---
title: 'We''re Back! A Dinosaur''s Story (1993)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Simon Wells'
released: '1993-11-24'
runtime_minutes: 72
certification: 'G'
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/were-back-a-dinosaurs-story-1993'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108526/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)

1993 · G · 72 min · Fantasy, Comedy, Adventure, Science Fiction, Music · United States


## Synopsis

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story is a 1993 animated adventure comedy film directed by Dick Zondag, Ralph Zondag, Phil Nibbelink, and Simon Wells from a screenplay by John Patrick Shanley. Loosely based on the 1987 Hudson Talbott children's book of the same name, it tells the story of three dinosaurs and one pterosaur who travel to the present day and become intelligent by eating a "Brain Grain" cereal invented by scientist Captain Neweyes. The film was produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblimation studio and features the voices of John Goodman, Felicity Kendal, Charles Fleischer, Walter Cronkite, Jay Leno, Julia Child, Kenneth Mars, Yeardley Smith, and Martin Short.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Simon Wells](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-wells), [Dick Zondag](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-zondag), [Phil Nibbelink](https://cinepixo.com/people/phil-nibbelink), [Ralph Zondag](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-zondag)
- **Screenplay:** [John Patrick Shanley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-patrick-shanley)
- **Original Music Composer:** [James Horner](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-horner)
- **Producer:** [Steven Spielberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-spielberg), [Frank Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-marshall)
- **Editor:** [Nick Fletcher](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-fletcher), [Sim Evan-Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/sim-evan-jones)

## Cast

- [Charles Fleischer](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-fleischer)
- [Yeardley Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/yeardley-smith)
- [Rhea Perlman](https://cinepixo.com/people/rhea-perlman)
- [Kenneth Mars](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-mars)
- [Sandra Dickinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandra-dickinson)
- [Jay Leno](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-leno)
- [Blaze Berdahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/blaze-berdahl)
- [Michael Benz](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-benz)
- [Larry King](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-king)
- [Julia Child](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-child)
- [Martin Short](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-short)
- [John Goodman](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-goodman)
- [Felicity Kendal](https://cinepixo.com/people/felicity-kendal)
- [Justin Isfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/justin-isfeld)
- [Walter Cronkite](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-cronkite)

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