This 3-video gift set contains Vols. 1 & 2 of the critically-acclaimed WALKING WITH DINOSAURS documentary as well as the special ALLOSAURUS.WALKING WITH DINOSAURS: the Join narrator Kenneth Branagh for the ultimate journey back in time to the reign of the dinosaurs. Using the latest scientific findings, Walking With Dinosaurs explores how they lived, thrived, and ultiumately perished. Explore their 155-million-year history, from the aggressive Coelophysis who first learned to hunt in flocks, to Tyrannosaurus Rex, the most terrifying carnivore on the planet. Feel the ground tremble as dueling Triceratops lock horns, and soar with Ornithocheirus, the largest flying creature ever known. State-of-the-art digital effects and animatronics by the Emmy Award-winning FrameStore Group (The Odyssey, Merlin and Gulliver's Travels) create living, breathing images that put you in the scene--in their natural habitat. Unlock fascinating mysteries and discover the excitement of a lost world when dinosaurs roamed the earth. ALLOSAURUS: A WALKING WITH DINOSAURS SPECIAL: Life was hard in the Jurassic age, even for a large dinosaur at the top of the food chain. A few years ago, the most complete Allosaurus skeleton ever found was discovered in Wyoming. The bones tell a surprisingly detailed biography of one individual dinosauar, Big Al, as he came to be known by the scientists who pieced together his story. The creators of Walking With Dinosaurs have vividly recreated this 15-year story from birth to death using the same computer graphic and animatronic techniques that stunned viewers throughout the world when they saw the original series. A companion program, "Big Al Uncovers", shows how scientists were able to trace the evidence of Big Al's life story. Using the same state-of-the-art graphic effects, Big Al haunts the modern-day museums and dig sites as passionate scientists explain their findings and theories.
Editor's Note
WALKING WITH DINOSAURS: Learn all about the dinosaurs and how they ate, fought, mated, and more. High-tech animatronics and computer graphics are used to bring the world of the dinosaurs to life, in this popular documentary series. Includes six episodes featuring the most up-to-date discoveries, narrated by Kenneth Branagh. Made in association with The Discovery Channel. ALLOSAURUS: A follow up to the WALKING WITH DINOSAURS documentary, featuring the amazing computer animation that made its predecessor so popular. With a focus on the Allosaurus, the fearsome flesh-eating thunder lizard similar to the Tyrannosaurus Rex, this special explores the 12-meter monster that terrorized the late Jurassic Period. Equipped with huge serrated teeth designed for ripping the flesh from the bone, no more terrifying predator was seen in the dinosaur world until the advent of the T. Rex, some 75 million years later. Made in association with the BBC and The Discovery Channel.
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