Dinotopia (miniseries)

Dinotopia is a three-part mini-series from 2002 based on a novel series of U.S. author and illustrator James Gurney. Based on the May 2002 broadcast on ABC miniseries ( German Original Air Date: 5 November 2002 RTL) also a television series was created, but this was discontinued after six sequels.

Action

In a plane crash in the sea separately grown half brothers Charles and David are separated from their common father. They are washed up on an island which turns out to be Dinotopia.

Dinotopia is a backward technically piece of land that has remained completely undiscovered by the world today, although it is several square kilometers in size. The dinosaurs are not extinct in this part of the world and to have even the ability to speak. Dinotopias policy is supported by the Communist basic ideas and gives people and dinosaurs that live in it in a co-existence, the opportunity to live in harmony with each other.

The energy Dinotopias is fed by the bright sun shining stones, but their energy is low. Therefore, the third part of the film is about the search for new sun stones.

Other storylines are:

  • The love triangle between David, Karl and Marion, who is attracted to both.
  • The matching of the two brothers David learns to be courageous and self-confident as he learns to fly pterosaurs.
  • Karl learns to be caring when he gets a dinosaur baby entrusted.

Part 1

The first part is mainly described, as Karl and David are stranded on the island and settle. They learn first Cyrus Crabb, an ominous archaeologists, then Marion, the daughter of the mayor of Waterfall City and thus succeeded in the political system, and finally Zippo, a bipedal dinosaur, know, offer them their friendship.

It is becoming gradually that Karl will disappear from the island, while David is very willing to acclimatize in Dinotopia to live there permanently. Karl is thereby incited by Cyrus to steal a book from a public library, ostensibly to bring him away from the island.

The dispute between Charles and David escalates into a fight where they both fall into a river and be washed away. But you survive and be returned by Marion and Zippo back to Waterfall City.

Part 2

The four friends get to Widaba where Marion's mother Rosemary matriarch 's ( head of the local community ). There they will help with the field work. Here the communist motive soon becomes clear help as Karl not agreed to by itself. Zippo leaves the group to report in Waterfall City from its discovery.

David recovers very fast, but is not pleased with the news that Karl and Marion to get to know better and quickly come together. Karl, however, still cooked up on the rules that aufzwängt him the Matriarch.

The matriarch tells the brothers to their tasks: David is dinosaur pilot and Karl is assigned to a hatchery. Marion accompanied David to study the pterosaurs.

On the subject of communism

The idea of the communist principle is using the characters Cyrus and Charles, referred to as " free spirits ", backlit. You 're more or less in contrast to David and Marion that support a sense of community Dinotopias. The film represents its position clearly shows, by Cyrus die in the end and Karl can change your mind.

Background

  • The filming of this series took place in the following countries: USA, Brazil, England, Egypt and Thailand.
  • In the German dubbed version of the well-known actors Gerrit Schmidt- Foss speaks Tyron Leitso ( Charles Scott ), while he lends his voice in the television series Prison Break Wentworth Miller (David Scott).
  • The " villain " Cyrus Crabb says in the book Lee Crabb, where it appears only as a passive Mauler.

Awards

" Dinotopia " received an Emmy in 2002 and was nominated in five other categories.

Award

  • Best Special Effects

Nominations

  • Best equipment
  • Best Costume Design
  • Best Hair Styling
  • Best mask
  • Best Miniseries

TV Series

Due to the success of the three -part mini-series, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC ) ordered a regular, one-hour television series. In order to protect the budget new actors were hired for the series and moved the filming to Hungary. Delays in the production of the series did not start as planned in September, but only the end of November 2002. After starting already very modest viewership declined steadily, so that only six episodes for broadcasting came before ABC took the series in late December from the program.

As contractually agreed, however, 13 episodes were completed, which were fully aired, among other licensees abroad. The complete series of Artisan Entertainment was released in the U.S. and Canada on DVD in January 2004.

2002 in film Screenplay Film score Trevor Jones (composer) Jim Carter (actor) Lee Evans (comedian) Stuart Wilson (actor) Emmy Award Drama Cultural depictions of dinosaurs
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