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The Land Before Time is an animated film, produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, directed by Don Bluth, with a soundtrack composed by James Horner. It was originally released in movie theatres in 1988 by Universal Pictures.

The story involves an orphaned longneck named Littlefoot who has to flee from a drought-caused famine to search for the Great Valley, an area which has been spared devastation and where dinosaurs can survive. He became orphaned after the on-screen death of Littlefoot's mother from injuries suffered while battling a Tyrannosaurus rex; however, upon reaching the Great Valley, he could be reunited with his grandparents.

Along the way he makes friends with four other young dinosaurs: Cera, a Triceratops; Ducky, a Saurolophus; Petrie, a pterodactyl; and Spike, a Stegosaurus, in order to overcome the challenges on their way.

Sequels

The movie generated many direct-to-video sequels, but the reaction to these have not always been favourable, with most fans of the original expressing annoyance at the superflous addition of musical numbers (something even Disney had abandoned as of late) and more transparent lessons of morality, reflecting the opinion the series had jumped the shark. One Rotten Tomatoes reviewer wrote that The Land Before Time was suffering from the "excessive sequel syndrome," with films that were "pure formula."

The following is a list of the films in the series:

The Land Before Time (1988)
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
(1994)
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving
(1995)
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
(1996)
The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island
(1997)
The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock
(1998)
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
(2000)
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze
(2001)
The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water
(2002)
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
(2003)
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses
(2005)
The Land Before Time XII: The Day of the Flyers (2007)

Voice cast

Gabriel Damon
.... Littlefoot
Candace Hutson .... Cera
Judith Barsi
.... Ducky
Will Ryan
.... Petrie
Pat Hingle
.... Narrator/Rooter
Helen Shaver
.... Littlefoot
's Mother
Burke Byrnes .... Daddy Topps
Bill Erwin .... Grandfather

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