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071 The Land Before Time - Fellowship of the Tree Star

2014/7/18
logo of podcast Animation Addicts Podcast - Disney, Pixar, & Animated Movie Reviews & Interviews | Rotoscopers

Animation Addicts Podcast - Disney, Pixar, & Animated Movie Reviews & Interviews | Rotoscopers

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The Rotoscopers kick off our Dinos & Dragons series by reviewing Don Bluth's 1988 classic The Land Before Time!

 

Highlights

 

  • Main Discussion: The Land Before Time (1988)

  • We just right into the the commercials and merchandise of this film. Pizza Hut birthday commercial and Pizza Hut puppets, anyone?

  • The Land Before Time beat out Oliver & Company!

  • This movie is the epitome of childhood epitome.

  • Originally started as "Bambi with dinosaurs." Why do the animated mother's always have to die?

  • Props to Don Bluth for his stunning hand-drawn effects like bubbles, tar, egg shell fragments, lava, rain, and, of course, the classic Don Bluth sparkle.

  • 9 minutes of cut footage, mostly of sharptooth attacks scenes.

  • Mason Conspiracy Theory: Littlefoot is a jinx.

  • Many themes in this film: segregation, dealing with loneliness,

  • Listener Twitter Question: How important was The Land Before Time to your childhood?

  • We rate it!

  • Mail bag: Joshua, Tony, Abbi, Lauren, Adam, Robert, Dan, Brooks, Andrew.

  • Don't forget to use the hashtags #AnimAddicts and #DonBluthDazzle when talking about this episode on Twitter!

Runtime: 1:27:59 84.5 MB

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