| Dinosaur Planet | |
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| Starring | Scott D. Sampson |
| Narrated by | Christian Slater |
| Composer | Dean Grinsfelder |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jean Raymond Bourque Tomi Bednar Landis Pierre de Lespinois Fran LoCascio Frances LoCascio Paul Nightingale |
| Running time | 48 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Discovery Channel |
| Release | December 14[1] – December 16, 2003 |
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Dinosaur Planet is a four-part American nature documentary that aired on the Discovery Channel as a special-two night event on December 14 and 16, 2003. It is hosted by paleontologist Scott Sampson and narrated by actor Christian Slater. It was released on DVD as a two-disc pack on February 17, 2004,[2] and was also released on VHS around the same time.
The format is similar to Discovery's earlier series When Dinosaurs Roamed America. Each episode tells a fictionalized account of a dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous period. The animals are recreated with computer-generated imagery and composited into present-day filmed locations that approximate prehistoric Earth. Periodic interludes (three in each episode) feature Scott Sampson explaining the scientific findings behind the story, also similar to When Dinosaurs Roamed America, but has improved in quality.
- ^ "DSC :: Series :: Dinosaur Planet". Archived from the original on 2003-12-06. Retrieved 2003-12-06.
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