Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

Directors:

Carlos Saldanha
Mike Thurmeier (co-director)

Writers:

Peter Ackerman (screenplay)
Michael Berg (screenplay)
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Release Date:

1 July 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Romance

Tagline:

The sub-zero heroes are back, on an incredible adventure... for the ages.

Plot:

When Sid's attempt to adopt three dinosaur eggs gets him abducted by their real mother to an underground lost world, his friends attempt to rescue him.

Plot Keywords:

Dinosaur | Rescue | Egg | Weasel | Squirrel

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Eunice Cho	...	Madison (Diatryma Girl) (voice)
Karen Disher	...	Scratte (voice)
Harrison Fahn	...	Glypto Boy (voice)
Maile Flanagan	...	Aardvark Mom (voice)
Jason Fricchione	...	Adult Molehog Male (voice)
Bill Hader	...	Gazelle (voice)
Kelly Keaton	...	Molehog Mom / Shovelmouth Mom (voice)
Joey King	...	Beaver Girl (voice)
Queen Latifah	...	Ellie (voice)
Denis Leary	...	Diego (voice)
Allegra Leguizamo	...	Aardvark Girl (voice)
John Leguizamo	...	Sid (voice)
Lucas Leguizamo	...	Aardvark Boy / Beaver Kid #2 (voice)
Clea Lewis	...	Start Mom (voice)
Jane Lynch	...	Diatryma Mom (voice)
Josh Peck	...	Eddie (voice)
Simon Pegg	...	Buck (voice)
Christian Pikes	...	Little Johnny (Aardvark Kid) (voice)
Avery Christopher Plum	...	Beaver Kid #1 (voice)
Joe Romano	...	Ronald (Shovelmouth Boy) (voice)
Ray Romano	...	Manny (voice)
Carlos Saldanha	...	Dinosaur Babies / Flightless Bird (voice)
Manoela Scarpa Saldanha	...	Molehog Girl 1 (voice)
Sofia Scarpa Saldanha	...	Molehog Girl 2 (voice)
Seann William Scott	...	Crash (voice)
Cindy Slattery	...	Bird (voice)
Chris Wedge	...	Scrat (voice)
Kristen Wiig	...	Pudgy Beaver Mom (voice)
Matt Adler	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Steve Alterman	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Anthony Amorim	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Claudia Besso	...	Additional Voices (voice)
June Christopher	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Holly Dorff	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Nicole Ehinger	...	Additional Voices (voice)
David H. Kramer	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Selenis Leyva	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Matthew P. McCarthy	...	Additional Voices (voice)
David McCharen	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Beatrice Miller	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Regan Mizrahi	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Tim Nordquist	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Devika Parikh	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Alexandra Pisacane	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jake Schwencke	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Amanda Scott	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Johnathan Tchaikovsky	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Pamala Tyson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Otto Waalkes	...	Sid (voice: german version)

Directed by
Carlos Saldanha
Mike Thurmeier		(co-director)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Peter Ackerman		screenplay
Michael Berg		screenplay
Yoni Brenner		screenplay
Jason Carter Eaton		story
Mike Reiss		screenplay

Produced by
John C. Donkin	....	producer
Lori Forte	....	producer

Original Music by
John Powell

Film Editing by
Harry Hitner

Art Direction by
Mike Knapp

Production Management
Mark Jacyszyn	....	associate production manager
Sean M. Murphy	....	associate production manager (lighting/paint )
Anthony Nisi	....	production supervisor
Denise Rottina	....	associate production manager
Michael J. Travers	....	production manager
Fred Weinberg	....	associate production manager: Layout
Steve Barnett	....	post-production supervisor (uncredited)

Art Department
Mike Borkowski	....	additional storyboard artist
Joan Cabot	....	pre-visualization artist
Jony Chandra	....	storyboard artist
Sheng-Fang Chen	....	pre-visualization artist
Jerod Chirico	....	storyboard artist
Peter Clarke	....	conceptual designer
Peter DeSève	....	character designer
Karen Disher	....	storyboard artist
Nash Dunnigan	....	location designer
John E. Hurst	....	storyboard artist
Shushaank Khanna	....	story colorist
Thomas Leavitt	....	pre-visualization artist
Tony Maki	....	storyboard artist
Moroni	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Kyrsten Mate Comoglio	....	sound effects editor (as Krysten Mate)
Colette Dahanne	....	sound effects editor
Colette Dahanne	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sean England	....	foley mixer
Andre Fenley	....	sound effects editor
Sue Fox	....	foley editor (as Suzanne Fox)
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Josh Gold	....	assistant supervising sound editor
Rick Gould	....	adr recordist
Lora Hirschberg	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard Hymns	....	adr editor
Mark Kenna	....	sound consultant: Dolby (foreign language versions)
Roy Latham	....	original dialogue mixer
Leff Lefferts	....	assistant supervising sound editor
Scott R. Lewis	....	sound mix technician
Beatrice Miller	....	adr loop group
Regan Mizrahi	....	adr loop group
Cheryl Nardi	....	dialogue editor
Larry Oatfield	....	foley editor (as E. Larry Oatfield)
Frank Rinella	....	foley mixer
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist
Ronald G. Roumas	....	sound re-recordist
Randy Thom	....	sound re-recording mixer
Randy Thom	....	supervising sound designer
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist (as Denise Thorpe)
Jana Vance	....	foley artist
Marshall Winn	....	adr editor
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle	....	supervising sound editor
Angie Yesson	....	sound recordist

Visual Effects by
Daniel Abramovich	....	stereoscopic technical director: Bluesky Studios
Inna Agujen	....	assembly technical director
Elvis Au	....	stereoscopic technical director
Lynn Bacino	....	senior technical director: lighting
Mark Bajuk	....	lead fur development
David Barksdale	....	effects technical director
David Barksdale	....	fur technical director
Andrew Beddini	....	head of lighting
Ian M. Burkard	....	modeler
Ian D. Butterfield	....	senior materials technical director
Dan Cayer	....	lead compositor: Blue Sky Studios
Dan Chaika	....	digital effects animator
Sheng-Fang Chen	....	lighting technical director
Eldar Cholich	....	lead lighting technical director
Sheldon Chow	....	lead technical director: fur
Rhett Collier	....	visual effects
Brendan Condit	....	character technical director
Shaun Cusick	....	lead character modeler
Shaun Cusick	....	sculptor
Jason Davies	....	character technical director
Cheryl Davis	....	lighting technical director
Jonathan Davis	....	lighting technical director
Diana Diriwaechter	....	materials technical director
Mark Edwards	....	character technical director
Michael Eringis	....	CG supervisor
Jud Estes	....	finish compositor
Jud Estes	....	stereoscopic technical director
Ian Etra	....	character technical director
Harold Fraga	....	lighting technical director
David E. Franks	....	finish compositor
Anthony Fung	....	digital effects artist
Kirk Garfield	....	effects supervisor
Justin Gladis	....	finish compositor
Justin Gladis	....	lighting technical assistant
Kristina Hall	....	production assistant: stereoscopic
Edward Helmers	....	lighting td
Veronica Hernandez	....	stereoscopic technical director
Brian A. Hill	....	materials technical director
Todd Edward James Hill	....	character technical director
Erica Hornung	....	stereoscopic technical director
Youngwoong Jang	....	lighting technical director
Stephen Jenkins	....	stereoscopic technical director
David Jordan	....	lighting artist
Jina Kang	....	lighting technical director
P. Jasmine Katatikarn	....	lighting technical director
Ben Kilgore	....	senior character technical director
Jonathan King	....	stereoscopic technical director
Justin Leach	....	senior production engineer
Rosalinda Malibiran	....	lighting lead
Melanie Martini	....	set dresser
Adam McMahon	....	modeler
David V. Mei	....	modeling supervisor
Kristen Millette	....	finishing compositor
Scott Minter	....	stereoscopic technical director
Rohini Montenegro	....	finishing compositor
Sean Palmer	....	effects technical director
James Parente	....	effects technical director
David Ryan Phalen	....	effects technical director: Blue Sky Studios
Jacquelyn 'Jac' Piette	....	lighting technical assistant
Stewart Pomeroy	....	lighting technical director/stereoscopic technical director
Gabriel Portnof	....	senior lighting technical director
Matt Roach	....	effects technical director
Edward Robbins	....	modeler
Aaron M. Ross	....	sequence lighting lead
Cat Rowe	....	second digital colorist assist
Ari Rubenstein	....	senior compositor: Blue Sky Studios
Jessica Sances	....	character lead
Jessica Sances	....	senior character animator
Andrew Schneider	....	effects technical director
Jon Schroth	....	senior lighting technical director
Daniel Ken Shimmyo	....	materials technical director
John Siczewicz	....	finish compositing lead
Wonchan Song	....	lighting technical director
Keith Stichweh	....	technical director
Dave Strick	....	modeler
Michael Tanzillo	....	additional lighting technical director
Michael Tanzillo	....	lighting technical assistant
Radhika Thirunarayanan	....	materials technical director
Paul-Jozef Torrevillas	....	additional lighting technical assistant
Paul-Jozef Torrevillas	....	fur technical director
Tim M. Townsend	....	stereoscopic technical director: Blue Sky Studios
Quan Tran	....	lighting technical director
Haji Uesato	....	lighting supervisor
Haji Uesato	....	scene assembly technical directors
Bryan Useo	....	CG supervisor
Bryan Useo	....	previs lead technical director
Antelmo Villarreal	....	assembly technical director
Jayme Wilkinson	....	stereoscopic supervisor
Jamie Williams	....	fur supervisor
Brent Wong	....	modeler
Terry Ziegelman	....	lighting technical director

Animation Department
Abraham Aguilar	....	animator
Jeff Almquist	....	animator
Joseph Antonuccio	....	animator
Dan Barker	....	animator
Tony Bonilla	....	character animator
Tab Burton	....	character animator
Robert Cardone	....	layout supervisor
Bevin Carnes	....	character animator
Scott Carroll	....	animator
Jerod Chirico	....	story artist
Andrew Coats	....	animator
Andy Conroy	....	animator
Rylan Davies	....	animator
Ryan Denniston	....	animator
Paul Diaz	....	animator
Matthew Doble	....	animator
Paul Downs	....	animator
Kristen Drewski	....	animation production assistant
Nathan Engelhardt	....	animator
Sean Ermey	....	animator
Scott Farrell	....	character animator
Gordana Fersini	....	animator
Richard A. Fournier	....	animator
William H. Frake III	....	staging and composition/additional story
Adam Green	....	animator
Phillip Hall	....	animator
Mark Curnell Harris	....	animator
Aaron J. Hartline	....	additional animator
Tim Hatcher	....	character animator
Ryan Hobbiebrunken	....	animator
Bill Hodman	....	layout artist
Heath A. Hollingshead	....	technical animator
John E. Hurst	....	story artist
Robert Huth	....	animator
Leif Jeffers	....	animator
Leif Jeffers	....	character lead
Eric Johnson	....	animator
Min Kang	....	animator
Jeff Kim	....	developmental animator
Sheldon Kruger	....	animator
Kristin Labriola	....	animation coordinator
Janet Lau	....	additional animator
Ken Lee	....	workbook layout artist
Scott Lemmer	....	animator
Andrew H. Leung	....	lead animatic artist
Alex Li	....	workbook layout artist
Lluis Llobera	....	animator
Robin Luera	....	animator
Venece Lyman	....	animator
Wesley Mandell	....	character animator
Wesley Mandell	....	character lead
Jason Martinsen	....	animator
Alexiss Dawn Memmott	....	character animator
Brian Menz	....	animator
Karyn Monschein	....	layout artist
Valerie Morrison	....	animator
Christopher Mullins	....	animator: Blue Sky Studios
Mir Ural Noorata	....	animator
Teresa Nord	....	additional animator
Keith Paciello	....	animator
Tyler Phillips	....	character animator
Robyne Powell	....	animator
Amila Puhala	....	character animator
Patrik Puhala	....	character animator
Chris Renaud	....	story artist
Gregory Rizzi	....	animator
Thom Roberts	....	animator
Alan Rogers	....	animator
Raymond Ross	....	character animator
Michael Sabalvaro	....	animator
Jessica Sances	....	character lead: T-Rex Mom
Jessica Sances	....	senior character animator
Garrett Shikuma	....	animator
Chris Siemasko	....	story animatics
David Sloss	....	animator
Melvin Tan	....	senior animator
Gary Telfer	....	layout artist
David Torres	....	lead animator
Van Phan	....	animator
Michael C. Walling	....	character animator
Justin Weg	....	animator
Jeff Weidner	....	animator
Rafael Zentil	....	story artist

Casting Department
Micah Dahlberg	....	casting associate
Holly Dorff	....	adr voice casting
David H. Kramer	....	adr voice casting

Editorial Department
Erin Crackel	....	first assistant editor
Jason Fricchione	....	editorial manager
Eileen Godoy	....	digital intermediate project manager
Kathy Graves	....	assistant editor
Matt Hull	....	assistant digital intermediate producer
Amanda Deering Jones	....	editorial coordinator
Natasha Leonnet	....	digital intermediate colorist
Chris Regan	....	color timer
Gerard Sam-Zee-Moi	....	video systems engineer
Chad N. Walker	....	assistant editor
Justine Warwick	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Pete Anthony	....	orchestrator
Thomas A. Carlson	....	music editor (as Tom Carlson)
Beth Caucci	....	music production assistant
David Channing	....	scoring editor
Bruce Dukov	....	concert master
Koji Egawa	....	score technical consultant
Germaine Franco	....	score production coordinator
Rick Giovinazzo	....	orchestrator
Dominic Gonzales	....	scoring stage manager
Mark Graham	....	music preparation
Simon Greenaway	....	additional music arranger
Simon Greenaway	....	additional music programmer
Simon Greenaway	....	additional orchestrator
Randy Kerber	....	orchestrator
Kevin Kliesch	....	orchestrator
Tim Lauber	....	recordist
Edie Lehmann	....	choral contractor (as Edie Lehmann Boddicker)
Edie Lehmann	....	conductor: choir (as Edie Lehmann Boddicker)
James McKee Smith	....	additional music arranger
James McKee Smith	....	additional music programmer
James McKee Smith	....	additional orchestrator
James McKee Smith	....	composer: additional music
Dave Metzger	....	orchestrator
Michael John Mollo	....	additional programming and orchestration
Michael John Mollo	....	digital score producer (as Michael Mollo)
Paul Mounsey	....	additional music arranger
Paul Mounsey	....	additional music programmer
Paul Mounsey	....	additional orchestrator
Paul Mounsey	....	composer: additional music
Shawn Murphy	....	score recordist
Shawn Murphy	....	scoring mixer
Conrad Pope	....	orchestrator
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Denis St. Amand	....	score engineer
Tom Steel	....	scoring stage manager
Erik Swanson	....	scoring digital recordist
John Ashton Thomas	....	orchestrator
Gina Zimmitti	....	music contractor

Other crew
Tansal Arnas	....	scheduling coordinator
Adam Burr	....	character technical director supervisor
Adam Burr	....	senior research associate
Jacob Carlson	....	additional production coordinator
Kathryn Durfee	....	production intern
Lisa Durr	....	design and previs production coordinator
Jamison Empey	....	post-production sound accountant
Dawn Fidrick	....	production intern
Gina Grasso	....	production coordinator
Ian Higgenbotham	....	production intern
Miranda Jackson	....	layout production coordinator
Christopher Kappler	....	human resources
Dave LaMattina	....	additional production support
Doug Letterman	....	research associate
Mir Ural Noorata	....	production assistant
Paul Ohrt	....	production executive
Gianna Orzo	....	production intern
Sean Palmer	....	research associate
Julia Reeves	....	production assistant
Jake Rugino	....	production intern
Jessica Spencer	....	assistant: the directors and producers
Joshua Spencer	....	production assistant
Brendan Yi-Fu Tay	....	production assistant (as Brendan Tay)
Daren Tillinger	....	production assistant
Miriam Wallen	....	assistant: the directors and producers
Jayme Wilkinson	....	stereoscopic supervisor

Production Companies

• Blue Sky Studios

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Studios (2009) (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Animation (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2009) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2009) (UK) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2009) (Belarus) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2009) (Kazakhstan) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2009) (Russia) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (Belgium) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (Belgium) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• FS Film Oy (2009) (Finland) (all media)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Other Companies

• 5 Cat Studios  score mixed at
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation (as JoAnn Kane Music Service)
• Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox Studios, The  score recorded at
• Scarlet Letters  titles
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• The Hollywood Studio Orchestra  score performed by
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Ice Age 3 (Singapore: English title) (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild rude humor and peril.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby

Certification:

South Korea:All | UK:U | USA:PG (certificate #45289) | Norway:7 | Ireland:G | Singapore:G | Finland:K-7 | Denmark:7 | Hong Kong:I | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:6 | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Iceland:L | Portugal:M/4 (dubbed version) | Portugal:M/6 (original version) | Australia:PG | Mexico:AA | Japan:G | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Taiwan:GP | Turkey:G

Company:

Blue Sky Studios

Trivia:

LOGO GIMMICK: The 20th Century Fox logo is surrounded by snow-covered pine trees, and the searchlights are miniature smoldering volcanoes.

Goofs:

Continuity: in the scene when buck agrees to help them find sid.its clearly seen that be drops his knife to his left but when he starts explaining the rules the knife is missing from the background and is visible back when they starts to move ahead.

Quotes:

Manny: Oh, we need a code word. Yeah, something that says, "the baby's coming."
Ellie: Hmm. How about, "Aaah! The baby's coming!" How's that?
Manny: Nah, it's too long. We need something short and punchy, like, uh... "peaches"!
Ellie: Peaches?
Manny: I love peaches. They're sweet and round and fuzzy, just like you.
Ellie: You think I'm round?
Manny: Uh... Round is good. Round is foxy!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: (#8.19)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Adagio from Spartacus

Surprised that I enjoyed it.

Not a bad flick. I don't remember liking the first one, skipped the second one and the only reason I went to see this one was because it was a "sneak preview" that started right after the movie I had gone to see and it was in 3D. I recommend seeing this one in 3D as it was worth the extra couple dollars. I was very surprised at how much I enjoyed it. The story was really stupid and didn't make any sense (dinosaurs living under the ice???), but it kept me interested the entire movie, partly because of the hilarious side story with the acorn loving animal and an excellent job by Simon Pegg as Buck the weasel(I just got done watching his TV show "Spaced" so maybe I am a little partial), who I had no idea was going to be in the movie. This movie also did a wonderful job of keeping everyone in the audience interested. The theater was packed and the only things you heard besides the movie was popcorn chomping and laughter, lots of laughter. Definitely worth seeing at the theater.