Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Ellie is pregnant, and Manny becomes obsessed with keeping his family safe. Diego feels caged and thinks about leaving the herd. Sid, scared of being alone, adopts three eggs he finds underground, and they hatch into three baby T. rexes. The mother dinosaur carries Sid and her young into a lost world of dinosaurs under the ice, and Manny, Diego, Ellie, Crash and Eddie follow. There they meet Buck, a one-eyed weasel hunting Rudy, an albino Baryonyx. Ellie gives birth to Peaches, Sid says goodbye to the dinosaurs, and Buck stays in the lost world, trying to tame Rudy.

1. Behind the scenesThe dinosaurs came from a producer's idea

   Blue Sky wanted a "what if" adventure, like finding the giant ape in King Kong or a Shangri-La in the snow. The dinosaurs came in from a concept by producer John Cohen.

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2. Behind the scenesThe dinosaurs are colorful on purpose

   Designer Peter de Sève argued for bright colors because nobody knows what color dinosaurs really were. Villain Rudy was inspired by Baryonyx: de Sève found the crocodile-like snout scarier than a T. rex.

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3. ReferenceA special Father's Day screening

   On June 21, 2009, Father's Day in the US, the film had special screenings in 530 theaters, in 3-D only, because of its fatherhood theme. It ended up the saga's biggest hit at $886.7 million.

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