel Painter: Kate Meredith, Cel Painter: Pauline Morahan, Cel Painter: Josephine Mulraney, Cel Painter: Mary B. Mulvihill, Cel Painter: Moira Murphy, Cel Painter: John Murray, Cel Painter: David Nolan, Cel Painter: Philip O'Connor, Cel Painter: Brid O'Donnell, Cel Painter: Paul O'Rourke, Cel Painter: John Phelan, Cel Painter: Julie Phelan, Cel Painter: Gerard J.D. Phillips, Cel Painter: Eileen Ridgway, Cel Painter: Carrie Rumgay, Cel Painter: Colum Slevin, Cel Painter: Karen Sommerville, Cel Painter: Ian Stokes, Inking Supervisor: Jacqueline Hooks, Inker: Anne Hazard, Inker: Karin Stover, Kerri Swanson, Paint Lab Supervisor: Deborah Rykoff, Editor: Dan Molina, Editor: John K. Carr, Production Designer: Don Bluth, Optical Effects: Sullivan Bluth Studios, Optical Film Effects, Optical Technician: Caroline Gaynor, Liam Halpin, Music: James Horner, Music Performed by: London Symphony Orchestra, Music Performed by: Kings College School Choir, Music Performed by: Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral, Ladies Choir, Choral Director: Nick Curtis, Orchestrations: Greig Mcritchie, Music Editor: Jim Henrikson, Music Recording: Shawn Murphy, Supervising Re-recording Mixer: Bill Rowe, Re-recording Mixer: Ray Merrin, Supervising Sound Editor: Dan Molina, Sound Editor: Kevin Brazier, Sound Editor: Ian Fuller, ADR (Dialogue Engineer): Charlene Richards, ADR (Recordist): Tom O'connell, Foley: Taj Soundworks, Foley: Dan O'Connell, Alicia Stevenson, Foley (Mixer): Jim Ashwill, Foley (Recordist): Mary Jo Lang
Cast (9)
Fred Gwynne (), Judith Barsi (voice of Ducky), Burke Byrnes (voice of Daddy Topps), Gabriel Damon (voice of Littlefoot), Bill Erwin (voice of Grandfather), Pat Hingle (voice of Rooter), Candy Hutson (voice of Cera), Will Ryan (voice of Petrie), Helen Shaver (voice of Littlefoot's mother)