
When Paleontologist Peter Larson and his team from the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research made the world's greatest dinosaur discovery in 1990, they knew it was the find of a lifetime; the largest, most complete T. rex ever found. But during a ten-year battle with the U.S. government, powerful museums, Native American tribes, and competing paleontologists, they found themselves not only fighting to keep their dinosaur but fighting for their freedom as well.... (Full plot summary below)
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When Paleontologist Peter Larson and his team from the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research made the world's greatest dinosaur discovery in 1990, they knew it was the find of a lifetime; the largest, most complete T. rex ever found. But during a ten-year battle with the U.S. government, powerful museums, Native American tribes, and competing paleontologists, they found themselves not only fighting to keep their dinosaur but fighting for their freedom as well.
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| The PlaylistOliver LytteltonMiller's documentary skills seem solid enough, but this particular story needed more objectivity, and a lot more rigor, to be worth telling in this manner. |
| Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzIt's just a good yarn, well told. So don't be deterred by the title (it sounds like a lame horror movie) or the description. |
| IndiewireEric KohnDouglas Miller's Dinosaur 13 is both awe-inspiring and tragic. Conventionally made but featuring an undeniably compelling story at its core, Miller’s debut benefits greatly from the combination of passion and sadness embedded in its subjects’ tale. |
| PopMattersCynthia FuchsFinding and Losing the World's Most Complete T-Rex |
| Total FilmSimon KinnearMixing candid talking heads with scarcely believable video footage, Miller’s taut narrative shifts gears (black comedy, thriller, even a love story), but is mostly driven by outrage at the powers that be. |
| RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaTo reveal too many details of this “Law & Order” meets “Jurassic Park” procedural, especially what eventually happens to Sue, sort of dilutes the thriller aspect of the story. I suggest resisting the urge to Google if you plan to see the doc. I did and was glad to be in the dark. |
| Empire MagazineKim NewmanLike "The Cover" and "Man On Wire," this documentary comes clad in the garb of a thriller. And a heck of a good one at that. |
| The Film StageJohn FinkRiveting entertainment, Dinosaur 13 is one of those happy accidents of documentary filmmaking. |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussThis labor-of-love portrait of those who labor in the dirt for love of dinosaurs is also a chronicle of the ways in which the modern legal system can threaten the preservation of even prehistory. |
| Contactmusic.comRich ClineCleverly assembled to tell a complex true story from a hugely engaging perspective, this documentary can't help but spark a sense of righteous rage in the audience. |