Dinotopia: Quest For The Ruby Sunstone

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Alyssa Milano

Tara Strong

Kathy Griffin

Wayne Knight

Diedrich Bader

George Segal

Malcolm Mcdowell

Alan Shearman

Jamie Kennedy

Michael Clarke Duncan

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (International)

***Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone*** is a 2005 American animated film directed by Davis Doi. Based on the *Dinotopia* series, this is the first related animated version. After the Hallmark Entertainment live-action television series adaptation ended, Hallmark made this animated adaptation. It is noted for hardly following elements from the original book series and for lack of character development, which is one of the main criticisms of the film.

## Plot

A 12-year-old orphan Kex Bradley, escapes from an orphanage, hoping to see the world. He stows away on a lifeboat, but is later pushed overboard during a storm out at sea and later finds himself on an island called Dinotopia. Here, he befriends the beloved young dinosaur "26" (known from the miniseries) and a 12-year-old girl named Mara. They get in trouble fast as the evil Ogthar is released from his stone prison and recovers the Ruby Sunstone, whose dark power can endanger all of Dinotopia. They soon have to stop Ogthar in time to save Dinotopia. In the process, the Ruby Sunstone is destroyed. In the ending credits Kex's dino partner is a parasaurolophus.

## Characters and Voices

### **Humans**

* Alec Medlock as Kex Bradley, a 12 year old boy
* Tara Strong as Mara, a 12 year old girl
* Diedrich Bader as John, the owner of the hatchery and father of Mara
* Malcolm McDowell as Ogthar, the powerful villian of Dinotopia
* Alan Shearman as The Mayor of Dinotopia
* Gregg Berger as Skybax Rider
* Kimberly Brooks female Skybax Rider

### **Dinosaurs**

* Alyssa Milano as 26, the young female Chasmosaurus
* Kathy Griffin as Rhoga, the bossy Parasaurolophus
* Wayne Knight as Thudd, the dimwitted Euoplocephalus
* Jamie Kennedy as Spazz, the Dilphosaurus hatchling
* Michael Clarke Duncan as Stinktooth, the Tyrannosaurus Rex who helps 26
* Masasa Moya as Shanise, a female Corythosaurus

## Trivia

* Much like the Hallmark Entertainment live-action series adaptation, the setting of this animated adaptation is transferred from the 1860s (as was the setting in the original books) to modern day. The reason for this change in time was so it could connect with the young audience much more.
* 'Kex' is not an actual given name or even an actual surname in any language.
* In this movie, 26, the young *Chasmosaurus* from the live-action series is featured as a main character instead supporting character. She was most likely added in just for marketing purposes. One theory as to this movie not being a continuation of the live-action series is because 26 is in the care of a human named John, whereas in the live-action series it was Carl Scott who adopted her as an egg.
* This movie still uses "sauro-partners" (a human and a dinosaur that have known each other for a long time) from the live-action series.

* In this movie, Ogthar is portrayed as a human who long ago arrived on Dinotopia in the same manner of the protagonists in the book, hated it because it was primitive, and was given immortality by the Ruby Sunstone (even though in the books, the ruby sunstone really makes one act mentally insane). In the books, Ogthar is a legendary being, who is said to look like a cross between a human and a ceratopsian, who was king of the now-sunken island city of Poseidos. This Oghtar's portrayal should be noted to be more like Cyrus Crabb from miniseries.
* Shanise is played as a minor character; she wasn't seen for the rest of the film.

* The *Dilophosaurus* character named Spazz is given a neck frill like that of a frilled lizard, which is how the *Dilophosaurus* in *Jurassic Park* was incorrectly portrayed.
* In this movie, *Iguanodon* was given the ability to shed its skin. The most likely reason for this is probably because the writers incorrectly believed that because the dinosaur is named after an iguana, it could shed its skin like one, which it did not do in reality.
* In this movie, Stinktooth (from the second book *Dinotopia: The World Beneath*) is featured, but he is portrayed as a *Tyrannosaurus*, while in the book he is a *Giganotosaurus*. The probable reason for this change in Stinktooth's species was because *Tyrannosaurus* is much more recognizable.
	+ To add to that, Stinktooth's name is only said once in the film by Spazz. The announcer from the trailer said his name because of Michael Clarke Duncan voicing him.

## In Other Languages

Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone has been dubbed in 20 languages, some on Youtube, and some on TV channels.

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