Dinotopia
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Angelo Andreou
Marcus White
Giles Oldershaw
Anna Mcguire
Alice Krige
Sang Cam Lui
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Synopsis
Miniseries based on the first two "Dinotopia" books by James Gurney. Frank Scott, a wealthy American, crashes his plane into the Caribbean. He appears to perish, but his two troubled sons, Karl and David, survive and wind up on a fantastic lost continent where humans and dinosaurs happily co-exist. Amazingly, the dinosaurs of Dinotopia talk and interact with their human partners.
Dinotopia is a complex but peaceful world built on long-established principles of mutual cooperation and respect between its inhabitants. Karl and David are introduced to this incredible civilization by the beautiful Marion, daughter of the Mayor of Waterfall City, the capital of Dinotopia. Most of the dinosaurs are benevolent creatures: the Brachiosaurus is a creature of labor, whose size and passive nature makes it ideal for toiling the land and providing public transport; the Stenosaurus is highly intelligent and suited to desk jobs, while the bird-like Pterosaur, with its 30-feet wing span, is also known as Skybox, Dinotopia's very own air force.
Not all the dinosaurs are benign: dangerous carnivores, such as Tyrannosaurus Rex and the gigantic crocodile-like Mosasaur are a constant threat. Dinotopia is also home to a number of human rogues such as Cyrus Crabb; they are descended from pirates and live as outlaws, flouting the Dinotopian codes and refusing to respect the dinosaurs, to whom they refer as "Scaleys."
Karl and David arrive at a critical moment in the history of the lost continent. The very life force of Dinotopia, its sun stones, are mysteriously failing, allowing dark and dangerous forces to threaten its harmonious civilization. Unwillingly and unwittingly, Karl and David become involved in the battle to save Dinotopia from destruction. They are helped in their mission by the well-meaning Zippo, an academic Stenosaurus, who speaks 17 human and Saurian languages. Neither Karl nor David takes kindly to the program of education which Marion has in store for them. Their primary interest in Dinotopia is, undoubtedly, the beautiful Marion herself, and both brothers fall hopelessly in love with her. Karl and David must overcome their personal prejudices, hang-ups and differences if they are to survive in this extraordinary world and become true Dinotopians.
Cast
Angelo Andreou
Marcus White
Giles Oldershaw
Anna Mcguire
Alice Krige
Sang Cam Lui
Anthony Lennon
Ross Mullen
Carl Mccrystal
Terry Jones
Adam Blaug
Geraldine Chaplin
Wentworth Miller
Jim Carter
Tyron Leitso
Patrick Monckton
Keith Newby
Zienia Merton
Katie Carr
Lee Evans
George Yiasoumi
Zizi Vaigncourt-strallen
Junix Inocian
Andy Beckwith
David Thewlis
Hannah Yelland
Colin Salmon
Stuart Wilson
Crew
Edward Brett
William P. Cartlidge
Suzanne Clegg
Allison Cowitt
Julie Dartnell
Julie Dartnell
Tony Dawe
Karen Dawson
Ian Easton
Lorraine Fennell
Mike Fenton
Simon Fraser
Mark Goddard
Adam Goodman
Matt Gray
James Gurney
James Gurney
Robert Halmi
Robert Halmi Jr.
Brenda Hutchinson
Peter Hutchinson
Trevor Jones
Tim Keene
Lucy Killick
Charles Knode
Josef Kowalewski
Martin Krauka
Simon Mardsen
Walter P Martishius
Jennie Mcclean
Andrew Mcewan
Mike Mcgee
Debbie Mcwilliams
Simon Moore
Oral Norrie Ottey
Tony Pierce-roberts
Norra A Rahim
Rosalind Shingleton
Seth Siegel
Michael S Stone
Dusty Symonds
Scott Usher
Peter Walpole
Jason White
Eve Wignall
Eve Wignall
Robert Worley
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Nominated for the 2003 Saturn Award for Best Single Program Presentation by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.
Aired in United States July 30, 2002
Aired in United States May 12, 2002
Aired in United States May 14, 2002
Released in United States on Video July 30, 2002