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''Dinosaur!'' is an American television documentary about dinosaurs. It was first broadcast in the United States on November 5, 1985, on CBS.〔(1980s section from Primeval Time, a dinosaurs documentaries specialised website )〕 Directed by Robert Guenette and written by Steven Paul Mark, ''Dinosaur!'' was hosted by the American actor Christopher Reeve, who some years before had played the leading role of ''Superman''. In 1991, another documentary, also entitled ''Dinosaur!'' though not related, was hosted on A&E by the CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite.〔Brian Switek, "(Looking Back at A&E's 'Dinosaur!' )", ''Smithsonian Mag'', smithsonian.com, March 2, 2011〕 ==Content== Jointly with Reeve's narration, the documentary shows special effects scenes which reconstruct dinosaurs and their era, along with interviews with the most famous paleontologists at the time of the documentary shooting, including Jack Horner, Robert Bakker, Phil Currie and Dale Russell. After a short introductory sequence and the subsequent opening credits the show starts with the mating of ''Edmontosaurus'' (identified as ''Hadrosaurus''). The female soon lays a clutch of eggs that are eaten by a ''Struthiomimus'', except for one. When the ''Struthiomimus'' eats the last egg it stole, it is then hunted and killed by a pair of ''Deinonychus''. The remaining ''Edmontosaurus'' egg hatches and grows into a juvenile. While it is out grazing with its parents, it wanders off and is almost killed by a ''Tyrannosaurus'', but the father hears its cries and comes to the rescue. While the mother looks after the juvenile, the father faces the ''Tyrannosaurus'' and knocks it over with his strong, 2,000-pound tail. Once down, the '"Tyrannosaurus'' could not get up easily, so the herbivore is given a chance to escape. Next, a herd of ''Monoclonius'' is seen grazing. One member wanders off into the forest in search of flowers. Night falls and it tries to find the herd. It soon stumbles upon the remains of a killed ''Hadrosaur'' and becomes wary. The ''Tyrannosaurus'' then ambushes it and bites hard on its back. The ''Monoclonius'' breaks free and stabs the ''Tyrannosaurus'' in the shin, which only angers the predator. The ''Monoclonius'' becomes cornered and is killed. Next, a herd of ''Brontosaurus'' are busy eating from trees (this genus is called ''Brontosaurus'' in the documentary although at that time the scientific consensus considered it to be synonymous with ''Apatosaurus''). They use their long necks to reach the branches. That night, all seems calm. Suddenly, a huge meteorite crashes into Earth and kills the dinosaurs. After that, a small mouse-like mammal is seen climbing out of a hole in the ground, amongst the bones of a dead ''Hadrosaurus'', signaling the start of mammals ruling the Earth. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dinosaur!」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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