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* [[Gabriel Damon]]
* [[Bill Erwin]]
* [[Candace Hutson]]
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'''''The Land Before Time''''' is a 1988 [[animated cartoon|animated]] [[adventure film]] directed and co-produced by [[Don Bluth]] from a screenplay by Stu Krieger and a story by [[Judy Freudberg]] and [[Tony Geiss]]; it is executive produced by [[Steven Spielberg]], [[George Lucas]], [[Kathleen Kennedy (producer)|Kathleen Kennedy]], and [[Frank Marshall (filmmaker)|Frank Marshall]]. The film stars the voices of [[Judith Barsi]], [[Burke Byrnes]], [[Gabriel Damon]], [[
Produced by [[Amblin Entertainment]] and [[Sullivan Bluth Studios]], it features [[dinosaur]]s living in prehistoric times. The plot features a young brown ''[[Apatosaurus]]'' named Littlefoot, who ends up alone after his mother is attacked by a villainous ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' and dies. Littlefoot flees [[famine]] and upheaval to search for the Great Valley, an area spared from devastation, where the adult dinosaurs have moved on to. On his journey, he meets four young companions: Cera, an orange ''[[Triceratops]]'', Ducky, a green ''[[Saurolophus]]'',<!-- There has been a dispute over Ducky and her family's species. Please do not change "Saurolophus" to "Parasaurolophus" and state that Ducky is a Parasaurolophus.--> Petrie, a brown ''[[Pteranodon]]'', and Spike, a green ''[[Stegosaurus]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uphe.com/movies/the-land-before-time |title=The Land Before Time |date=March 8, 2015 |publisher=Universal Pictures Entertainment |access-date=October 27, 2015}}</ref> The film explores issues of prejudice between the different species and the hardships they endure in their journey as they are guided by the spirit of Littlefoot's mother and forced to deal with a "sharptooth" (''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'').
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== Cast ==
{{Main|List of The Land Before Time characters}}
* [[
** Hingle also voiced Rooter, a mole-like" dinosaur Littlefoot encountered
* [[Helen Shaver]] as [[List of The Land Before Time characters#Littlefoot's mother|Littlefoot's Mother]]
* [[Gabriel Damon]] as [[List of The Land Before Time characters#Littlefoot|Littlefoot]]
* [[Bill Erwin]] as [[List of The Land Before Time characters#Grandpa and Grandma Longneck|Grandfather]], Littlefoot's grandfather
▲* [[Helen Shaver]] as Littlefoot's mother
* [[Candace Hutson]] as [[List of The Land Before Time characters#Cera|Cera]]
▲* [[Burke Byrnes]] as Cera's father
* [[Burke Byrnes]] as [[List of The Land Before Time characters#Daddy Topps|Daddy Topps]], Cera's father
* [[Judith Barsi]] as [[List of The Land Before Time characters#Ducky|Ducky]], Spike's adoptive sister
▲* [[Pat Hingle]] as Narrator and Rooter
* [[Will Ryan]] as [[List of The Land Before Time characters#Petrie|Petrie]]
== Production ==
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As work on the script continued, Bluth delegated some of the animation staff to begin creating concept art. As with his previous films, Bluth handled the storyboarding, but with final revisions by Larry Leker. Production was initially delayed by several months as the studio moved to [[Ireland]]. Production would eventually begin in spring 1987, a few months after the release of ''An American Tail''.{{sfn|Cawley|1991|p=111}}
The production was preceded by extensive research, including visits to natural history museums in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Skeletons, fossils, and paleoart from the turn of the century were consulted to help create a credible landscape and animals. Further research was conducted using live-action footage of quadrupedal modern animals, including elephants and giraffes.<ref>{{cite AV media|people= Bluth, Don (Director) |title= The Land Before Time - Special CAV
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''The Land Before Time'' was released on [[VHS]] by [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|MCA Home Video]] on September 14, 1989, and on November 22, 1991, as well as [[LaserDisc]] in regular [[pan and scan]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/02056/40864/Land-Before-Time-The |publisher=LaserDisc Database |title=Land Before Time, The [40864] |access-date=October 27, 2015}}</ref> and "Special Collector's Edition" [[Constant angular velocity|CAV]]-play editions by [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|MCA/Universal Home Video]] in North America, and [[CIC Video]] internationally.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/02066/40924/Land-Before-Time-The |publisher=LaserDisc Database |title=Land Before Time, The [40924] |access-date=October 27, 2015}}</ref> According to the book ''The Animated Films of Don Bluth'', the original release had "very successful business" on the home video market, and included a promotional tie-in with [[Pizza Hut]] in North America, which was offering rubber hand puppets based on the film at the time.{{sfn|Cawley|1991|p=116}} Pizza Hut also had its partnership with the film's VHS release in Australia.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} The VHS version was made available once more on February 20, 1996, under the Universal Family Features label,<ref>{{cite book |title=The Land Before Time [VHS] |asin=6303939015}}</ref> and was later packaged with following three films in the series as part of the ''Land Before Time Collection'' on December 4, 2001.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Land Before Time Collector's Set (Volumes 1–4) [VHS] |asin=6304432550}}</ref>
The film was released on DVD for the first time on April 30, 1997,<ref>{{cite book |title=Land Before Time |isbn = 0-7832-1979-2}}</ref> and re-released on December 2, 2003, as the "Anniversary Edition" for the movie's 15th anniversary, which included games and sing-along songs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Land-Before-Time-Anniversary-Edition/dp/B0000AOX0O |title=The Land Before Time (Anniversary Edition) |website=Amazon |date=December 30, 2003 |access-date=October 27, 2015}}</ref> The Anniversary Edition was later included with ''An American Tail'' and ''[[Balto (film)|Balto]]'' as a three-movie pack in November 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Spielberg-Animated-Favorites-Collection-American/dp/B000V5IP6U/ |title=Amblin/Spielberg Animated Family Favorites 3-Movie Collection |website=Amazon |date=November 6, 2007 |access-date=October 27, 2015}}</ref> A [[widescreen]] [[Blu-ray]] version was available for the first time on October 13, 2015, which included digital [[High-definition video|HD]] and [[UltraViolet (system)|UltraViolet]] copies,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Land-Before-Time-Blu-ray/80155/ |title=The Land Before Time Blu-ray |publisher=Blu-ray.com |access-date=October 27, 2015}}</ref> which was accompanied by a new widescreen DVD release on the same day.<ref>{{Citation|last=Bluth|first=Don|title=The Land Before Time|date=October 13, 2015|url=https://www.amazon.com/Land-Before-Time-Helen-Shaver/dp/B0126M38K8/|publisher=Universal Studios Home Entertainment|access-date=July 26, 2016}}</ref> The Blu-ray was re-released on January 15, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/The-Land-Before-Time-Blu-ray/dp/B07KLQRNB8/|title=The Land Before Time|date=January 15, 2019|access-date=January 1, 2019|via=Amazon}}</ref>
== Legacy ==
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