"Dinotopia" (2002) (mini)TV mini-series

Director:

Marco Brambilla

Writers (WGA):

James Gurney (books)
Simon Moore (teleplay)

Release Date:

12 May 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Carl and David, two boys flying a small aircraft over the ocean with their father, crash land near an uncharted island...

Plot Keywords:

Flare Gun | Teen | Senator | Giant Creature | Brontosaurus

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 5 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Tyron Leitso	...	Karl Scott
David Thewlis	...	Cyrus Crabb
Wentworth Miller	...	David Scott
Katie Carr	...	Marion Waldo
Jim Carter	...	Mayor Waldo
Alice Krige	...	Rosemary Waldo
Colin Salmon	...	Oonu
Hannah Yelland	...	Romana Denison
Lee Evans	...	Zippo (voice)
Terry Jones	...	Messenger Bird (voice)
Stuart Wilson	...	Frank Scott
Anna Maguire	...	Samantha Waldo
Andy Beckwith	...	Copra Carter
Keith Newby	...	Messenger
Marcus White	...	Oliver
Zienia Merton	...	Teacher
Sang Cam Lui	...	Cadet Year 1
Anthony Lennon	...	Bus Driver
Zizi Vaigncourt-Strallen	...	Little Girl
Angelo Andreou	...	Little Boy
Carl McCrystal	...	Dinotopia Citizen #1
Giles Oldershaw	...	Dinotopia Citizen #2
Adam Blaug	...	Dinotopia Citizen #3
Junix Inocian	...	Senator #1
Patrick Monckton	...	Senator #2
George Yiasoumi	...	Ticket Collector
Christian Simpson	...	Sunstone Restorer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Geraldine Chaplin	...	Oriana
Wil Röttgen	...	Dinotopia Citizen #4
Tasha de Vasconcelos	...	Tina (2002)
Mike Savva	...	Skybax Pilot (uncredited)

Directed by
Marco Brambilla

Writing credits (WGA)
James Gurney		(books in Dinotopia series)
Simon Moore		(teleplay)

Produced by
William P. Cartlidge	....	producer
Howard Ellis	....	supervising producer
James Gurney	....	co-producer
Robert Halmi Jr.	....	executive producer
Robert Halmi Sr.	....	executive producer
Seth Siegel	....	associate producer
Michael Stone	....	associate producer
Dusty Symonds	....	producer
Scott Usher	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Trevor Jones

Cinematography by
Tony Pierce-Roberts

Film Editing by
Oral Norrie Ottey

Casting by
Allison Cowitt
Mike Fenton
Debbie McWilliams

Production Design by
Walter P. Martishius

Art Direction by
Malcolm Middleton
Jim Morahan

Set Decoration by
Peter Walpole

Costume Design by
Charles Knode

Makeup Department
Julie Dartnell	....	makeup artist
Karen Dawson	....	key makeup artist
Sally Hennen	....	makeup artist
Petra Schaumann	....	crowd hair supervisor
Suzanne Stokes-Munton	....	hair stylist supervisor
Eve Wignall	....	makeup artist
Sarah Love	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
David Byrne	....	post-production supervisor
Lorraine Fennell	....	production manager
Adam Goodman	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Terry Bamber	....	first assistant director
Adam Barrington	....	co-third assistant director
Edward Brett	....	first assistant director
Mike Brewster	....	second unit director
David Cain	....	second assistant director
David Cain	....	second unit director
Ian Easton	....	third assistant director
Jessica Hurles	....	third assistant director
Mira Husseini	....	trainee assistant director: dailies
Martin Krauka	....	key second assistant director
Andrew McEwan	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Will Ayres	....	props
Ray Barrett	....	construction coordinator
Stuart Blinco	....	painter
Kent Boswell	....	storyboard coordinator
Kenneth Cassar	....	assistant art director
Stuart Clarke	....	scenic artist
Mark Dowling	....	painter
Robert J. Dugdale	....	painter
Martin Foley	....	stand-by art director
Gary Gleeson	....	head painter
Matthew Gray	....	assistant art director
James Hunt	....	scenic artist
Dominic Hyman	....	assistant set decorator
Tommy Jolliffe	....	scenic artist
Dominic Lavery	....	concept artist
Bill Lowe	....	painter's laborer
Iain McCaig	....	storyboard artist
Stephen McGregor	....	carpenter: second unit
David Mears	....	painter
David Meeking	....	head painter
Harry Metcalfe	....	construction coordinator
Dave Midson	....	chargehand dressing prop
Harry Pain	....	art department assistant
Graham Pearce	....	painter
Beatrix Petõ	....	draughtsperson
Julie Philpott	....	draughtsman
Darren Reynolds	....	stand-by props
Mark Reynolds	....	props
Stephen Sobisky	....	interactive design
Bill Thomas	....	model maker
Paul Vale	....	painter
David Van Woert	....	props
Harry Wilson	....	chargehand painter
Dean Coldham	....	plasterer (uncredited)
Jack Dyer	....	construction buyer (uncredited)
Frank Howe	....	drapesman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Beau Biggart	....	adr mixer
Jaya Bishop	....	boom operator
Christian Bourne	....	sound assistant
Sandy Buchanan	....	adr mixer
Bob Costanza	....	sound effects editor
Gareth Cousins	....	sound mix engineer
Tony Dawe	....	production sound mixer
Kevin Fisher	....	sound effects editor
Tommy Goodwin	....	foley mixer
Bob Goold	....	dialog editor
G. Michael Graham	....	supervising sound editor
Dan Green	....	assistant sound editor
Simon Price	....	supervising adr editor
Paul Ratajczak	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Kenneth Cassar	....	special effects crew
Richard Darwin	....	animatronic model designer
Kevin Draycott	....	special effects technician
Peter Fern	....	special effects senior technician
Alexander Gunn	....	special effects floor supervisor
Chris 'Flimsy' Howes	....	special effects
Mark Hunter	....	senior animatronics technician
Peter Hutchinson	....	special effects supervisor
Jeremy Lovett	....	special effects technician
Waldo Mason	....	art finisher: Jim Hensons Creature Shop
David McGeary	....	special effects technician
Stefano Pepin	....	special effects technician
Neil Toddy Todd	....	special effects technician
Alistair Bell	....	special effects crew (uncredited)
Stephen Bettles	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Tim Aidley	....	research and development
Zoltán Benyó	....	digital artist
Brendan Body	....	character animator
David Booth	....	visual effects supervisor
Charlie Bradbury	....	CG line producer
Derek Burgess	....	visual effects editor
Adam Burnett	....	technical director
Alex Burt	....	animator: Framestore CFC
Darren Byford	....	technical director
Frederic Cervini	....	junior technical director: Framestore CFC
Nicolas Cotta	....	visual effects artist
Kate Cuffin	....	visual effects artist
Michael Davis	....	visual effects coordinator: Framestore CFC
Robert Deas	....	technical director: Framestore CFC
Virginie Degorgue	....	junior texture artist
Mike Eames	....	animation supervisor
Dadi Einarsson	....	lead animator
Stuart M. Ellis	....	character animator
Stephen Enticott	....	senior animator: Framestore CFC
James Farrington	....	3D character animator
Juan Jesus Garcia	....	digital sets: Waterfall City, Cave, Framestore CFC
Danny Geurtsen	....	texture painter
Pablo Grillo	....	character animator
Anne Hall	....	digital artist
Michael Harrison	....	digital compositor
Sam Hencher	....	visual effects artist
Robert Holder	....	technical director: Framestore CFC
Jason Horley	....	digital matte painter: Framestore CFC
Russell Horth	....	digital compositor: Framestore
Charles Howell	....	visual effects production assistant
Tim Keene	....	visual effects line producer
Christopher Kerr	....	data operations supervisor
Christopher Kerr	....	smoke operator
Lucy Killick	....	visual effects coordinator
Alec Knox	....	supervising technical director
Dan Lavender	....	technical director
Nicola Lavender	....	CG artist: Framestore CFC
John Peter Li	....	technical director
David Lloyd	....	lead systems engineer
Sharon Lock	....	visual effects artist
Robyn Luckham	....	animator
Craig Lyn	....	lead CGI artist/lead technical director
Martin Macrae	....	matte painting effects
Christian Manz	....	visual effects artist
Colin McEvoy	....	lead animator
Mike McGee	....	visual effects supervisor
Quentin Miles	....	animation supervisor
Chris Monks	....	computer effects artist
Ben Morris	....	lead CGI artist: Framestore CFC
Tom Mulliner	....	visual effects assistant
Paul Norris	....	visual effects artist
Tor-Bjorn Olsson	....	visual effects artist
Alex Parkinson	....	research and development
Stuart Penn	....	technical director: Framestore CFC
Nikki Penny	....	visual effects producer
Cristina Puente	....	digital effects artist
Sirio Quintavalle	....	visual effects artist
Michael Ridgwell	....	digital artist
Ben Robards	....	visual effects assistant coordinator
Dave Robinson	....	systems engineer
Pedro Sabrosa	....	senior visual effects artist
Elsa Santos	....	digital artist
Jakob Schmidt	....	lead technical director
Liz Scully	....	lead CGI artist: Framestore CFC
Nicholas Seal	....	visual effects artist
James Sims	....	visual effects
Paul Stamp	....	data operator
James Studdart	....	research & development
Nick Symons	....	character animator
Katie Tucker	....	visual effects assistant
Jenõ Udvardi	....	digital artist
Jon Veal	....	CG modeller
Timothy Webber	....	visual effects supervisor
Ben White	....	senior animator
Andrew Wilks	....	post-production coordinator
Kate Windibank	....	visual effects artist
Richard Ducker	....	digital artist: character setup/rigging, research and development (uncredited)
Catherine Elvidge	....	computer animator: Framestore CFC (uncredited)
David Hulin	....	CG animator (uncredited)
Brendan Lonergan	....	creature sculptor (uncredited)
Roma O'Connor	....	head of production (uncredited)

Stunts
Domonkos Pardanyi	....	stunt double
Mike Savva	....	utility stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
John Bailie	....	first assistant camera
Ádám Balogh	....	electrician
Jacob Barrie	....	camera trainee
Balázs Bélafalvy	....	second camera operator: second unit
Jason Coop	....	second assistant camera
Tommy Finch	....	gaffer
Dylan Jones	....	video assistant
Russell Kennedy	....	assistant camera
Wayne King	....	electrician
Clive Mackey	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Pat Miller	....	electrician
Jamie Mills	....	electrician
Dean Morrish	....	underwater first assistant camera
Ian Mussell	....	additional grip
Shaun O'Dell	....	director of photography: second unit
Darren Quinn	....	key grip
Marci Ragályi	....	focus puller
Basil Smith	....	camera loader
Basil Smith	....	camera trainee
Oliver Upton	....	still photographer
Garie Wetherill	....	video assist operator
Richard Elson	....	camera trainee (uncredited)
Rupert Power	....	steadicam operator (uncredited)

Animation Department
Rosie Ashforth	....	animator
Jamie Beard	....	animator
Mike Swindall	....	animator

Casting Department
Reg Poerscout-Edgerton	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lee Clayton	....	costume cutter
Lee Clayton	....	tailor
Lee Croucher	....	costume assistant
Joe Kowalewski	....	wardrobe supervisor
Nicholas Roche-Gordon	....	wardrobe assistant
Robert Worley	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Anna Aylward	....	assistant editor
Simon Davis	....	assistant editor
Steven Forrester	....	second assistant editor
Keith Mason	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Geoff Alexander	....	conductor (as Geoffrey Alexander)
Gareth Cousins	....	music recordist
Gareth Cousins	....	musician: synthesizer
Alex Gibson	....	music editor
Julian Kershaw	....	orchestrator
Steven Price	....	music programmer
Jeremy Raub	....	music editor
Simon Rhodes	....	music scoring mixer

Transportation Department
Guy Bostock	....	vehicle coordinator
Brian Hathaway	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Ruth Atkinson	....	trainee script supervisor
Samantha Black	....	assistant coordinator
Charles Bodycomb	....	armorer
Billy Budd	....	military advisor
Andrea Carnevali	....	making-of documentary
Jimmy Carruthers	....	facilities manager
James Chasey	....	stand-in
Sue Clegg	....	script supervisor
Adam Coop	....	runner
Gareth Cousins	....	synthesizer programmer
Steve Cummings	....	armorer
David Decio	....	production assistant
Alex Fenn	....	production runner
Fraser Fennell-Ball	....	floor runner
Fraser Fennell-Ball	....	runner (as Fraser Fennell)
Steven Forrester	....	additional floor runner
Steven Forrester	....	production runner
Simon Fraser	....	production coordinator
Piers Hampton	....	project producer: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Alex Kaye-Besley	....	set runner
Terence Madden	....	runner
Simon Marsden	....	location manager
Ross Mullen	....	stand-in: Zippo
Ian Mussell	....	remote head technician
John Nixon	....	armorer
Lee Robertson	....	location assistant
Jan Svoboda	....	location scout
Andrew Jack	....	dialogue coach: adr (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Hallmark Entertainment
• Mat I
• Mid Atlantic Films
• RTL

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
• Atlantic Film (2006) (Sweden) (DVD)
• CanWest Global Communications (Canada)
• Divisa Home Video (2003) (Spain) (DVD)
• Hallmark Entertainment Distribution LLC (worldwide distribution)

Special Effects

• Cine Image Film Opticals (main and end titles)
• Framestore
• Jim Henson's Creature Shop

Other Companies

• 2020 Casting  extras casting
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Lee Lighting  lighting
• Mad Dog Casting  extras casting
• Motion Control Cameras Ltd.  visual effects

Also Known As:

Dinotopia (Germany)

Runtime:

250 min | USA:360 min (including commercials)

Country:

UK | Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA

Company:

Hallmark Entertainment

Trivia:

The Eleventh Code of Dinotopia (previously unknown since the tablet was broken) is "Find the Light". This is the phrase written on the front of a previous matriarch's (Marion's grandmother's?) letter.

Quotes:

Romana Denison: David, what is it?
David Scott: It's the height. I think I'm having a panic attack.
Romana Denison: Remember you are of the Sky.
David Scott: I am not of the Sky. I don't know who said that. If anything I'm of the Couch.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Discovering Dinotopia (2002) (TV)

surprisingly good

the movie was way beyond my expectations for a whole 'fiction, fantasy' gene. considering they were talking about dinos here, i had my doubts about it. but the movie spoke for itself, and managed to sastify me. the acting was good, the lines were belieable, and the plot came together quite well. i would have never expected this much from what i first deemed a show for the "kiddies".

on the whole, i enjoyed it a lot, and i'm hoping there will be a sequel to this. a very good watch.