Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (also called Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs or simply known as Ice Age 3) is an American computer animated adventure comedy movie. It was released on July 1, 2009. It is the third movie in the Ice Age series and the first movie of the series released in 3D. The movie was produced by Blue Sky Studios. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox. The movie was also released on RealD anywhere available. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs was the first 20th Century animated movie and the first Blue Sky movie released in 3D.

In the movie, Manny, Diego, Ellie, Crash and Eddie travel in a underground dinosaurs's world. They set off a journey to save Sid who was taken by a female T-Rex for kidnapping her children. The group is helped by an eccentric one-eyed weasel named Buck.

This movie is the second sequel to the 2002 movie, Ice Age. The other Ice Age movies are: Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), and Ice Age: Collision Course (2016).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Queen Latifah recorded and performed a version of the song "Walk the Dinosaur" with John Leguizamo.

The movie was positively welcomed from audience, cost $90 million to make and it earned $886,686,817 worldwide. In 2017, the movie was ranked as the 47th highest earnings amount worldwide.^[4]

Cast[change | change source]

The characters are all prehistoric animals. The animals can talk to and understand each other.

Ray Romano as Manny, a woolly mammoth
Denis Leary as Diego, a Saber-tooth tiger
John Leguizamo as Sid, a giant ground sloth
Queen Latifah as Ellie, a woolly mammoth
Seann William Scott as Crash, an opossum
Josh Peck as Eddie, an opossum
Simon Pegg as Buck, a one-eyed weasel
Chris Wedge as Scrat
Karen Disher as Scratte

Crew[change | change source]

Directed by Carlos Saldanha
Story by Jason Carter Eaton
Storyboarded by Karen Disher
Character designer by Peter De Sève
Music by John Powell

References[change | change source]

↑ Pamela McClintock (December 20, 2013). "Ice Age: Collision Course to Hit Theaters Summer 2016". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
↑ Gleiberman, Owen (June 18, 2016). "Film Review: Ice Age: Collision Course". Variety. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
↑ Pamela McClintock (December 20, 2013). "Ice Age: Collision Course to Hit Theaters Summer 2016". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
↑ "All Time Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 27, 2009.

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[1] Pamela McClintock (December 20, 2013). "Ice Age: Collision Course to Hit Theaters Summer 2016". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 12, 2014.

[VarietyReview-2] Gleiberman, Owen (June 18, 2016). "Film Review: Ice Age: Collision Course". Variety. Retrieved August 30, 2017.

[3] Pamela McClintock (December 20, 2013). "Ice Age: Collision Course to Hit Theaters Summer 2016". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 12, 2014.

[4] "All Time Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 27, 2009.

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