
Dino Time
Also known as: Dino Mom (German and French Festival titles)
- Studio
- CJ Entertainment, Myriad Pictures, Toiion
- Distributor
- CJ Entertainment
Synopsis
Three kids travel back in time to 65 million years ago, where they are taken in by a dinosaur.
There's nothing Ernie loves more than an excellent adventure, whether he's zooming around town on his rocket-powered skateboard or stealing an early peek at the coolest new fossil exhibit at the Dinosaur Museum. It's not always easy under the strict rule of his mom -- especially with his sister Julia following him around and trying to get him into trouble every chance she gets- but he still manages to stir up some fun. One day, however, Ernie's daredevil nature takes him on a journey with potentially irreversible consequences. After sneaking over to his best friend Max's house, Ernie discovers Max's dad's latest invention: a sleek, egg-shaped time machine. Suddenly, Julia bursts in to bust the two boys, and in the ensuing chaos, the time machine whirs to life and closes its doors on the three arguing kids.
When the hydraulic doors hiss open, the kids find themselves in a lush jungle untouched by mankind, with a living, breathing T-Rex named Tyra standing over them. Tyra nuzzles them softly, and Ernie realizes that they're not going to end up dinosaur food -- they're family! The egg-shaped time machine has landed in Tyra's nest, and the she thinks the human children are hers, new siblings to her hyperactive dinosaur son Dodger.
Ernie's ready to seize the opportunity to have his most incredible escapade yet- but there's still the little problem of how to eventually get home, what with the time machine having lost a vital component in its crash landing. Throw in some creepy dinosaur rivals of Tyra's who plan to take the time machine “egg” to lure her into their lair, and the road back to the present is paved with obstacles. It's going to take a lot of teamwork, and maybe even some surprising help from Sue, to reunite Ernie, Julia and Max with their human families and get them out of “Dino Time.”
There's nothing Ernie loves more than an excellent adventure, whether he's zooming around town on his rocket-powered skateboard or stealing an early peek at the coolest new fossil exhibit at the Dinosaur Museum. It's not always easy under the strict rule of his mom -- especially with his sister Julia following him around and trying to get him into trouble every chance she gets- but he still manages to stir up some fun. One day, however, Ernie's daredevil nature takes him on a journey with potentially irreversible consequences. After sneaking over to his best friend Max's house, Ernie discovers Max's dad's latest invention: a sleek, egg-shaped time machine. Suddenly, Julia bursts in to bust the two boys, and in the ensuing chaos, the time machine whirs to life and closes its doors on the three arguing kids.
When the hydraulic doors hiss open, the kids find themselves in a lush jungle untouched by mankind, with a living, breathing T-Rex named Tyra standing over them. Tyra nuzzles them softly, and Ernie realizes that they're not going to end up dinosaur food -- they're family! The egg-shaped time machine has landed in Tyra's nest, and the she thinks the human children are hers, new siblings to her hyperactive dinosaur son Dodger.
Ernie's ready to seize the opportunity to have his most incredible escapade yet- but there's still the little problem of how to eventually get home, what with the time machine having lost a vital component in its crash landing. Throw in some creepy dinosaur rivals of Tyra's who plan to take the time machine “egg” to lure her into their lair, and the road back to the present is paved with obstacles. It's going to take a lot of teamwork, and maybe even some surprising help from Sue, to reunite Ernie, Julia and Max with their human families and get them out of “Dino Time.”
Characters
Dodger, Tyra, Sarco, Sue, Ernie, Julia, Surly, Max
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Yoon-suk Choi, John Kafka
Producing
- Producer
- Robert Abramoff, Joonbum Heo, David Lovegren, Jae Y. Moh, Jae Woo Park
- Executive Producer
- Sharath Sury
Writing
- Screenplay
- James Greco, Zachary Rosenblatt
- Writer
- Adam Beechen, Jae Woo Park
Voices
- Voice
- Rob Schneider (Dodger), Melanie Griffith (Tyra), William Baldwin (Sarco), Jane Lynch (Sue), Pamela Adlon (Ernie), Tara Strong (Julia), Stephen Baldwin (Surly), Yuri Lowenthal (Max), Jessica Di Cicco
Music
- Music
- Stephen Barton, Stephen Barton
Animation
- Animator
- Hanung Lee, Hanung Lee
- Animatic Editor
- Billy Jones
Editing
- Editor
- David B. Baron
Sound
- Sound Designer
- Stephen P. Robinson
- Sound Effects Editors
- Mark Lanza, Joseph Tsai
- Sound Re-Recording Mixers
- Deb Adair, Mark Ettel
- Sound Mix
- Dolby Laboratories
- Foley Artist
- Gregg Barbanell
- Foley Mixer
- Lucy Sustar
- ADR Director
- Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
- ADR Editor
- Suzanne Goldish
Music Department
- Music Supervisor
- Lindsay Fellows
- Additional Music
- Loren Gold
- Orchestra Contractor
- Isobel Griffiths
Production Management
- Post-Production Coodinator
- James Lafferty
Companies and other credits
- Funding: CJ Entertainment
Production notes
3D animation.

