Phil Tippett's Prehistoric Beast

This stop motion short film, made in a garage in 1984, was the catalyst that launched the wild idea of creating an independent business whose sole purpose was to create animation for movies. And so began Tippett Studio. Phil sort of had an inkling that Dinosaurs might be once again popular as PB preceded a wave of popular interest in dinosaurs spurred on in 1990 with the publishing of Michael Crichton's book, Jurassic Park and the subsequent blockbuster movie by Steven Spielberg in 1993.

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[AungUnElric]

This is what Disneys Dinosaur should have been like! no talking!

[GojiGuy]

Wow. Stunning. Totally atmospheric and beautifully produced.

[crapmunky99]

I last saw this nearly 20 years ago when I was just a kid, and I've been trying to find it again ever since!

Thanks for posting this great bit of nostalgia!

[B1izzardHawk]

@MissingMandible I hear there, even now it still creeps me out

[B1izzardHawk]

@chevy327sm is that the one on Microsoft Dinosaurs?

[Philosphyfanatic]

Imagine an entire feature-length movie created in this fashion. No narrator or actors voices. Just the movie, sound effects and almost-realistic stop-motion Dinosaurs!

[B1izzardHawk]

@Shadowspino2004 I thought juvinile t-rexs had feathers

[chevy327sm]

the original version is scarier by a good margin

[aedant]

I've waited for ages to see this short! Thank you so much for putting it here!

[KantoIkari]

this is as good as Walking With dinosaurs, ...and it was made 11 years earlier! Amazingly well done, though I think the Monoclonius should have won :(

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