The Dinosaur Hunter

Adventure/Book adaptation, Canada 2000

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In the early 1930s, southwestern Canada is groaning under the Depression. Two strangers show up in town, one a government official, the other an adventurer, and promise the astonished farmers $500 and $1,000, respectively, for every complete dinosaur skeleton found on their apparently predestined land. Little Julia and her brother are immediately hooked, but the good Christians in the village, including Julia's mother, resist the brash intrusion of modernity into the pious worldview. A cheerful family melodrama, a memoir of youth, based on a literary novel, set with a light hand in a richly detailed scene for Canadian television. The plot centers on a three-part contest: 1. between the farmers for the money, 2. between the adventurers for the skeleton, and 3. between scientists and creationists for interpretive sovereignty.

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Director:

Rick Stevenson

Template:

Pam Conard (Children's Book "My Daniel")

Edwina Follows (book template)

Editor:

Jackie Dzuba

Cast:

Simon MacCorkindale (Jack McCabe)

Roberta Maxwell (Julia (adult))

Shaun Johnston (Fred Creath)

Bill Switzer (Daniel Creath)

Enuka Okuma (Amba)

Wendy Anderson (Sarah Creath)

Joely Collins (Betty Jean)

Alison Pill (Julia Creath)

Original title:

The Dinosaur Hunter

Original language:

German

Format:

4:3 SD, Color

Age recommendation of the KJF:

Starting at 12 years

Age rating:

FSK 6

Audio language:

German