Review: The Land Before Time
Set in Prehistoric times, with changing climate making precious vegetation scarce for the Earth’s herbivores. Young brontosaurus Littlefoot (voiced by Gabriel Damon from “RoboCop 2” ) hears of a promised land with plenty of vegetation and no danger from the carnivirous dinosaurs who prey on his kind. He leads a band of herbivores on a journey to their new home. Pat Hingle (who also narrates) and Helen Shaver voice Littlefoot’s parents, the late Judith Barsi provides the voice of the excitable Ducky, Candace Hutson voices ‘three horn’ triceratops Cera, and Will Ryan is the voice of anxious pteranodon Petrie, who hasn’t quite mastered flying yet. No one will confuse this 1988 Don Bluth ( “An American Tail” , “All Dogs Go to Heaven” , “Titan A.E.” ) animated movie for being the best animated movie of all time. However, for those of us of a certain generation it holds a special place in our childhood memories and hopefully our adult hearts. Basically “Bambi” with dinosaurs, my c...