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The Dinosaur Hunters( 2002)

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One man who kept asking questions was Gideon Mantell, the amateur paleontologist who, in the early 19th century, fought to get the British scientific establishment to accept Britain had been inhabited by dinosaurs. As this dramatised documentary shows, Mantell had an uphill battle in a time when the biblical account of creation was considered literal truth and authorities such as the Reverend William Buckland were determined that science remain "the handmaid of religion".

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      Henry Ian Cusick

      Gideon Mantell

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      Paul Brightwell

      Leney

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      Michelle Bunyan

      Caroline Owen

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      Alan Cox

      Richard Owen

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      Kristian Griffiths

      Walter Mantell (Aged 14-18)

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      Derek Jacobi

      Narrator (voice)

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      Rebecca McClay

      Mary Anning

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      Robert Morgan

      Charles Lyell

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      Michael Pennington

      William Buckland

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      Rachel Shelley

      Mary Mantell

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      Laurie Goode

      Removal Man (uncredited)

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    A review by Smegbeth

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    Written by Smegbeth on Wed Oct 30 2019
    In 1922 American paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews led an archeological expedition into Mongolia's Gobi Desert and uncovered one of the richest dinosaur graveyards in the world. Political conflicts forced him to leave before he had even scratched the surface of the treasure below. In 1997, two paleontologists from the American Museum of Natural History were finally allowed to return, retracing Chapman's steps and unearthing some groundbreaking finds of their own. With spectacular on-location filming, archival footage from Chapman's expedition and impressive computer animation, it's an amazing ...

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    Released

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    English

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