A paleontologist named Zack takes his nephew Ricky and niece Jade on a fossil hunt. While alone, Ricky is met by a talking raven named Alex, who turns into an Alexornis. He tells him of a story set in the Late Cretaceous period, 70 million years ago. Patchi is the smallest in a litter of Pachyrhinosaurus hatchlings, and is often bullied by his older brother Scowler. Their father Bulldust is the leader of the Pachyrhinosaurus herd. Alex, who is Patchi's mentor, tries to help Patchi impress a female Pachyrhinosaurus named Juniper, but her herd migrates south without him. Patchi is also attacked by a Troodon which attempts to take him away but is saved by Bulldust, resulting in Patchi having a hole in his frill as an injury which Alex claims that Patchi was "destined for greatness".
MPAA Rating: | PG |
Genre: | Adventure, Documentary, Animation, Family, Comedy |
Country: | Australia, United Kingdom, United States |
Produced By: | Amanda Hill, Stuart Ford, Luke Hetherington, John Lynch, Marcus Arthur, Miles Ketley, Deepak Nayar, Dana Belcastro, Zareh Nalbandian, Richard Fletcher, Martyn Freeman, Trevor Haysom, Alex Kitson, Fran Locascio, David Nicksay, Stephen Mcdonogh, Mike Devlin |
Directed By: | Neil Nightingale, Barry Cook |
Written By: | David Skelly, John Collee, Gerry Swallow |
Cast: | Katie Silverman, Justin Long, Jude Tinsely, Angourie Rice, Mary Mouser, Tiya Sircar, Michael Leone, Clay Savage, Charlie Rowe, Skyler Stone, Madison Rothschild, Karl Urban, John Leguizamo |
In Theaters: | Dec 20, 2013 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 27 minutes |
Production: | Animal Logic, BBC Earth MD (WWD), Evergreen Films, Reliance Big Entertainment |
Budget: | $80,000,000 |
Box Office: | $36,076,121 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |