Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

[melinda]

The largest dinosaur, Rudy, is based on the dinosaur Baryonyx. The animators chose this dinosaur because of its crocodile-like appearance, which differentiated him from the more familiar Tyrannosaurus. His white color and bloodshot eyes were added to make him even more menacing.

[bernice]

Buck warns the troupe, "Abandon hope, ye who enter there!" This is actually the famous line of Dante Alighieri's Inferno. It's said to be written on the gates of Hell.

[bryan]

Sean Hayes was considered for the role of Buck.

[ronnie]

Although Rudy is the Main Antagonist he was mentioned by Buck and the Gang multiple times and he does not appear as a threat until half way through the movie and does not physically appear until the Climax of the movie. Rudy was mostly an unseen character who is only heard or seen in silhouettes, partial images or even wreckage left behind throughout his appearances, such as his foot at Momma's feeding area or his shadow at her nest and even his glowing red eyes at times, another example is that in Buck's campfire story his face is concealed by clouds. Rudy has about 4 to 7 minutes of screentime

[maureen]

David Schwimmer was considered for the role of Buck.

[manuel]

Buck was based on "Crocodile" Dundee, the late Steve Irwin, and Frank Buck, adventurer and actor in the '30s and '40s.

[ken]

With a worldwide gross of over $880 million, this is Blue Sky Studios's and the Ice Age franchises highest grossing film to date.

[mathew]

Originally this film was set for a March 26th 2010 release date but was pushed back to July 1st 2009 most likely to avoid clashing with How to Train Your Dragon (2010). Additionally the film was originally going to be released the same year as [Shrek Forever After](/category/4508/Shrek-forever-after) (2010) and [Toy Story 3](/category/9410/toy-story-3) (2010) since Toy Story (1995), Shrek (2001), and Ice Age (2002) are the first three computer-animated films to become franchises.

[kim]

Simon Pegg, who voices Buck, is known to be a huge fan of the original Star Wars trilogy. During the final scene where they take down Rudi - Buck, Manny and Diego use vines around its legs to bring it down. This is almost exactly how Luke brings down a similarly huge AT-AT walker on the planet of Hoth (except that he uses a cable from his snowspeeder). Pegg also uses the nom-de-plume Luke in his breakthrough show Spaced in one episode In 1999.

[janice]

The first theatrically released animated film for Bill Hader. Later he'd go onto voice Flint Lockwood in the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs films, Lord Scott in Megamind (2010), Hansel in Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2011), The Slow Student and the Referee in Monsters University (2013), Guy Gagné in Turbo (2013), Fear in Inside Out (2015), Leonardo "Leonard" Mudbeard the Pig in the Angry Birds Movie films, Stan in Finding Dory (2016), Firewater in Sausage Party (2016), and J.P. Spamley in Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018).

[maureen]

David Hyde Pierce was considered for the role of Buck.

[kenneth]

The last Blue Sky Studios film of the 2000s.

[addison]

The fourth theatrically released animated triquel after Pokémon 3 the Movie: Spell of the Unown (2000), Rugrats Go Wild (2003), and Shrek the Third (2007).

[sara]

Ashton Kutcher was considered for the role of Buck.

[duane]

The characters of Buck (Simon Pegg ) and Rudy play out a story that is also found in "Moby Dick". Buck and Captain Ahab are both hunters, and both handicapped by a white animal that is so huge, as to strain belief. The white animals, named "Rudy" and "Moby Dick", managed to handicap Buck and Ahab, tearing away an eye and a leg, respectively. The result is that Buck and Ahab, instead of becoming afraid of Rudy and Moby, become obsessed with the quest to get revenge, hunting down the very beast that had hunted them. The fancy lines that Buck says when Rudy first appears sound like quotes from "Moby Dick", and the reference is never clearer than when Buck climbs to the very top of a spindly tree, above the cloud layer, holding a straight-ish branch like a spear, or actually posing like a harpooner ready to hurl a harpoon at Rudy, who is moving just below the layer's top just like a whale starting to breech the surface of the water. Buck is not going to do much to Rudy with a spindly stick, and his favorite weapon is the tooth-knife. The dinosaur tooth is the same color, size, and shape as a whale tooth. Rudy has been given his white color for many reasons, perhaps, but the similarity to Moby Dick is one strong reason. Captain Ahab's ship has a first mate named "Starbuck", another connection with "Buck". Finally, in both stories, Buck and Ahab are so obsessed with their hunt for their "enemy", that they abandon a choice of a more peaceful and sane life for their hunt.

[kristina]

At its peak, it was the 2nd highest grossing animated film of all time, right under Dreamworks Animation's Shrek 2 (2004).

[kenzi]

The song "Alone Again, Naturally", had the lyrics completely changed to match the "acorn's feelings" towards Scrat. The actual lyrics of the song are rather sad, but that mood with the lyrics for this film evokes a melancholic atmosphere that matches perfectly the relationship among Scrat, his girlfirend, and the acorn.

[willard]

This is the last Blue Sky Studios film to be shown in a 1:85:1 aspect ratio until The Peanuts Movie (2015). This is also the last Ice Age film to be shown in a 1:85:1 aspect ratio as well.

[amber]

The 3rd highest grossing film of 2009, and the highest grossing film of 2009. Coincidentally, this was also the case with Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006).