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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) -- Manny, Sid, Diego, et al. encounter the dinosaur population who survived extinction in their tropical paradise, which existed below the thick layers of ice ... until now.
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) -- Clip: I am raising them vegetarian
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) -- Footage from Empire Leicester Square for the UK premiere of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) -- Scrat goes to even further lengths to obtain the ever-elusive acorn in this first trailer for Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) -- Trailer for this animated prehistoric comedy

Overview

User Rating:
7.2/10   22,603 votes
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Directors:
Carlos Saldanha
Mike Thurmeier (co-director)
Writers:
Peter Ackerman (screenplay)
Michael Berg (screenplay)
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Release Date:
1 July 2009 (USA) more
Plot:
When Sid's attempt to adopt three dinosaur eggs gets him abducted by their real mother to an underground lost world, his friends attempt to rescue him. full summary | full synopsis
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User Comments:
A simple story executed to near perfection. more (93 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Eunice Cho ... Madison (Diatryma Girl) (voice)
Karen Disher ... Scratte (voice)
Harrison Fahn ... Glypto Boy (voice)

Maile Flanagan ... Aardvark Mom (voice)
Jason Fricchione ... Adult Molehog Male (voice)

Bill Hader ... Gazelle (voice)

Kelly Keaton ... Molehog Mom / Shovelmouth Mom (voice)

Joey King ... Beaver Girl (voice)

Queen Latifah ... Ellie (voice)

Denis Leary ... Diego (voice)
Allegra Leguizamo ... Aardvark Girl (voice)

John Leguizamo ... Sid (voice)
Lucas Leguizamo ... Aardvark Boy / Beaver Kid #2 (voice)
Clea Lewis ... Start Mom (voice)

Jane Lynch ... Diatryma Mom (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Ice Age 3 (Singapore: English title) (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some mild rude humor and peril.
Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby
Certification:
South Korea:All | UK:U | USA:PG (certificate #45289) | Norway:7 | Ireland:G | Singapore:G | Finland:K-7 | Denmark:7 | Hong Kong:I | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:6 | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Iceland:L | Portugal:M/4 (dubbed version) | Portugal:M/6 (original version) | Australia:PG | Mexico:AA | Japan:G | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Taiwan:GP | Turkey:G

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Trivia:
LOGO GIMMICK: The 20th Century Fox logo is surrounded by snow-covered pine trees, and the searchlights are miniature smoldering volcanoes. more
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The ankylosaurus (armored dinosaur with clubbed tail) is shown chasing the main characters, as if it was a carnivore. In real life, though, an ankylosaur might have reacted aggressively towards anything it viewed as a threat, even if it wasn't a predator, so in the film it might have been chasing the main characters off because it felt threatened by them. more
Quotes:
Buck: [from trailer] Are you ready for adventure?
Crash, Eddie: Yes, sir!
Buck: For danger?
Crash, Eddie: Yes, sir!
Buck: For death?
Eddie: Uhh, can you repeat the question?
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Movie Connections:
References Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) more
Soundtrack:
Adagio from Spartacus more

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42 out of 64 people found the following comment useful.
A simple story executed to near perfection., 29 June 2009
9/10
Author: popcornposse from United Kingdom

Its all about family in essence. Starting one, keeping one, becoming one, protecting one. A family film about family is always going to ring the right bells (unless Eddie Murphys in it), and this is no exception! It's funny, its sharp, it's clever, and when it wants too will tug on your heart strings. It's everything a great family film should be. It has just as much humour to keep the grown ups happy as it does the kids.

It's not perfect; it starts fairly slowly with scenes we've already scene twenty times in the trailer, but the further you go into this adventure the more fun you will have.

A fantastic new addition to the franchise is "Buck" (Simon Pegg) a looney tune hermit possum who joins the herd around half way through. When he enters the scene, the whole movie shifts up a gear! Some of the stuff he comes out with will have you rolling in the isle! If you have the chance, you must see it in 3D! It's amazing how this new version of such an old and dated technology can suck you even deeper into a film! The chases are more exciting, the locations more real, it works so well! And it doesn't give you a migraine!

Overall - Like a franchise should, Ice Age gets better and better and better! If you liked the first, you'll love the second! If you loved the second, you'll go crazy for the third! 2D - 8/10 3D - 9/10

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