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T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous

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Dinosaurs are very much alive -- at least in the mind of teenager Ally Hayden. When a museum accident transports Ally on an adventure back in time to explore the terrain and territory of life-size dinosaurs, she is thrust literally nose-to-nose with the largest and most realistic dinosaur ever to appear on a movie screen - the fearsome 20-foot tall, 15-ton Tyrannosaurus Rex, projected in IMAX 2D and 3D onto the 80-foot-high IMAX screen.

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Lawrence Van Gelder New York Times Oct 30, 2001
3.5/5
The film is the sort likely to whet active young minds to know more about the past. Go to Full Review Gary Susman Village Voice Oct 30, 2001
The Imax 3-D format continues to evolve toward narrative maturity, without bothering to ask whether viewers want it to. Go to Full Review Michael Joseph Gross Salon.com Oct 30, 2001
Instead of giving its eponymous protagonist center stage to strut and fret and sit in the audience's laps, it spends its best energy throwing a watered-down, imitation-Spielberg story in your face. Go to Full Review Jae-Ha Kim Jae-Ha Kim Jul 28, 2023
3/4
The three-dimensional Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaurs in “T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous” look like they could throttle the dickens out of the ones depicted in “Jurassic Park.” The visuals in “T-Rex” are so amazing that a story line isn’t even necessary. Go to Full Review Howard Cohen Miami Herald Jul 31, 2003
3/4
Chuck Wilson L.A. Weekly Jan 15, 2003
Leonard seems confused about his mission: amusement-park ride or educational film? He tries for a little of each and ends up with a hodgepodge. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Brett Leonard

Director

Peter Horton

Dr. Donald Hayden

Liz Stauber

Ally Hayden

Kari Coleman

Elizabeth Sample

Laurie Murdoch

Barnum Brown

Tuck Milligan

Charles Knight

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T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous

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Movie Info

Synopsis Dinosaurs are very much alive -- at least in the mind of teenager Ally Hayden. When a museum accident transports Ally on an adventure back in time to explore the terrain and territory of life-size dinosaurs, she is thrust literally nose-to-nose with the largest and most realistic dinosaur ever to appear on a movie screen - the fearsome 20-foot tall, 15-ton Tyrannosaurus Rex, projected in IMAX 2D and 3D onto the 80-foot-high IMAX screen.
Director
Brett Leonard
Producer
Antoine Compin, Charis Horton
Screenwriter
Andrew Gellis, Jeanne Rosenberg
Distributor
IMAX Corporation
Production Co
IMAX Corporation
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 23, 1998, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 11, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$53.3M
Runtime
45m
Aspect Ratio
IMAX (1.43:1)
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