The two boys befriend her and hitch a Brachiosaur 'bus' ride to Waterfall City. There, they witness a young Dinotopian woman, Marion Waldo, pacify a Ankylosaurus with a toothache. Crabb leads the boys to a village, where the boys are surprised to see that they are wearing clothes from different cultures in different time periods.

Looking for help, Karl and David meet a man named Cyrus Crabb who informs them that they are in Dinotopia, a hidden civilization where human beings and dinosaurs co-exist peacefully. Karl and David wash up on the shore of a large uncharted island. Frank saves his sons, but has trouble escaping the crashed plane as his seatbelt fails to release. After flying into a storm, Karl struggles, causing Frank to retake control before it crashes into the ocean. It was soon followed by a television series.Ī pair of teenage half-brothers, Karl and David Scott, are on a flight with their father Frank on his private plane when Karl takes over the controls, so his father can fall asleep. It received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special. The miniseries premiered as installments of The Wonderful World of Disney from May 12–14, 2002 on ABC. This score is performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Geoffrey Alexander. The original score was composed by Trevor Jones. The story in the film contains references to many of the characters in the book series, with some of their descendants occupying key roles in the plot. The boys' father's plane crashes into the sea and they get stranded on Dinotopia, where they must adjust to a new society. The main characters of the story are two American teenage boys from contemporary times (unlike the 19th century castaways in the books-the film thus loses some of the classicism of the original books). The miniseries serves as a sequel to the Dinotopia books, Dinotopia (1992) and Dinotopia: The World Beneath (1995). It is based on the Dinotopia book series by James Gurney, that depicts a fictional utopia in which sapient dinosaurs and humans coexist. Dinotopia is a television miniseries co-produced by Walt Disney Television and Hallmark Entertainment.

Dinotopia by james gurney