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T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous
“The prehistoric world is bigger than ever on IMAX 3-D”
19984.30h 45m
Overview
Dinosaurs are very much alive -- at least in the mind of teenager Ally Hayden who shares her father's passion for paleontology. When a museum accident transports Ally on a surreal adventure back in time, she encounters people and makes discoveries that might help her solve the mystery of her father's newest fossil... and even comes face to face with the most dangerous apex predator on earth.
Directed by Brett Leonard
Written by Andrew Gellis, David Young, Jeanne Rosenberg
0Top Cast
Peter Horton
Dr. Donald Hayden
Liz Stauber
Ally Hayden
Kari Coleman
Elizabeth Sample
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Charlene Sashuk
Jesse Hayden
Laurie Murdoch
Barnum Brown
Tuck Milligan
Charles Knight
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Themes & Keywords
excavationtime traveldinosaurrock climbingcretaceous
About T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous
T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous is a family, adventure film released in 1998 exploring themes of excavation, time travel, dinosaur, rock climbing, cretaceous. Directed by Brett Leonard, it stars Peter Horton, Liz Stauber, Kari Coleman. Dinosaurs are very much alive -- at least in the mind of teenager Ally Hayden who shares her father's passion for paleontology. When a museum accident transports Ally on a surreal adventure back in time, she encounters people and makes discoveries that might help her solve the mystery of her father's newest fossil... and even comes face to face with the most dangerous apex predator on earth.
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