The Land Before Time

*The Land Before Time*
The Land Before Time
Created by	Judy Freudberg; Tony Geiss
Owner	Universal Pictures
Films and television
Film(s)	The Land Before Time (1988); The Great Valley Adventure (1994); The Time of the Great Giving (1995); Journey Through the Mists (1996); The Mysterious Island (1997); The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998); The Stone of Cold Fire (2000); The Big Freeze (2001); Journey to Big Water (2002); The Great Longneck Migration (2003); Invasion of the Tinysauruses (2005); The Great Day of the Flyers (2006); The Wisdom of Friends (2007); Journey of the Brave (2016);
Animated series	The Land Before Time (2007–2008)
Games
Video game(s)	See list of The Land Before Time video games

The Land Before Time is an American franchise of animated adventure films by Universal Pictures centered on dinosaurs. The series began in 1988 with the eponymous The Land Before Time, directed and produced by Don Bluth and executive produced by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. It was followed by 13 direct-to-video musical sequels plus a TV series, video games, soundtracks and related merchandising. Neither the sequels nor the series involve the participation of Bluth, Lucas, or Spielberg. All 14 films were released in a Complete Collection DVD set on June 14, 2016.^[1]

Plot

The films follow a friendship of a group of young dinosaurs by the names of Littlefoot (Apatosaurus), Cera (Triceratops), Petrie (Pteranodon), Ducky (Saurolophus), and Spike (Stegosaurus). After finding the Great Valley, they raise a carnivorous baby who they name Chomper, survive a drought, a cold snap, encounter aliens, and witness a solar eclipse. Throughout all films, they embark upon adventures, learning lessons about life and friendship along the way.

List of titles

Films

The following is a list of the fourteen films in the series.

#	Title	Release Date	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Editor(s)	Composer(s)
1	The Land Before Time	November 18, 1988	Don Bluth	Screenplay: Stu Krieger Story: Judy Freudberg Tony Geiss	Don Bluth Gary Goldman John Pomeroy Executive producers: Steven Spielberg George Lucas Co-executive producers: Frank Marshall Kathleen Kennedy Associate producer: Deborah Jelin Newmyer	John K. Carr Dan Molina	James Horner
2	The Great Valley Adventure	December 13, 1994	Roy Allen Smith	Screenplay: John Loy John Ludin Dev Ross Characters: Judy Freudberg Tony Geiss	Roy Allen Smith Co-producer: Zahra Dowlatabadi Animation producer: Nelson Shin	Jay Bixsen	Michael Tavera
3	The Time of the Great Giving	December 12, 1995		Screenplay: Dev Ross Characters: Judy Freudberg Tony Geiss	Roy Allen Smith Zahra Dowlatabadi Animation producer: Nelson Shin	Jay Bixsen
4	Journey Through the Mists	December 10, 1996			Roy Allen Smith Co-producer: Zahra Dowlatabadi Animation producer: Nelson Shin	Warren Taylor
5	The Mysterious Island	December 9, 1997	Charles Grosvenor	Screenplay: John Loy Characters: Judy Freudberg Tony Geiss	Charles Grosvenor Associate producer: Rocky Solotoff	Jay Bixsen
6	The Secret of Saurus Rock	December 1, 1998		Screenplay: Libby Hinson John Loy Characters: Judy Freudberg Tony Geiss	Charles Grosvenor Associate producer: Melinda Rediger Rocky Solotoff	Jay Bixsen
7	The Stone of Cold Fire	December 5, 2000		Len Uhley Characters: Judy Freudberg Tony Geiss	Charles Grosvenor Associate producer: Daniel J. Wiley	Danik Thomas
8	The Big Freeze	December 4, 2001		John Loy Characters: Judy Freudberg Tony Geiss		Danik Thomas
9	Journey to Big Water	December 10, 2002		Dev Ross Characters: Judy Freudberg Tony Geiss		Jay Bixsen
10	The Great Longneck Migration	December 2, 2003		John Loy Characters: Judy Freudberg Tony Geiss	Charles Grosvenor Executive producer: James Wang Associate producer: Daniel J. Wiley
11	Invasion of the Tinysauruses	December 27, 2004		John Loy Characters: Judy Freudberg Tony Geiss	Charles Grosvenor Associate producer: Daniel J. Wiley
12	The Great Day of the Flyers	December 6, 2006		John Loy Characters: Judy Freudberg Tony Geiss	Charles Grosvenor Associate producer: Daniel J. Wiley		Michael Tavera Kyle Kenneth Batter
13	The Wisdom of Friends	November 27, 2007	Jamie Mitchell Supervising director: Charles Grosvenor	John Loy Characters: Judy Freudberg Tony Geiss	Daniel J. Wiley		Michael Tavera
14	Journey of the Brave	February 2, 2016	Davis Doi	Elana Lesser Cliff Ruby Characters: Judy Freudberg Tony Geiss	Lisa Melbye Deidre Brenner	Luke Guidici	Michael Tavera

Albums

The Land Before Time (1990) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Land Before Time: Sing-Along Songs (1997) Songs from The Land Before Time, II, III & IV
The Songs from The Land Before Time (1997) Songs from The Land Before Time, II, III & IV
The Land Before Time: More Sing-Along Songs (1999) Songs from The Land Before Time V & VI and An American Tail III & IV
The Best Songs from The Land Before Time (2016) Songs from The Land Before Time, VI, VIII, IX, X, XI & XIV

Television series

A television series based on the films began airing on YTV in Canada on January 5, 2007. It consisted of one season of 26 episodes, and officially premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on March 5, 2007, after the DVD release of The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers.^[2] The TV series takes place after the events of The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends. It has since been collected and released on 6 DVDs, each containing 4 episodes, in the United States and the UK.

Games

The series has spawned 14 spin-off games, eight for PC, one for the Game Boy Color, two for the Game Boy Advance and three for the original PlayStation, but none for the Macintosh. The PC games are usually educational games aimed for preschool and kindergarten. Games for the Game Boy Color and Advance include The Land Before Time and The Land Before Time: Into the Mysterious Beyond, in which the original six characters must search for Chomper. Games for the PlayStation include The Land Before Time: Big Water Adventure, a spin-off of Journey to Big Water, The Land Before Time: Great Valley Racing Adventure and The Land Before Time: Return to the Great Valley.

Cast

Principal characters

Characters	Films														Television series
	The Land Before Time	2 The Great Valley Adventure	3 The Time of the Great Giving	4 Journey Through the Mists	5 The Mysterious Island	6 The Secret of Saurus Rock	7 The Stone of Cold Fire	8 The Big Freeze	9 Journey to Big Water	10 The Great Longneck Migration	11 Invasion of the Tinysauruses	12 The Great Day of the Flyers	13 The Wisdom of Friends	14 Journey of the Brave	The Land Before Time
	1988	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	2000	2001	2002	2003	2005	2006	2007	2016	2007–2008
Littlefoot	Gabriel Damon	Scott McAfee			Brandon LaCroix	Thomas Dekker				Alec Medlock	Aaron Spann	Nick Price	Cody Arens	Felix Avitia	Cody Arens
Littlefoot	Gabriel Damon	Scott McAfee			Thomas Dekker (singing voice)	Thomas Dekker				Alec Medlock	Aaron Spann	Nick Price	Anthony Skillman (singing voice)	Felix Avitia	Anthony Skillman (singing voice)
Cera	Candace Hutson				Anndi McAfee
Ducky	Judith Barsi	Heather Hogan			Aria Noelle Curzon
Petrie	Will Ryan	Jeff Bennett
Spike	Uncredited voice actor	Rob Paulsen				Jeff Bennett	Rob Paulsen

Recurring characters

Characters	Films														Television series
	The Land Before Time	2 The Great Valley Adventure	3 The Time of the Great Giving	4 Journey Through the Mists	5 The Mysterious Island	6 The Secret of Saurus Rock	7 The Stone of Cold Fire	8 The Big Freeze	9 Journey to Big Water	10 The Great Longneck Migration	11 Invasion of the Tinysauruses	12 The Great Day of the Flyers	13 The Wisdom of Friends	14 Journey of the Brave	The Land Before Time
	1988	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	2000	2001	2002	2003	2005	2006	2007	2016	2007–2008
Bron										Kiefer Sutherland				Scott Whyte	Cam Clarke
Petrie's Mother	N/A	Tress MacNeille			Tress MacNeille		Tress MacNeille				Tress MacNeille		Does not speak	Anndi McAfee	Tress MacNeille
Tria											Camryn Manheim		Jessica Gee		Jessica Gee
Ducky's Mother	N/A	Tress MacNeille			Tress MacNeille		Tress MacNeille				Tress MacNeille			Meghan Strange	Tress MacNeille
Tricia												Nika Futterman			Nika Futterman
Ali				Juliana Hansen											Nika Futterman
Shorty										Brandon Michael DePaul					Elizabeth Daily
Old One				Carol Bruce											Jessica Walter
Tippy								Jeremy Suarez							Cree Summer
Tippy's Mother								Susan Krebs							Susan Krebs
Hyp			Whitby Herford												Mikey Kelley
Nod			Scott Menville												Scott Menville
Mutt			Jeff Bennett												Jeff Bennett
Kosh			Rob Paulsen		Jeff Bennett						Rob Paulsen				Pete Sepenuk Jeff Bennett
Doc						Kris Kristofferson									Jeff Bennett
Mr. Thicknose								Robert Guillaume							Dorian Harewood
Mo									Rob Paulsen						Rob Paulsen
Guido												Rob Paulsen			Rob Paulsen
Grandpa Longneck	Bill Erwin	Kenneth Mars											Does not speak	Barry Bostwick	Kenneth Mars
Grandma Longneck	Does not speak	Linda Gary			Miriam Flynn							Does not speak	Miriam Flynn
Daddy Topps	Burke Byrnes	John Ingle												George Ball	John Ingle
Chomper		Rob Paulsen			Cannon Young									Issac Brown	Max Burkholder
Ruby														Meghan Strange

References

^ Grosvenor, Charles; Bluth, Don; Smith, Roy Allen; Mitchell, Jamie; Doi, Davis (June 14, 2016), The Land Before Time: The Complete Collection, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, retrieved October 4, 2016
^ The Land Before Time, 2007-03-05, retrieved 2016-07-26

External links

Official The Land Before Time YouTube account

[1] Grosvenor, Charles; Bluth, Don; Smith, Roy Allen; Mitchell, Jamie; Doi, Davis (June 14, 2016), The Land Before Time: The Complete Collection, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, retrieved October 4, 2016

[2] The Land Before Time, 2007-03-05, retrieved 2016-07-26

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