The Dinosaur Hunters
2002 | 122m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Andrew Piddington |
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| One man who kept asking questions was Gideon Mantell, the amateur paleontologist who, in the early 19th century, fought to get the British scientific establishment to accept Britain had been inhabited by dinosaurs. As this dramatised documentary shows, Mantell had an uphill battle in a time when the biblical account of creation was considered literal truth and authorities such as the Reverend William Buckland were determined that science remain "the handmaid of religion". | |
| Release Date: | Dec 30, 2002 |
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| Director: | Andrew Piddington |
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| Genres: | Drama, Documentary |
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| Production Companies | Channel 4 Television, Granada Television, PBS, Granada Productions |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: May 04, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Henry Ian Cusick | Gideon Mantell |
| Paul Brightwell | Leney |
| Michelle Bunyan | Caroline Owen |
| Alan Cox | Richard Owen |
| Kristian Griffiths | Walter Mantell (Aged 14-18) |
| Derek Jacobi | Narrator (voice) |
| Rebecca McClay | Mary Anning |
| Robert Morgan | Charles Lyell |
| Michael Pennington | William Buckland |
| Rachel Shelley | Mary Mantell |
| Laurie Goode | Removal Man (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Chris Domaille | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Steven Clarke | Teleplay |
| J.C. Wilsher | Teleplay |
| Andy Price | Music |
| Midge Ferguson | Location Manager |
| Alan Short | Senior Animator |
| Dan Fontaine | Best Boy Electric |
| Mark Turner | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Graham Ross | Sound Recordist |
| Gary McIntyre | Sound Editor |
| Andrew Piddington | Director, Teleplay |
| Roger Eaton | Camera Operator, Cinematography |
| David Butterworth | Orchestrator |
| Claire Saunders | Casting Assistant |
| Mike Hawkins | Steadicam Operator |
| Simon Tomlinson | Other |
| Will Norie | Sound Editor |
| Jamie Gambell | Boom Operator |
| Allan Brereton | Sound Mixer |
| Gail Stevens | Casting |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Bill Jones | Executive Producer |
| Steven Clarke | Producer |
| Robert MacIver | Executive Producer |
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In 1922 American paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews led an archeological expedition into Mongolia's Gobi Desert and uncovered one of the richest dinosaur graveyards in the world. Political conflicts forced him to leave before he had even scratched the surface of the treasure below. In 1997, two pale ... ontologists from the American Museum of Natural History were finally allowed to return, retracing Chapman's steps and unearthing some groundbreaking finds of their own. With spectacular on-location filming, archival footage from Chapman's expedition and impressive computer animation, it's an amazing journey back in time to a lost world where ancient giants once roamed.