The Valley of the T-Rex (2001) (TV)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Directors:

Reuben Aaronson
James McQuillan

Writers:

Steve Eder (writer)
Georgann Kane (story)
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Release Date:

10 September 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Cast

Jack Horner	...	Himself
Stephen Kemble	...	Narrator

Directed by
Reuben Aaronson
James McQuillan

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Steve Eder		writer
Georgann Kane		story
Steven Reich		writer

Produced by
Reuben Aaronson	....	producer
Tomi Bednar Landis	....	executive producer: Discovery Channel
James McQuillan	....	producer
Manuel Oteyza	....	supervising producer

Original Music by
Bruce Chianese
Geoff Levin

Cinematography by
Reuben Aaronson
Chris Towey

Film Editing by
Langdon Page

Art Direction by
Mark Dubeau

Production Management
Syndi Dreher	....	production manager

Art Department
Mark Dubeau	....	creature designer

Sound Department
Terrance Dwyer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jonathan Ingalls	....	sound
Rick Norman	....	sound effects editor
Monique Reymond	....	foley artist

Visual Effects by
Mathieu Blouin	....	lead animator
Genevieve Boisvert	....	visual effects coordinator
Michael Borhi	....	texture artist
Jean-Christophe Boue	....	digital compositor: Meteor Studios
Jean-Christophe Boue	....	lighting artist: Meteor Studios
Michael Brunet	....	lead animator
Eddy Chan	....	lead animator
Monique Deschamps	....	lead animator
Sebastien Dostie	....	digital artist
Stéphanie Dubé	....	texture painter
Frederic Fortin	....	technical director
Eric Gervais-Despres	....	model maker
Aaron Gilman	....	lead animator
Joe Han	....	senior animator
Shawn Hillier	....	digital effects supervisor
Miae Kang	....	lighting artist
Michael Kitchen	....	lead animator
Emanuel LaFrance	....	compositor
Virginie Lamotte	....	digital compositor
Michael Latschislaw	....	lead animator
Nadine Lavoie	....	lead animator
Marc Massicotte	....	digital compositor
Jamie Minett	....	lighting artist
Thai-My Nguyen	....	lead animator
Velislava Nikolova	....	lead animator
Lorne Nudel	....	lead layout artist
Christophe Pacaud	....	compositor
Michelle Perez	....	lead animator
Carl Prud'homme	....	texture artist
Yves Rainville	....	model maker
Bill Reetnos	....	lead animator
Jean-Pierre Riverin	....	lighting artist
Philippe Roberge	....	digital compositor
Denis Samoilov	....	animation director
Sean Samuels	....	concept artist
Sue Hyunsook Shim	....	lead animator (as Sue Shim)
Peter Skovsbo	....	visual effects line producer
Andrzej Tutaj	....	concept artist
Jay Williams	....	visual effects producer
Dennis Yoo	....	computer animator
Dennis Yoo	....	senior animator

Animation Department
Steeve Boulianne	....	layout artist

Editorial Department
Shawn P. Mitchell	....	post-production assistant

Other crew
Jack Horner	....	scientific consultant

Production Companies

• Discovery Channel

Special Effects

• Meteor Studios

Runtime:

50 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Badlands, Montana, USA

Company:

Discovery Channel

Great Documentary

This was a very good documentary about the infamous T-Rex. The CGI looked very good and especially in the scenes with the T-Rex.

Valley of the T-Rex basically was challenging the theory that T-Rex was this awesome cold-blooded killer that always hunted its prey. Jack Horner explains his opinion about the fact that T-Rex was probably a scavenger like hyenas and vultures.

He backed up his theory with a lot of good evidence (T-Rex's arms being to small, good sense of smell for sniffing out carcasses etc.). Many digs in Montana's badlands were filmed and I learned a lot about T-Rex.

The problem with this documentary is that it doesn't ask anybody's (partically another palaeontologist's) opinion. It only focuses on Jack Horner and him going on and on how T-Rex wasn't a predator but a hunter. The evidence looked believable but there was probably evidence against that theory that was not shown.

I also wouldn't really recommend this to people who absolutely love T-Rex. This will account for any negative reviews or comments. Again this was a very good documentary, it will probably change your perspective on T-Rex.

My Rating 8.7/10