Dinotopia (miniseries)

Dinotopia
Based on	Dinotopia by James Gurney
Teleplay by	Simon Moore
Directed by	Marco Brambilla
Starring	David Thewlis Katie Carr Jim Carter Alice Krige Tyron Leitso Wentworth Miller Colin Salmon Stuart Wilson
Composer	Trevor Jones
Country of origin	United States United Kingdom Germany
Original language	English
No. of episodes	3
Production
Executive producers	Robert Halmi Sr. Robert Halmi Jr.
Producers	Dusty Symonds William P. Cartlidge
Cinematography	Tony Pierce-Roberts
Editor	Oral Norrie Ottey
Camera setup	John Bailie
Running time	250 minutes (total)
Production companies	Mat 1 Productions Hallmark Entertainment
Original release
Network	ABC (United States) RTL (Germany)
Release	May 12 (2002-05-12) – May 14, 2002 (2002-05-14)
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Dinotopia is a television miniseries produced by Hallmark Entertainment in association with RTL Television Germany. It is based on the Dinotopia book series by James Gurney, that depicts a fictional utopia in which sapient dinosaurs and humans coexist. The miniseries serves as a sequel to the Dinotopia books, Dinotopia (1992) and Dinotopia: The World Beneath (1995). 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).^[1] The boys' father's plane crashes into the sea and they get stranded on Dinotopia, where they must adjust to a new society. 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 original score was composed by Trevor Jones. This score is performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Geoffrey Alexander.

The miniseries premiered as installments of The Wonderful World of Disney from May 12–14, 2002 on ABC. It received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special. It was soon followed by a television series.