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An American Tail
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The Land Before Time
Directed by Don Bluth
An orphaned brontosaurus named Littlefoot sets off in search of the legendary Great Valley. A land of lush vegetation where the dinosaurs can thrive and live in peace. Along the way he meets four other young dinosaurs, each one a different species, and they encounter several obstacles as they learn to work together in order to survive. From TMDB
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The Land Before Time is a 1988 family animation adventure film, directed by Don Bluth, starring Gabriel Damon, Candace Hutson and Will Ryan.
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60 of 191 · most liked firstMOVIE TRIVIA: The Land Before Time is actually a prequel that takes place 65 million years before the events of Pulp Fiction.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's not what you think. It was a stuffed animal. She loved the movie THE LAND BEFORE TIME, and she especially loved the main character, the brontosaurus, Littlefoot. What she really wanted to find when she went back to their home finally was that stuffed animal. 21/
positive · AI labelView post →Twilight isn't even the wildest movie to be based on Mormon teachings (that's The Land Before Time)
neutral · AI labelView post →Don Bluth also did The Land Before Time, the movie about orphan baby dinosaurs and one scary T. Rex; and The Secret of NIMH, whose plot about a widowed mother trying to help her kid survive pneumonia will even traumatize the parents!
neutral · AI labelView post →Tree stars from The Land Before Time :') I love a subtle movie tribute tat
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's some concept art from The Land Before Time. This will always be one of my favorite Don Bluth films because of how sweet it is and how strong the Bambi influence is in this film.
positive · AI labelView post →Longtime followers already know how I feel about The Land Before Time, but I wrote some words anyway. Much like Jurassic Park, no other film in its franchise comes close to the depth of the first. Also, I complain about a guy I once read calling the franchise "woke". letterboxd.com/marzgurl/fil...
positive · AI labelView post →Watching through the Land Before Time movies, saw the first four at least but never any further. It seems like every movie is arguing over resource management?
neutral · AI labelView post →Age yourself with a film you saw in the cinema as a kid. Of course I cried. I’ll always cry. A museum once had be do a talk directly after showing The Land Before Time and I was half wrecked before I even said hello. I cried a little just writing the post.
positive · AI labelView post →The Land Before Time The Rats of Nimh All Dogs Go to Heaven But my beef with him? Titan A.E. That movie STARTS with the earth being destroyed.
neutral · AI labelView post →The 1st movie I can remember seeing ever was The Land Before Time (i.e. be prepared talk to your kids about death of parents & coping with loss). Oh no. Someone might have to explain gay ppl. golly gee. ( in reality the kids are gonna need therapy cuz their parents are Like That about queer ppl)
neutral · AI labelView post →So I’ve talked a lot about how many of the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park franchise never would have interacted because they lived at different times. Right well, you know another popular dinosaur movie that has dinosaurs living together that didn’t? The Land Before Time. 👇👇
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm dying at the fact that someone got this mad at an animated children's film called "The Land Before Time 13: The Wisdom of Friends"
neutral · AI labelView post →Smash two movies together to make a new movie The Land Before Time Bandits
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a skill that has never been useful for me because I thought, "Now I know how to cry if I'm in a play or movie", but the opportunity has never arisen once in my life and instead I've become a self-inflicted sleeper agent whenever someone brings up the first The Land Before Time Movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Sometimes I think about how the Land Before Time had 14 movies, and like. That was an incredibly odd era of direct to video sequels. I like dinosaurs, and kid me enjoyed them up until about movie 7, but 14 is a lot.
neutral · AI labelView post →Born on the Fourth of July? Christmas movie. The Land Before Time? Christmas movie. The Ten Commandments? Christmas movie. Manos: The Hands of Fate? You guessed it, Christmas movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Color Model sheet which was from a deleted scene from The Land Before Time where Ducky mocks Sharptooth and is part of a longer lost cut of the film
neutral · AI labelView post →"Why am I the way I am?" The first movie I remember watching is The Land Before Time 😢
positive · AI labelView post →The Land Before Time was the first movie I ever saw in a theater when it was released in 1988 when I was in first grade. It’s had a huge impact on me throughout my life.
positive · AI labelView post →they also number them with Roman numerals so there’s literally a movie called The Land Before Time XIV
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy 35th birthday to the movie franchise that sparked my love for dinosaurs, The Land Before Time! Littlefoot, Cera, Spike, Ducky, Chomper & Petrie will always have a special place in my heart.
positive · AI labelView post →40. to close the weekend, we have the former residence of child actress Judith Barsi, best known for being the voices of Ducky in The Land Before Time and Anne-Marie in All Dogs Go to Heaven, along with the 1987 film Jaws: The Revenge. for the horrific details on her death, please see the alt text
neutral · AI labelView post →When making The Land Before Time, Don Bluth and Steven Spielberg argued over whether the film was too scary–at the same time, the movie broke new ground in depicting (most) dinosaurs as lovable children rather than monsters. Let's discuss!
neutral · AI labelView post →Angel's Egg 🤝The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure Helped codify the success of the direct-to-video animated film in their respective countries and involved, on a deeply, deeply spiritual level... eggsss....
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy #letterboxdfriday! I’ve now seen The Land Before Time 6x in the last 18 mos because it’s my nieces new favorite..awesome lol. The rest of my #lastfourwatched is classics and sweet fluffy film (literally) that’s a surprise Lord/Miller production.
positive · AI labelView post →Sirāt throbbed. Apparently The Cars That Ate Paris made an impression on Kubrick. I can see why. (Alex’s joy ride.) I chuckled through The Land Before Time. The height of the nadir of 80s animation. Varda’s film has great cat/kitten acting & street scenes. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
negative · AI labelView post →No way 🤩🤩 there have The Land Before Time. It my all time favourite film this is going to be a good fight 🤩🤩
positive · AI labelView post →I will never allow my cat to watch The Land Before Time. He shouldn’t have to spend his entire life trying to get over that movie. THE CYCLE ENDS NOW
neutral · AI labelView post →I love Letterboxd because where else will you find a review of The Land Before Time that describes it, a kid’s movie from the 80s, as “emotionally manipulative”
neutral · AI labelView post →SWU DISCORD MOVIE NIGHT TONIGHT Time 6:00pmPST/9:00pmEST Movie: THE LAND BEFORE TIME Link to Discord discord.gg/4Uh4UmugbT
neutral · AI labelView post →Nice, I might finally get to see the original 'The Land Before Time' in a theater as part of Movie Tavern's "Kids Movie Magic" series. These almost always consist only of recent low-to-mid-tier CG films, but occasionally there's something interesting. Once Cinemark showed 'Little Nemo' of all things
positive · AI labelView post →Reskeet how old you are, using a vague proxy: The first film I saw at the cinema was The Land Before Time.
neutral · AI labelView post →#DendensMovieDen. No. 241. The Land Before Time. It’s hard to describe to new generations how it felt to watch a great animated movie in the 90s that wasn’t a Disney movie. It felt like you just uncovered a treasure, even if you watched the likes of Secret of NIMH, All Dogs Go To Heaven and
positive · AI labelView post →My favorite Jurassic Park movie is The Land Before Time.
positive · AI labelView post →Speaking as someone whose favorite movie growing up was The Land Before Time, your sarcasm is hilariously misplaced.
positive · AI labelView post →Just saw an AskReddit thread about character deaths that wrecked you emotionally and there was a LOT of talk about The Land Before Time in there So I went back and watched some clips and realized this movie is going to wreck me now that I’m a dad youtu.be/8RdrAbfFhj4?...
positive · AI labelView post →Art Request Redeem for @metalsaur.bsky.social ! They wanted to see my take on Magmatron, the dino chimera from Beast Wars. Background is an edited screenshot from the film The Land Before Time. Trying out different things with this one!
neutral · AI labelView post →SWU Discord will be having MOVIE NIGHT Friday 6:00pmPST/9:00pmEST Movie in question THE LAND BEFORE TIME produced by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg directed by Don Bluth! Join Discord for updates: discord.gg/4Uh4UmugbT
neutral · AI labelView post →Speaking of long-neck dinosaurs— Whenever it's eclipse season I always think about The Land Before Time - The Great Longneck Migration movie. Really creative eclipse lore, and was definitely one of my favourite movies in the series.
positive · AI labelView post →Oh, I'm not the creator of the film - that's just the title of the video. The creator is Michel Gagné, who also worked on An American Tail, The Land Before Time, and Osmosis Jones.
neutral · AI labelView post →This was when every kids movie included horrible death. The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go To Heaven, get traumatized!
positive · AI labelView post →You wanna talk about a 10/10 anime movie!? “YOU ARE UMASOU” omg! It has earned its spot next to The Land Before Time. Like tears and anime action! What a great fucking movie.
positive · AI labelView post →This is the film that made me who I am today: A dinosaur. Happy 37th anniversary to The Land Before Time!
positive · AI labelView post →“Hills to climb and valleys to roam!” -The Land Before Time movie poster I always wanted to illustrate! Wanted to try and capture that older/retro feel that first movie has! 😁 #thelandbeforetime #dinosaurs #dino #cartoon #fanart #art
neutral · AI labelView post →Where my lore started TV - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie - The Land Before Time Video Game - The Legend of Zelda Music - Backstreet Boys
neutral · AI labelView post →So, you didn't get an answer because I don't really have one! The only Don Bluth movie I've ever seen was The Land Before Time. In preschool. When I was 3 years old. I did have Lands Before Time 2-5 as a kid and watched them a bunch, but never saw the original again.
neutral · AI labelView post →There’s a whole pop culture meme about being traumatized by Bambi in a way that you don’t hear about The Lion King, and the fact that the whole movie is about dealing with grief, guilt, and the aftermath of that event is probably why. Similar for The Land Before Time.
neutral · AI labelView post →top 5 has def gotta be 1) The Pebble and the Penguin 2) All Dogs Go to Heaven 3) Secret of NIMH 4) The Land Before Time (OG film) 5) Anastasia
positive · AI labelView post →My five favorite film genres: The Land Before Time The Land After Time 2 Land 2 Time The Land Before Time: Battles without Honor and Humanity The Land Before Time (live action remake with cgi dinosaurs)
positive · AI labelView post →🎬💙Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just posters. #FilmSky #MovieSky #FilmChallenge #TheLandBeforeTime #Dinosaurs Day 20/20
neutral · AI labelView post →I have my critiques admittedly but he played a big part in my childhood given The Land Before Time and All Dogs Go To Heaven. And yes, even Anastasia. The only Don Bluth movie I saw in theaters.
positive · AI labelView post →Me and Derpy are rewatching The Land Before Time. Fluttershy joined this movie night. She might get scared, so we'll be comforting each other. Flutters and I both find baby Littlefoot to be absolutely adorable. Littlefoot's cute for the entire movie, but the yawn he does as a baby fills me with joy.
positive · AI labelView post →If we’re talking first movie we saw on tape, mine would be The Land Before Time. Never realized how short that movie was. Lasted only an hour.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Land Before Time movie (1988) was a staple in my house.
positive · AI labelView post →Taking a look back at The Land Before Time, the timeless classic that became a 14 movie franchise. #landbeforetime #90snostalgia #animation #treatyourgeek treatyourgeek.co.uk/the-land-bef... - by Frantzen
neutral · AI labelView post →There are lots of movies I enjoy the ORIGINAL in all its artistic glory. But did you know The Land Before Time was supposed to be one film? That the sequels share almost none of the same crew? Yeah. Greed is ugly.
neutral · AI labelView post →If the Land Before Time remake rumor I saw is true, then I'm about to enter my movie critic arc hardcore. I'd not be the dinosaur addicted nerd that I am today without the OG film.
positive · AI labelView post →18. The Land Before Time (REWATCH) (9/10) Watched this again with a friend, it's still a really good movie. Dark, depressing and painful, but with a hopeful story that ends with a heartfelt message about friendship and coming together. Also, dinosaurs are awesome.
positive · AI labelView post →What movie made you ugly cry? (The Land Before Time is still my number 1 pick, but seeing this as a kid with my late gram in the theater after we finished reading the book together was a once in a lifetime weep-a-thon experience)
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