Thursday, September 18, 2025

Dinosaur! 1985

From Wiki- 

Dinosaur! is a 1985 American television documentary film about dinosaurs. It was first broadcast in the United States on November 5, 1985, on CBS.[1] Directed by Robert Guenette and written by Steven Paul Mark, Dinosaur! was hosted by American actor Christopher Reeve, who some years before had played the leading role in Superman.  In 1991, another documentary, also titled Dinosaur! though not related, was hosted on A&E by the CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite.[2][3]  Jointly with Reeve's narration, the documentary shows special effects scenes which reconstruct dinosaurs and their era, along with interviews with the most famous paleontologists at the time of the documentary shooting, including Jack Horner, Robert Bakker, Phil Currie, and Dale Russell.Back to me:

Man, this was the doc back in 1985.  I can't wait to watch it again, even with more knowledge than the people involved with had then. I only saw the entire thing once or twice- as VCRs were not readily available back then.  It will be slightly bittersweet, with Christopher Reeve as the host.  It will be sometime in the future, since I have reviewed a lot of dinosaur stuff recently!

 

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