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Dinosaur! is a american film of genre Documentary released in USA on 5 november 1985 with Christopher Reeve

Dinosaur! (1985)

Dinosaur!
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Released in USA 5 november 1985
OriginUSA
Rating83% 4.1599354.1599354.1599354.1599354.159935

Dinosaur! is an American television documentary about dinosaurs. It was first broadcast in the United States on November 5, 1985, on CBS. Directed by Robert Guenette and written by Steven Paul Mark, Dinosaur! was hosted by the American actor Christopher Reeve, who some years before had played the leading role of Superman.

In 1991, another documentary, also entitled Dinosaur! though not related, was hosted on A&E by the CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite.

Synopsis

Un documentaire divertissant sur les dinosaures avec des effets spéciaux primés aux Emmy Awards, des extraits de longs métrages et des images fixes, des commentaires des plus grands paléontologues de l'époque, ainsi qu'un récit filmé et en voix off de Christopher Reeve. Tourné sur place à Los Angeles et à New York au Musée américain d'histoire naturelle.

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Christopher Reeve

(Narrator (voice))
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