The most significant observation I can make about the success of our movies is that they are all built on an eloquent and universal thematic foundation. Whether it is Beauty and the Beast ("Don't judge a book by it's cover"), Aladdin ("It's who you are on the inside that counts"), or The Lios King ("You must be responsible to your community, not just to yourself"), if you look at the success of these movies, much of it is in the story we've chosen to tell.

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  Foreword

by Peter Schneider

    Part One

 The Birth of a Notion:

The "Prehistoric" Dinosaur

    Part Two

Countdown to Extinction:

  Finding a Film

    Part Three

  Cretaceous Creation:

The Making of the Movie

    Part Four

Prehistoric Parable:

The Story and Characters

     Part Five

Creative Consequences:

What Hath Dinosaur Wrought?

Acknowledgments

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Credits